Indicator 3.5.6

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Indicator 3.5.6

by Contact on 8 October 2026

Requirement

The UoC shall maintain written records of health and safety accidents and near misses, determine the cause and implement appropriate corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

How Do I Interpret This Requirement?

  • An accident is an unexpected event that causes damage, injury or harm.

  • A near miss is an incident that had the potential to cause damage, injury or harm, but was prevented.

  • The recording and investigation of both of these is important. By investigating to determine the root cause, the UoC is able to:

    • take corrective actions that will allow the incident not to reoccur

    • spot potential problems and prevent them from occurring in the first place.

  • Corrective actions are actions that the UoC can put in place to ensure that the incident does not occur again. Examples are in Table 4 below:

Table 4. Examples of incidents, their cause and the resulting corrective actions:

Incident | Determine the cause | Implement corrective action

Oil is spilt on the feed barge and an employee slips and hits their head | After working on a mechanism on the barge, an employee left the oil can without a lid on and someone knocked it over without noticing. | Assign a dedicated place to safely store oil cans when they are not being used.

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| | Ensure employees are trained on this and reminded to safely store equipment.

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| | Ensure the appropriate materials are available to clear up oil, if it does spill.

Employee trips over some rope | The rope was left coiled up on the floor. | Set up ropes in a way that people cannot trip over them, or a warning sign in front of any ropes that are a trip hazard.

  • There is a difference between immediate corrective action and the corrective actions to take once the root cause has been determined. For example: a fire extinguisher is blocked by a bin being placed in front of the extinguisher:

    • staff take immediate corrective action and move the bin

    • however, the next day they find that someone has moved the bin back. The immediate corrective action did not prevent reoccurrence

    • staff investigate to determine the root cause and find out why the bin was placed there

    • the investigation shows that this is the most ergonomic layout of the workstation and the bin will always be moved back to that location by whoever is using the workstation

    • staff take long-term corrective action and move the fire extinguisher. This stops the issue from reoccurring.

Evidence of Implementation

  • records of accidents or near misses

  • records of corrective actions taken

  • training records.

Auditors Should Confirm

  • employees feel comfortable to report any accidents or near misses;

  • employees understand what the process is for reporting any accidents or near misses.