At the end of this course, the participants should be able to:
- Identify work-related hazards
- Perform work – related risks analysis
- Identify appropriate control measures
- Develop accident investigation skills with the objective of preventing recurring accidents.
- Understand and apply root cause analysis (RCA)
Preventive safety concepts and terms and accident investigation
- Concepts and terms
- Types of occupational accidents
- The importance of recording and analyzing minor and imminent incidents
- The causes of occupational accidents
- Occupational Safety and Health as a science
- Occupational Health and Safety System
- The importance of setting a policy for the occupational health and safety system
Accident prevention through occupational risk assessment
- The importance of assessing and controlling risks
- Stages of occupational risk assessment
- Hazard identification stage
- Risk analysis stage
- Control and risk reduction stage
Practical risk prevention methods
- Electrical hazards
- Chemical hazards
- Manual handling risks
- Fall risk prevention
- Protective requirements for movable ladders
- Protective requirements for escalators or transporters
- High altitude fall prevention requirements
- General requirements
Accident investigation and its stages
- Types of accident investigation:
- Why investigate occupational accidents?
- Expected benefits from investigating occupational accidents?
- 5 important skills for each investigator
- Requirements for preparedness before an accident investigation
- Determine the level of investigation
- Initial investigation stage
- The main investigation or follow-up stage
- Sequence of accident investigation procedures
- Steps to investigate accidents
- What happens after an accident investigation
