Incident Survey and Reporting: Workplace Safety Analysis Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of an OHSE (Occupational Health, Safety, and Environment) incident that occurred at a hotel in Lansdowne, New South Wales, where an employee was seriously injured in a workplace accident. The report details the incident, highlighting the role of communication and collaboration in incident reporting and investigation. It explores the limitations of the report, the methodology used, including site visits and interviews, and presents a timeline of events. The application of OHSE theory is discussed, emphasizing the importance of identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies to ensure workplace safety. The report concludes with recommendations for improving safety practices and preventing future incidents, emphasizing the significance of OHSE in maintaining a safe work environment. The report uses references to support the findings and recommendations made throughout the analysis. The report aims to contribute to the understanding of workplace safety and accident prevention through the application of OHSE principles.

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1. Introduction
The different skills of communication and collaboration helps in reporting of varied
OHSE based incidents in the workplace. The collection of evidence and the manner in which the
activities are designed as per the models helps in identifying the causation of the OHSE
(OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY and ENVIRONMENT) incidents. The report aims at
critically examining the judgments and the actions that are undertaken by the individuals while
attending an OHSE incident. The report will be enumerating an OHSE incident relating to a case
on accidents in the workplace and the manner in which it is addressed to bring in changes in the
systems of the management (Rosness et al., 2012). The report will enumerate the methodology,
which will be helpful in identifying the source of the data. The evidences of the report and the
literature based survey will be helping in defending the different manageable resources that are
held responsible for the survey.
2. Brief description of incident
An incident took place at a hotel located in Lansdowne, New South Wales, where an
employee fell off a tree on a chain saw and was seriously injured while undertaking the job
responsibility. The manager from the hotel called the OHSE department to seek the help of the
same in handling the critical situation. The ambulance attended the injured person and the police
took steps to look into the matter through a thorough interrogation of the co- workers of the
injured employees. The differences in the functioning of the OHSE departments are based on the
identification of the needs of the reporting and causation of the incident and the strategies
through which the issues that are faced by the workforce can be mitigated.

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Workplace accidents are most common while undertaking the smooth performance due to
the inefficiency of the workforce for the lack of proper training attributes. On the other hand, the
malfunctioning of the machinery also affects the functioning of the systems that are prepared by
the businesses relating to the OHSE. The incident that occurred in the organization is still under
investigation.
3. Limitations of report
The assessment of the report is based on the critical investment on the incident. However,
there are little evidences that were gathered from the case, which has affected the proper
reporting as per the guidelines of the OHSE models. The different issues that are faced by the
people relating to the different change needs in the organizations. The limitations of the reporting
are based on the vague information that was shared by the manager of the incident in the phone
call. The reporting of the incident should have been clear with an imposition of the contexts that
helps in balancing the modifications in the systems of OHSE.
4. Methodology
The methodology that might be undertaken by the care units are dependent on the
identification of the issues that are faced by the people relating to the workplace safety. The
incident that took place in the hotel is a major case of workplace accidents where the activities of
the manager play a major role in the controlling activities. The OHSE department might take
steps to visit the spot and thereby take steps to keep the situation under control. The decision
making of the departments will be based on the verification of the causes of the incident and the
manner in which the issues that are faced by the employees can be mitigated. The decision

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making systems of the organization will be based on the identification of the issues and the
manner in which they can be resolved through the careful exposition of the events. On the other
hand, the proper understanding of the communication channels and the manner in which they can
be implemented on the systems of the organization will be assisting the same to bring forth
modifications in the methods of operations that are undertaken by the OHSE departments. The
visit to the site and the proper interaction with the managers and the co-workers of the
organization will be helping the departments of the unit to identify the issues that are faced by
the people while functioning as per their job responsibility. Identification of issues that might be
faced by the workforce while considering the modifications in the processes of the business is
dependent on safety and security of the same. Therefore, the OHSE units must take steps to
communicate with the co workers in the hotel and thereby identify and mitigate the issues that
might help in reducing the likelihood of accidents in the workforce.
5. Evidence (list of evidence you have collected to date including photos where relevant)
6. Timeline of events
Elements Rationale for Actions taken Time
frame
Visit the spot of the
accident
The visit to the spot will be helping the OHSE department to
identify the likelihood of the issue and thereby determine the
seriousness of the same
14th
June
Time-

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4:50
pm
Communication with the
managers and the co
workers for the
identification of the issue
Interacting with the manager of the hotel on the mishap will be
helping the OHSE team to identify the relative cause of the
incident and thereby formulate strategies for overcoming the
identified issues
14th
June
Time-
5:00
pm
Mitigation strategies The mitigation strategies that might be formed by the OHSE
departments will be based on identifying the issues that are faced
by workforce. Mitigation strategies are aimed at reducing the
further risks of workplace accidents to make the workplace a
safer environment to the employees while performing their
respective job roles.
14th
June
Time-
5:30
pm
7. Application of theory
Identification of the OHSE systems in the organizations helps in maintaining the safe
functioning of the administrative and the legislative bodies of the business (Shea et al., 2016). It
helps in enumerating the different measures to safely implement the different safety strategies
through an identification of the risks and their likelihood to occur in the organizational
functioning. Robson et al. (2012) stated that the identification of likelihood of the issues that
might cause workplace accidents helps the organizations to undertake safer administration over
the functions of the workforce while operating on the objectives that are planned by the business.
The identification of the pre- conditions and the manner in which they can be managed helps the

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administrative body of the organizations to undertake mitigation strategies for avoiding the
different situations.
On the other hand, Badri, Nadeau and Gbodossou (2012) stated that the human safety
and risk management of the organization helps the same in undertaking the smooth
pe4rformance of the workforce as per the objectives of the business. On the other hand, the
identification of the likelihood of the events helps the management of the organization in
assuming the risk of undertaking the different operations that are planned by the business. The
differences in the functioning of the business are dependent on the formulation of different
policies that functions as a tool of mitigating the issues that are faced by the business while
operating in the markets. Badri, Gbodossou and Nadeau (2012) observed that the health and
safety measures in the workplace helps organizations in creating a positive workforce
environment that helps in the smooth functioning of the employees.
The differences in the functioning of the organizations is dependent on the identification
of the varied risks of accidents that might occur in the organizations while acting upon the
objectives of the organization (Zanko & Dawson, 2012). The identification of the risk factors
and the formulation of the mitigation strategies assists the businesses to bring forth modifications
in the elements of administration and health -safety concerns of the same.
8. Conclusion
Therefore, it might be concluded from the above analysis that the assessment of risks that
are associated with the practices of the workforce helps the businesses in ensuring the smooth
performance of the business units. Identification of risk and the manner in which it affects the
performance of business is administered through the application of the OHSE, which ensures the

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safety and the security of the workforce while operating on the objectives of the business. On the
other hand, the identification of the different risks and the manner in which the reporting is made
helps in maintaining the reasoning for the causation of the mishap. The report enumerates a
scenario where the mismanagement of the hotel has caused the injury of an employee while
performing the required job role. The identification of issues and strategies through which they
can be resolved helps the administrative body of the organization to bring in changes in the
approaches of the business. Safety and security of the employees is one of the major concerns of
the management of the organization. Therefore, the application of the OHSE in the systems of
the business assists the businesses to bring in modifications in the systems of their performance
while operating in the international markets.

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