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700 Introduction to Safety Management
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Plan The Work - Work The Plan!

When a serious accident occurs in the workplace, everyone will be too busy dealing with the emergency at hand to worry about putting together an accident response and investigation plan.

Plan The Work - Work The Plan!

The best time to develop the plan and its procedures is before the accident occurs.

The accident response and investigation plan should include as a minimum, procedures to:

  • notify company supervisors and managers that an accident has occurred;
  • notify outside agencies (fire, EMTs, police, OSHA, etc.) that an accident has occurred;
  • appoint employees, supervisors, and managers who will conduct accident investigation;
  • instruct and train accident response and investigation procedures to responders, investigators, supervisors, and managers;
  • conduct accident investigation corrective actions; and
  • review, analyze, and improve accident investigation procedures.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

6-3. Who should conduct an accident investigation?