Create A New Hope Church Incident Record
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Incident Description
Provide a simple title or summary of the incident e.g. nearly fell off a step ladder, strained my back lifting heavy box
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Nature & seriousness of the incident?
Near Miss Incident/Hazard - An incident occurred, no one got hurt but there was the potential for an injury
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How serious was the injury?
First Aid - injury was treated by a first aider onsite
Medical Treatment - injury required treatment by a medical practitioner
Immediate Medical Treatment - injury required by emergency service treatment e.g. Ambulance
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Incident Details
Provide as much details as you can and describe what happened?
Include the name of any particular chemical, product, process you were following or equipment involved.
E.g. fell off step ladder used to access shelving in chair storage room
Include the name of any particular chemical, product, process you were following or equipment involved.
E.g. fell off step ladder used to access shelving in chair storage room
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How was the injury sustained:
How exactly was the injury or disease sustained? Include the name of any chemical, product, process or equipment involved
e.g. hit head on shelf when climbing the ladder, pain in neck after sitting at workstation for long duration
e.g. hit head on shelf when climbing the ladder, pain in neck after sitting at workstation for long duration
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Is this incident a Notifiable Event?
An incident is notifiable if it arises out of the conduct of a business or undertaking and results in the death, serious injury or serious illness of a person, or involves a dangerous incident
Refer to Safe Work Australia's Incident Notification Information Sheet
https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/doc/incident-notification-fact-sheet
Refer to Safe Work Australia's Incident Notification Information Sheet
https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/doc/incident-notification-fact-sheet
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Is Site Preservation required:
A site where a notifiable event has occurred must be preserved until an inspector arrives or directs otherwise. Requirements to preserve a site only apply to the area where the notifiable event occurred-not the whole workplace.
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Date of Written Notification
If the regulator asks - written notification must be made within 48 hours of the request. Falling to report a "notifiable event" is an offence and penalties apply.
Please answer in this format: DD/MM/YYYY
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Identify immediate causes
e.g. the ladder was broken: List immediate causes that appear to have directly contributed to the incident e.g. unsafe acts & conditions.
Consider: What? Why? How? Who? When? Was there compliance with procedures, training, supervision, use of PPE, operation of plant / equipment, environmental factors
Consider: What? Why? How? Who? When? Was there compliance with procedures, training, supervision, use of PPE, operation of plant / equipment, environmental factors
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Identify root causes
List the root causes - underlying basic causes. These typically involve safety systems. e.g. domestic step ladders were in use at the workplace, there was no safe work procedure for safe use of ladders, there was no process to inspect condition of ladders on a regular basis, there was no staff training regarding safe use of ladders
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