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Accident & Incident Investigations

We investigate accidents, incidents, injuries and near misses in regard to workplace situations and public places. The situations we investigate internally for organisations are intended to identify why the incident occurred and what needs to occur to prevent similar situations occurring in the future.

The accident reports we prepare for legal practitioner can assist in establishing negligence or defending a negligence action, we also prepare reports that can be used as part of the defence for prosecutions under the Workplace Health & Safety Act or Regulations.

Investigative

In investigating incidents internally for organisations we aim to identify the factors that contributed to the incident and detail controls measures needed to prevent a recurrence at some later time. Our analysis identifies the range of factors that contributed to the incident; the type of factors we examine are :

Person factors - training, experience, activities, supervision, etc.
Equipment factors - suitability, condition, design, etc.
Environmental factors - weather, work conditions, temperature, lighting, etc.
Procedural factors - instructions, work practices, systems of work, etc.

We also train persons within organisation on how to investigate incidents objectively to reduce the possibility of similar incidents occurring again.

Expert Witness Reports

We investigate a range of injuries for both Defendant and Plaintiff matters in regard to personal injury matters. The reports we prepare have been used in establishing liability or helping bring the matters to settlement. As an Expert Witness Alexander Iwanow has had over 12 years experience in this area and has prepared over 300 reports. The matters that he has prepared reports cover a wide range of injuries, both at work and in public places :

Manual handling injuries
Slips / trips / falls on surfaces and stairs
Inhalation of hazardous fumes
Violent attacks at work
Repetitive strain injuries ( now referred to as Occupational Overuse Syndrome)
Falls from heights
Electrocutions
Entrapment in machinery
Struck-by tools and equipment
Playground equipment injuries

An overview of our other oh&s services are detailed on this site, click here to get more information.