Investigation
Stage 1: Receive incident details - Additional guidance
Information about the incident
Try to obtain as much information as possible but do
not so as to delay the dissemination of the information
unduly. It may be that some information will not be
available until an inspector visits the scene of the
incident.
Record the information under the following
headings:
Incident details
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Location of incident
- Company or organisation
- Brief description of incident (if nuclear incident
include state of emergency)
- Number of fatalities/injuries
Response of emergency services
- Brief details of response, including emergency
services involved and actions taken/proposed actions
Initial assessment of significance of incident
- Brief outline based on information known
- Detail special interests
- Detail any OGDs that may need to be notified by
Secretariat of the incident
HSE's proposed course of action
- Brief outline on how the initial stages of the
investigation will be handled
- Line to take for Press enquiries
back to step 1.2
