Reporting All Accidents?
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Reporting All Accidents?
Added: 14:46 07.05.2008
There is a debate going on where I work as to when an accident should be reported. A colleague blackened his finger nail in an incident at work. The old advice would have been to report is as you never know how the injury, however slight, might become worse with time. My colleague's manager received the accident book report and spoke to him requesting that minor accidents of this type should not be reported in the accident books. Our company owner receives all accident reports and he is outspokenly frustrated at the frequency that 'petty' accidents/incidents are reported. Help ... I am currently writing an accident reporting and investigation procedure, with definitions of when and how to report accidents and incidents, so any advice on the most sensible approach would be appreciated.
paul.morley@hpcplc.co.uk