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    This document outlines Carrus' incident and accident reporting procedures. It defines key terms like incident, serious harm, hazard, and controls. The procedures require all incidents to be reported within 24 hours and investigated. For serious harm incidents, the scene must be frozen and Worksafe notified by phone and form within 7 days. An investigation of serious harm incidents must begin within 48 hours. The procedures aim to properly report, investigate, and implement corrective actions for incidents to prevent reoccurrence.

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    Appendix A

    CARRUS 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 ‘Carrus’ think it may
    have caused serious harm), management or employees must inform a supervisor, manager
    or HSO urgently. The scene must be FROZEN until Worksafe have been notified and have
    given clearance to continue normal work.

    Either management, employee or HSO, will notify Worksafe 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.

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    Appendix A
    Incident / Accident flowchart

    Incident Occurs

    Complete incident report form

    Serious Harm

    Freeze area and notify Yes No Discuss incident and


    Worksafe corrective action with effected
    persons/partners
    staff
    Incident investigation /
    corrective action

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