Weekly Toolbox Talk: Accident Reporting

Note to supervisors: Foremen, please notify all employees that the Health Care Exchange Notices are available to employees at all Marek offices. These notices contain information about the health care exchanges that are being set up as a result of health care form (i.e. Obamacare).

 

 

 

 

 

How long you work for us is based on how you safely perform your job and meet the production expectations of your supervisor. 

 

 

The first and primary responsibility for accident reporting falls to the employee. If you are involved in any type of accident, you are expected to report the facts to your immediate supervisor.

 

This means reporting all fall exposures: this means if you witness an accident: this means if you are involved in an accident in any way, you will report the facts. This means you report the facts to your supervisor regardless of any injuries.

 

 

 

 

When informed that an accident has occurred that requires medical attention, your supervisor will do the following:

 

Injuries requiring notification of EMS: The supervisor will secure the scene for immediate investigation after the injured employee has been taken care off. The supervisor will accompany the injured worker to the nearest hospital. 

 

Once a determination is made on medical treatment, the supervisor will gather the necessary information to complete an initial accident report. This report will be in the hand of the Safety Manager the next business day following the injury. The supervisor will then initiate a more thorough investigation of the incident, which may include witness statements, photographs, diagrams, and securing faulty equipment for return to the branch office.

 

 

 

The supervisor will complete a Supervisor’s Accident Investigation Report and file this with his branch within 24 hours of the accident. This report will focus on the unsafe acts, the unsafe conditions, and will record a fundamental cause for the accident. The investigation is considered incomplete until these questions are answered. The investigation is considered incomplete until a Fall Investigation is conducted in the event of a fall from elevation.

 

Following this accident investigation, your supervisor will call a meeting to review and inform employees about the accident. The purpose of this meeting is to prevent any future injuries by sharing the information the company has learned from investigating the accident. The proper chain of command for reporting accidents or fall exposure is to notify your immediate supervisor of any accident regardless of injuries IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT.