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Table 12.2
Accident rates calculated by the HSE in 2001/02 for skilled tradesmen and machine operators
Workgroup
Reported fatal
Reported major
Reported minor
Estimated near misses
accidents (per
accidents (per
(3
day) accidents
(per 100 000)
100 000)
100 000)
(per 100 000)
Skilled tradesmen
2
212
2084
2 000 000
Machine operators
3
403
771
800 000
categories the HSE publish information relating to the
rates and results of injuries for each category of injury
causation. This allows HSE, in partnership with industry,
to focus legislation and guidance towards the generic
causes of injury resulting from adverse events. The cat-
egories of injuries are those that are caused by:
Table 12.3
Example of a matrix to establish the level of
investigation required
Likelihood of
Potential worst consequence of
recurrence
adverse event
Minor
Serious
Major
Fatal
➤
Slips, trips and falls
➤
Falls from height
➤
Falling objects
➤
Certain
Likely
Collision with objects
Possible
➤
Trapping/crushing
➤
Manual handling
➤
Contact with machinery and equipment
➤
Electrocution
➤
Unlikely
Rare
Transport
Risk
Minimal
Low
Medium
High
➤
Contact with chemicals
➤
Asphyxiation/drowning
➤
Fire and explosion
➤
Animals
➤
Investigation
Minimal
Low
Medium
High
level
(Source: HSG 245)
Violence.
12.1.5
Basic investigation procedures
This section outlines the basic investigation procedures
for investigation of all types of adverse events and
discusses:
➤
The level of investigation
➤
Involving others
➤
Conducting the investigation
➤
Gathering information
➤
Analysing information
➤
Identifying risk control measures
➤
Agreeing and implementing an action plan.
The level of investigation
As mentioned above the level of resources allocated to
the investigation will depend upon the seriousness of
the actual or potential outcome of the event.
The decision regarding the level of investigation,
particularly for near miss events and undesired circum-
stances, is quite often complex. To aid this process and
Figure 12.3
Unguarded electrical machinery which has
the potential to cause injury in many ways including start-
ing a fi re
