b'afetyCorner Preventing Injuries Through Accident lnvestigatioh Frank Marino, CSP, MRCA Safety Adviser Of all the concerns roofing con APPENDIXN tractorson abasis, faceday-to-day roo ACCIDENT/ INCIDENT INVESTIGATJON having afer fall to his death is roofersto by far the greatest. 7 4fel I their deaths in the United States in 2006alone(BLS,2007). AsweWhere did it occur? speak,roofingcontractorsacross the county are h ing theyneverWhat equipment was damaged? ophave to make that phone call to an employee\'s fa ly.say itWas material damaged?If so.what? mi Some may . could never happen to themtry telling that to awho has. contractor The answer to thisconcern industry may currently lieeveryserious accident (includingoth atractor can effecwithin your exist er. Whenconingfety &program.fatalities) aexperien tively identify and prevent the nonsa healthcontractorces, gentBack in the 1930\'s, alemantheyexperience29accidentsinjuryaccidents,therisksofa bythe nameofH.W.Heinrichresulting innon-seriousinjuries,seriousaccidentare dr lly amaticadevelopeda theorythatsaidforwith anadditional 300accidentsreduced. withnoinjuries!(Easter,Taylor,This concept may seem aeas-lot 1991you subscribe to this the ier said than done. But then again, ). If ory, whichI do, th it stands tonothingworthwhileeveris. en DO THERIGHT THING!reason that just because you h ateffective accident investigation~ aveprei.,/ not experienced ainjurygram iston tool in a-seriousno thelyroofyour company, you may very wellingcontractor arsenalin \'s haveh upto300non-injurypreventingaccidents.Employee ad ismatte of accidents. Itonly artimetrainingandappropriateenforceuntil one of those 300 turns in ament are aHowever, accident tomust. big one. P ars gameinvestigation is an excellentol for layingnumbe tois no way to run an effective safetymanagementtobecome educated and health program.ontheexposuresin your everAneffectiveaccidentpreven changing workplace. tion/r programsh ldN saidth runninga eportingou obodyat alwaysemphasizethevalueofsafetyandhealthprogramwas focusing on the cause of an acci goingto beeasy. But then again, dent, not nece rilyresult. Byneither is making that dreaded call ssa the focusingonthecause,itallowsto yourloyee\'s family. empmanagement to address the situations that didresult ininjury notan he (i.e. one of the 300 accidents). TOSHACFR 1926.501 Considerstheory is: ifwant to con29simple you Skylights to"H in Roofs.trolseriousaccidents(including BeOLES" fatalities), youmustrecordand addressallnon-injury accidents. One does have at to do with 63PLASTECO, Inc.lo the 800-231-6117 X307 Website: www.plasteco.com'