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Managing your accidents and near misses and creating legally compliant
reports for them begins with an accident record. Enter data about accidents
and near misses and the people who experienced or witnessed them. In addi-
tion to the information that is legally required for your reports, you may
also want to enter data for your own company-specific accident recording
policies.

Inspecting your sites and creating new safety measures..............

Another key role in effective health and safety programs is filled by site
inspections. Among the numerous rewards they bestow upon the smart
people who execute them is the ability to ensure that their employees
are adhering to established health and safety rules and regulations,
both legal and private, and to maintain safety technology and health
protection standards. Of course, inspections also serve to emphasize
the importance of such standards to employees in every corner of your
corporate landscape.

The data you need to plan and perform a site inspection should be available
as a consequence of the activity in the areas where actual work is performed,
and of your risk assessments, too. When a risk is noted during an inspection,
you need to implement and track measures to reduce or eliminate it.
Typically such measures fall into three categories:

Technical measures, such as maintenance orders

Organizational measures, such as physically separating persons and haz-

ards or using timed access

Person-related measures, such as holding safety briefings

Storing information about various safety measures is a good idea, including

Responsible parties

Priorities for mitigating risks

Planned, execution, and check dates

You should be able to produce and review the safety measures implemented
following a site inspection at any time.

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