1Level2OccupationalHealthCommitteeTraining2Day2Incidentinvestigations3Administration•Emergencyexits•Washrooms•Nosmokingpolicy•Cellphones•Breaks4Coursematerials•Namecard•Workbook−Selfcheck−Evaluation•Referencepublications−Inspections:AGuideforCommitteesandRepresentatives−Investigations:AGuideforCommitteesandRepresentatives•Legislation5Introductions•Instructor•Introduceyourselves−Name−Employer−Industry−HowlonghaveyoubeenpartoftheOHC?−Haveyoubeeninvolvedinaworkplaceinvestigation?6Learningobjectives1.Learnregulatoryrequirementsforinvestigatingworkplaceincidentsanddangerousoccurrences2.Howtocollectevidenceforaninvestigation3.Howtoanalyzeevidenceforaninvestigation4.Howtodevelopaworkplaceinvestigationreport5.Howtotakeactionfollowingaworkplaceinvestigation7Aboutthiscourse•Conductinginvestigationsisanimportantfunctionofoccupationalhealthcommittees(OHCs)andworkerhealthandsafetyrepresentatives•Thiscoursewillhelpyou:−Understandresponsibilities−Investigateeffectively8AboutthiscourseTwopartstocourse:•PartI:Regulatoryrequirements•PartII:CART(investigationtechniques)−Collectevidence−Analyzeevidence−Report(reportingtoOHCandwritingreport)−Takeaction(employer)9Icebreakerproject•Fromyourpersonalexperienceswithinvestigations,discusswhatwentwellandwhatdidn’tgowell−Didtheinvestigationteamcreateareport?−Whodidthereportgoto?−Whatactionsweretaken,ifany,tocorrectthesituation?•Ifyourgroupdoesnothaveinvestigationexperience,discusswhatwouldbeimportantinconductinganinvestigation•Whatdoyouwanttolearntoday?10DefinitionsIncident•Notdefinedinlegislation•Anyunplanned,unwantedeventthatcausesinjuryorillnessDangerousoccurrence•Regulation9•Essentiallyanincidentthatcouldhavehurtsomeonebutitdidnot1111Investigations•Effectiveinvestigationsmustbepartofanemployer’shealthandsafetysystem•Lackofincidentinvestigationprocesscanresultinpoorlyorganizedandmisunderstoodinvestigations•It’simportanttounderstandthebenefitsofaproperlyorganizedinvestigation1212Benefitsofinvestigations•Tounderstandwhathappenedandwhy(i.e.,causes)•Toidentifycorrectiveactionsthatwillpreventare-occurrence•Todeterminetrendsandturnareactivesituationintoaproactiveopportunity•Tomaketheworkplacehealthierandsafer1313Benefitsofworkerinvolvement•Moreeffectiveinvestigations•Improvedcredibility•Improvedacceptanceofrecommendations•ThepurposeofOHCinvestigationsisprevention1414RoleoftheOHC•OHCandrepresentativeinvestigatorsareexpectedto:−Helpfindrootcausesandrecommendcorrectiveaction−Checktheemployer’shealthandsafetysystem−Notassessblame•Takingcorrectiveactionistheemployer’sresponsibility15Employer’sroleEmployerresponsibilities:•Effectivenessofinvestigations•Correctanyproblems•Integrateinvestigationsintohealthandsafetysystem•Provideinvestigationteamswithappropriatetime,trainingandresources16PartIRegulatoryrequirements17Objective1Regulatoryrequirementsforinvestigatingincidentsanddangerousoccurrences1818Reportableincidents•OHSregulationsrequiretheemployerorcontractortoreportincidentscausingseriousbodilyinjury•OHSregulationsrequireemployer,contractororownertoreportanydangerousoccurrencesIncidentRequirementIncidentscausingseriousbodilyinjuryRegulation8DangerousoccurrencesRegulation919Regulation8,IncidentscausingseriousbodilyinjuryTheemployerorcontractormustreporteveryincidentassoonaspossibletoOHSDivi...