Workplace incident management
Ensuring the occupational health and safety of your employees is a requirement for business operation and longevity. Workplace injuries can have staggering legal and financial implications for employers, thereby making it crucial for appropriate steps to be in place to manage workplace incidents.
Our SHEQX (Health, Safety, Environment and Quality) management solution aggregates SHEQ data in a single, auditable database and manages analysis and reporting effectively, ensuring effective compliance and a more robust approach to corporate sustainability.
We will now outline four principles to consider when implementing workplace incident management strategies.
- Understand the legislative safety requirements:
To ensure a safe and healthy work environment, the company and its management must have a clear understanding of its legislative responsibility to workplace safety within the jurisdiction of your state or territory. Creating a safe work environment promotes improved productivity, reduced illness and injuries and reduced compensation in the event of injury.
- Define workplace safety protocols:
Ensure that employees and management are aware of workplace safety protocols, that industry-specific PPE is available and appropriately assigned, and that all organisation members are aware of reporting structures should an incident occur.
- Implement a SHEQ management software:
An integrated SHEQ software will ensure that your employees can always access current SHEQ information, incident reports, and can report incidents promptly. Your SHEQ software must assist your company in meeting industry-specific safety requirements whilst meeting international standards for workplace health and safety.
- Incident reporting:
Management and employees must be aware of incidents that require reporting and the relevant reporting structure. Incidents that must be reported range from injuries or illnesses, dangerous incidents and fatalities that occur due to hazards in the workplace. Incidents that have been reported must be investigated accordingly to ensure that the appropriate corrective measures are implemented, preventing repeat incidents.
Managing incidents in the workplace requires constant evaluation of health and safety hazards that employees may be exposed to. This also means that adjustments to health and safety protocols may be deemed necessary to ensure business continuity and prioritising employee health.
