All accidents or incidents, including near misses must be reported as soon as possible to your Line Manager or directly to the Health and Safety Manager. This must be followed up by the completion of a Minor or Major Accident Investigation Report Form, or Near Miss Report Form, which should be forwarded to the Health and Safety Manager for action.

The Company will ensure that all accidents and incidents affecting their staff will be fully investigated and reported. The Company will exchange information and co-operate with clients to ensure accident and incident investigations are comprehensive and produce practical recommendations.

Where applicable, the Health and Safety Manager, as the person nominated responsible for RIDDOR reporting, will report any event/occurrence to the HSE in accordance with the current RIDDOR regulations.

The Company will carry out its own investigation in accordance with this procedure and publish its conclusions, observations and recommendations, these will be notified to all staff in order to avoid similar events and so that we can learn from previous experiences.
The Company will promote a ‘no blame’ culture and will positively encourage the reporting of near misses or unsafe practices.

Accidents books will be maintained at all sites and completed when any accident occurs. All staff working on client sites and offices will also complete local accidents books as well as reporting the accident/incident to the Company Health and Safety Manager for recording, investigating and reporting as necessary.

Records of all accidents/incidents will be retained for a minimum of three years in accordance with current legislation.
Accidents and incidents affecting Company staff will be discussed at Management and Group Health and Safety meetings as well as any relevant information passed to the work force during toolbox talk sessions.