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Incident / Accident Reporting Procedure: Definitions

This document outlines an incident and accident reporting procedure. It defines key terms like incident, serious harm, hazard, and controls. It describes the steps to report incidents within 24 hours using a reporting form. For serious harm incidents, the area must be frozen and Worksafe notified by phone within 24 hours and a form within 7 days. All incidents will be discussed with affected staff within 48 hours and investigated if serious harm occurred.

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Incident / Accident Reporting Procedure: Definitions

This document outlines an incident and accident reporting procedure. It defines key terms like incident, serious harm, hazard, and controls. It describes the steps to report incidents within 24 hours using a reporting form. For serious harm incidents, the area must be frozen and Worksafe notified by phone within 24 hours and a form within 7 days. All incidents will be discussed with affected staff within 48 hours and investigated if serious harm occurred.

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Incident / Accident reporting procedure

Definitions

 Incident - An incident is any unplanned event that resulted in harm, or


could have resulted in harm or damage to plant or environment.
 Serious Harm – Any injuries or illness that causes temporary or severe loss
of bodily function (e.g. fractures, amputation).
 Hazard – Anything that is a potential source of harm i.e.: trip, slip, work tools etc.
 Significant Hazard – Any hazard that has the potential to cause serious harm.
 All Practicable Steps – Practicable steps are actions that a reasonable
person would take to reduce the chance of harm occurring.
 Controls – Actions to reduce the likelihood of harm or the potential
consequence of harm.

Incident reporting procedure

1. Management or employees must report all incidents/accidents to the HSO


with-in 24 hours of becoming aware of the incident/accident.

2. Management or employees must complete the incident/accident reporting


form. A copy should be forwarded to the HSO where it will be entered into
the Incident register.

3. The supervisor, manager or HSO will discuss the incident with affected staff
within 48 hours of receiving the incident report and together they will discuss
corrective actions required to prevent re-occurrence.

4. All major incidents and serious harm accidents will be investigated by the HSO.

Serious Harm

If the incident caused "serious harm" to any person in the workplace, (or ‘SolarEra’ think
it may have caused serious harm), management or employees must inform a supervisor,
manager or HSO urgently. The scene must be FROZEN until Work safe have been notified
and have given clearance to continue normal work.

Either management, employee or HSO, will notify Work safe of the ‘Serious Harm’
incident initially via telephone. This will be followed up with-in 7 days by a completed
Serious Harm Notification form.

An investigation must commence within 48 hours of the incident occurring.

SolarEra Green Renewables Private Limited


Registered off.- 204, Level-2, Sanskriti Arcade, Near PCMC School, Wakad, Pune, Maharashtra- 411 057
Email: [email protected] | Phone- +91 85510 96274 | Web: www.solar-era.co.in |
Incident / Accident flowchart

Incident Occurs

Complete incident report form

Serious Harm

Freeze area and Yes No Discuss incident and


notifyWorksafe corrective action with
effectedpersons/partners

Incident investigation /
corrective action

SolarEra Green Renewables Private Limited


Registered off.- 204, Level-2, Sanskriti Arcade, Near PCMC School, Wakad, Pune, Maharashtra- 411 057
Email: [email protected] | Phone- +91 85510 96274 | Web: www.solar-era.co.in |

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