Elements and Performance Criteria
- Facilitate initial assessment of the situation
- Check area to ensure it is safe and that arrangements have been made to meet initial needs of those involved in the incident
- Establish and maintain integrity of the site and personnel in accordance with legal requirements and to ensure objectivity of information collected
- Identify statutory and legal obligations and, if required, advise relevant government agencies
- Notify key persons within the organisation
- Determine factors affecting the complexity of the investigation
- Identify stakeholders and interested parties, and notify as appropriate
- Participate in the establishment of investigation processes
- Access and understand organisational policies and procedures for incident investigation
- Convene investigation team appropriate to the level of the investigation
- Define scope of the investigation taking account of legislative requirements
- Facilitate involvement of interested parties in accordance with legislative requirements
- Identify and source resources required to conduct the investigation, including the need for expert advice, if required
- Identify and address barriers to investigation
- Ensure action plans and time lines are developed by the investigation team
- Collect information and data for analysis
- Identify and access sources of information and data
- Inspect incident site, equipment and other evidence
- Facilitate information and data gathered by others
- Take and record statements, photographs, measurements and documentary evidence, taking account of objectivity, confidentiality and legal implications
- Appropriately secure site, evidence and all necessary documentation
- Appropriately involve members of the investigation team
- Analyse information and data gathered to identify immediate and underlying causes and practical prevention measures
- Ensure the investigation team understands and identifies the conceptual basis for the analysis
- Construcy time line of events leading up to incident
- Research causative event/s
- Identify conditions and circumstances that contribute to the causative event
- Identify intervention points on the time line for prevention
- Identify strategies to prevent the re-occurrence of the incident
- Compile investigation report
- Document results of analysis in a format to suit the required target audience and legal requirements
- Phrase report in objective terms and cite evidence and reasons for conclusions
- Include recommendations for prevention in report
- Disseminate relevant information and data to key personnel, stakeholders and external agencies as appropriate, following appropriate authorisation
- Use findings from the report to develop further prevention strategies