Accident Investigation

Dr. Richard Griffiths, PhD, MSc, MEd, Cert Ed, Grad R.S.C, FRSH, FRIPH, CMIOSH, MIIRSM

Accidents are a particular type of incident, which may result in personal loss, minor injury, serious injury or death. Where no such outcome results, the accident is classified as a near miss.

Generally, investigations are performed in the following circumstances:

• Any fatality arising from work activities, excluding those relating to road traffic accidents.

• Certain RIDDOR -defined major injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences, related to the severity of the outcome.

• All RIDDOR incidents likely to give rise to serious public concern, whether major or minor injuries, or dangerous occurrences.

• All RIDDOR incidents where there is likely to have been a serious breach of health.

  (RIDDOR stands for the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995.)

Tutor Viewpoint - Learning: How to Motivate Yourself and be Successful

Wendy Claxton BSc (Hons), Dip2.OSH, CMIOSH

Perhaps one of the most difficult aspects of any course is maintaining motivation levels throughout. Failure to achieve consistent motivation may result in not completing the course, becoming bored with the subject or being so far behind that the exam seems impossible. Initially, as with most things in life, there is the novelty and excitement (!!) of starting a new venture; getting the coursework, unwrapping it, putting it in the files etc. This initial enthusiasm, however, can wane somewhat when you realise that there is actually a lot of work to do to complete the course successfully. For those students attending face- to- face sessions the course can appear straightforward in the classroom, but when faced with private study the work can then seem overwhelming.

So what can be done to ensure that motivation levels remain high from the start? Firstly let's try to understand a little bit about what motivation is.

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