6. Purpose of risk
assessment
❏ Prevent
workplace
accidents
❏ Reduce safety
issue
❏ Form substantial part
of the legal case
❏ Rebut false claim
❏ Reveal crucial
detail
❏ Save company’s
reputation
7. Appropriate Actions in Preserving
Employees’ Safety and Health
Mercury
Mercury is the
smallest planet
Jupiter
Jupiter is the
biggest planet
Neptune
It’s far away
from Earth
Mars
Mars is actually
a cold place
Venus
Venus has high
temperatures
Saturn
Saturn is the
ringed one
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10. Strengths of
documenting workplace
incidents
1. Raise awareness
among employees
and employers
2. Enforce
the safety
culture
- about the things that are
hazardous to the
workers so that the
corrective and
preventive actions can
be taken by the upper
management of the
company.
- OSHA requires a Log of
Work-Related Injuries
and Illnesses to be
maintained by the
organization
- Incident research
focused on
recognizing and
correcting the root
causes increases
the morale and
attitude of workers
towards health and
safety.
- employees will be
cooperative in
implementing the
new safety
prevention steps as
they are aware of
the incidents that
might happen.
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3. Team
Accountability
4. Preserve
employees’
rights
- The documentation is
known to be done in
detail by managers or
the human resource
department regarding
the incidents and events.
- reduce the chance of
confusion when any
questions arise in
regards to incidents
occurring.
- the rights of employees
refer to any legal
disputes between
employees and
employers.
- the black and white
regarding the incidents is
important to win the case.
12. Limitations of documenting workplace incidents
1) Lack of transparency and adequate record-keeping
➢ Reporting based on
emotional, opinionated,
biased or favoritism
statements
➢ Not aware of the place
of the company’s
incidents and health
records
13. Limitations of documenting workplace incidents
2) Lack of accuracy of the incidents data
➢ Overlook the errors
- Typos and spelling grammar
E.g.: Names of people involved,
contact number and the date and
time of the incident.
➢ Giving vague statements and
providing details that are not
specific
- May create confusion
14. 3) Time consuming
➢ The process of collecting data and
information of the incidents could
take a lot of time as it needs to be
investigated and completed in
order for the documenatation to
be valid.
6 steps that need to be followed
when documenting incidents in the
workplace:-
1) Evaluate and document the scene
-Identify witnesses
-Take photos of the scene or sketch the scene if
camera not available
2) Investigate the safety incident
-Establish the Who,What,When,Where,Why and
How
3) Interview people involved in the
incident
4) Document the details of the incident
-File and retain the file in chronological order
5) Protect privacy
-Ensure the investigations report are not released
to anyone without proper authorization
6) Review the investigations
-Review all incident and near-miss investigations
that have occured
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