Investigate and review safety, health, and environmental incidents
Overview
What *is* *this* *standard* *about?*
Achievement of this standard demonstrates your competence in investigating and reviewing safety, health, and environmental incidents. You will be able to source and prepare the necessary information, Investigate safety, health, and environmental incidents, and review and communicate your results.
Who *is* *this* *standard* *for?*
This standard is applicable to anyone at a supervisory or managerial level approved to carry out this function working in the mineral extraction sector.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
- Conduct your work in line with relevant regulation, legislation, and industry best practice
- Prepare documentation and supporting materials for an investigation
- Select, check and wear the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the investigation
- Investigate safety, health, and environmental incidents
- Review the results of investigations into safety, health, and environmental incidents
- Establish and maintain accurate records and reports in line with regulations, legislation, company policies and procedure, and industry best practice
- Communicate your findings across your company hierarchy within organisational timescales
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
Relevant regulation, legislation, company policies and procedures, and industry best practice
How to select, check, and wear the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the task
- Techniques and methodologies of incident investigations
- Methods for the critical analysis and interpretation of quantitative and qualitative data
- Who must be notified about your investigation activities
- The resources required for the investigation
- Methods for gathering reliable information and evidence to support an investigation
- Ways of assessing failures and identifying root causes
- Methods for ascertaining the impact of any resulting injuries and/or damage
- The direct and indirect costs of an incident, and how they are calculated
- What constitutes an emergency
- Why you must conduct, monitor and review safety drills
- The development of SMART action plans for the implementation of any resulting recommendations
Scope/range
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as:
- Head protection
- Reflective clothing
- Eye protection
- Hearing protection
- Hand protection
- Safety footwear
- Respiratory protection
- Skin protection