Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Incident Recording, Reporting and Investigation Event Introduction - Claire Shiels 1 st April 2011

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Incident InvestigationsClaire Shiels ( HS CoP) Forth Valley College HS CoP UpdateAndy Cathro ( HS CoP) Dundee College _____________________ 10.40am Break __________________________ Incident Reporting and Ryan Church Analysis Incident Recording, Reporting and Investigation

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges 13.15Sector H&S Plan Claire Shiels 14.00RIDDOR Ron Griffiths 15.00Being Prepared Elena Fry 16.00Summary / PP Vote Bill McNeice ( HS CoP) CloseJames Watt College Incident Recording, Reporting and Investigation

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Loss Management Model ( Ref IOSH ) Incidents Reactive monitoring Investigations, epidemiological analyses and corrective action Trend analyses Workplace precautions Risk Control Systems (RCSs) Risk assessment Active monitoring Inspections etc and corrective action Trend analyses Review

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges An accident is not “just one of those things”. Accidents are predictable and preventable events. They don’t have to happen.

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges The Accident Triangle Major or “3 day” injury Minor injury Near Miss How does your organisation perform? How does your organisation perform against others? Are you confident all incidents are reported?

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Incident Performance - key data How many accidents have occurred? How many incidents have occurred ? Do the figures compute? When, where, to whom and how have they occurred? Why have they occurred? To know why – we must investigate fully.

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges What stops us from investigating incidents? Meetings Organising other things Friday afternoon Assuming it’s minor Preparing a report NOT REPORTED Just an accident – couldn’t be prevented Not enough time Carrying out training Not enough hours in the day!

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Should the Accident Triangle mirror the Investigation Triangle? Major or “3 day” injury Minor injury Near Miss How many investigations have been carried out? How can investigations prevent future re-occurrences? Investigated minor injuries Near Miss Investigations Investigated Major or “3 day” injury

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Accidents or injuries are the tip of the iceberg of hazards. Investigate incidents since they are potential “accidents in progress ”. Accidents Incidents

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Investigations When do you think we should investigate incidents/accidents? Is there a set criteria for establishing what should be investigated? How can we investigate all or a large % of incidents? What tools do we need to do this? What resources /staffing would we need? What training do we need? Who should investigate?

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Have an investigation team; Who ? Where ? What ? When ? How ? Why : Why: Why: Why: Why? Keeping asking “What caused or allowed this condition/practice to occur?” until you get to root causes.

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Lack of safety leadership Lack of supervision Lack of Training Missing guard Rules not enforced Poor work procedures Purchasing unsafe equipment No follow-up/feedback Poor safety management Poor safety leadership Didn’t follow procedures Poor housekeeping Horseplay Ignored safety rules Defective tools Don’t know how to do it Faulty PPE The “Accident Weed” Hazardous Conditions Hazardous Practices Did not report hazard Equipment failure Root Causes

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Some incident statistics......

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges

Sector Plan Claire Shiels HS CoP – Communities of Practice (Chair) Forth Valley College – HS Manager 1 st April 2011

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges

Is there value in collating objectives ?

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Ryan Church Sales Manager for WorkRite. WorkRite is the e-learning and training solutions division of Posturite and is effectively the pro-active arm of what we are curatively market leaders in. Currently in 5th year with Posturite and along with my team of developers and trainers, am responsible for ensuring the growth and development of our products and services across the UK."

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges health and safety law expert accredited specialist in personal injury law - Law Society of Scotland represents clients facing HSE prosecutions and / or civil damages claims Elena Fry HS CoP – Event Speaker 01/04/11

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Practice Area; Dispute Resolution & Litigation road and rail accidents, public and employer's liability, asbestos and industrial related diseases, occupier's liability, manual handling, dermatitis, occupational asthma fatal accidents.

Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Ron Griffiths HM Inspector of Health and Safety Operational Strategy Enforcement and Accountability Unit HS CoP – Event Speaker 01/04/11