Accident Reporting
I arrived at a clients premises and knew my task for the day was to complete an investigation into an incident that had occurred on site. There’s nothing remarkable about that, it is part and parcel of my duty as a Competent Health and Safety Professional. However, this incident only came to light in passing during a telephone conversation. No-one was seriously hurt so my client didn’t consider it necessary to record in the Accident Book. During the phone call I said to protect him and his employee it should immediately go in the Accident Book irrespective of the size of the injury. Whilst carrying out the investigation several facts came to light which caused some concern about Policy not being followed on accident reporting.