NEBOSH HSE Introduction to Incident Investigation

NEBOSH and Great Britain’s Health and Safety Regulator, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), have jointly developed a new one day qualification that shows how non-complex incidents can be investigated effectively.

By learning lessons and making improvements, organisations can avoid similar incidents occurring in the future.

his qualification is for anyone who wants to carry out incident investigations effectively.

Employers, supervisors, SHE champions, union and safety representatives will benefit. Attending the course will enable you to:

Independently investigate simple incidents

Gather evidence including conducting witness interviews

Produce an action plan to prevent a recurrence of an incident

Contribute to team investigations for large scale incidents

Positively impact the safety culture in your organisation

  • Assessment criteria 1.1: Understand incident terminology, the moral, legal and financial arguments for investigations and management system requirements.
  • Assessment criteria 1.2: Recognise how human and organisational factors can contribute to an incident
  • Assessment criteria 1.3: Outline the process for investigating incidents.
  • Assessment criteria 1.4: Outline positive strategies that can be adopted for interviews following incidents and the barriers to successful interview outcomes.
  • Assessment criteria 1.5: An introduction to advanced incident investigation techniques.