1. Types of a Report Part 2

2. Progress Report A periodic report that describes how a project is progressing.

3. Incident Report (or Accident Report) A report that describes an incident or an accident It determines why people or equipment fail to behave or react as expected. It should include: The name of the person describing the event and contant information. A description of how the event occurred The names of people involved.

4. Examples of incidents: a child skinning their knee on a playground violent or illegal behavior a medical error...etc. property damage

5. The following are common problems found in incident reports: Not clear to someone who wasn’t there Thoughts not organized Not enough detail (who, what, when, where, why, and how) Poor grammar, punctuation, and spelling Use of terms or abbreviations that readers may not be familiar with Inconsistency in style throughout the department