Occupational health and safety expert examination
We will analyse the technical and organisational circumstances of a workplace incident, the conditions in which work was performed and the documents provided. We will prepare an examination addressing specific questions or a review of a report already received.
Areas of work
Choose an object or a task. Each service page explains the materials, sample questions and examination process.
Technical circumstances of an occupational accident
Examination of the event sequence, workplace condition and protective measures using incident materials.
Organisation of safe working practices
Analysis of an operation's technical sequence, allocation of functions and intended protective methods.
Examination of occupational safety documentation
Comparison of instructions, logs, work permits and process documents with the content of specific work.
Examination of personal protective equipment
Checking properties, completeness and available indicators of PPE condition in relation to the specified operation.
Guards, interlocks and protective devices
Examination of the technical condition and purpose of devices restricting access to equipment danger zones.
Analysis of occupational risk assessment materials
Checking source data, assessment logic and the connection between proposed protective measures and specific hazards.
Review of an occupational health and safety expert report
Substantive examination checking: source data, selected methods, technical requirements and the soundness of findings.
From source materials
to a verifiable result
The scope and methods are selected for the specific task.
Establish the source information
Investigation materials, including appendices to the report and records. We will clarify the information source, the object's condition and the questions.
Agree the scope of work
We determine the necessary methods, specialists, access to the object, timeframe and fee, and record the agreed terms.
Receive reasoned conclusions
The written result sets out the materials examined, the examination process, the answers to the questions and the limitations of the conclusions.
Understand the issues before enquiring
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Practical guidesEquipment guards and interlocks: what a technical examination establishes
How an equipment safety circuit is examined, compared with documentation and used to reconstruct the condition of guards at the incident date.
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Expert report reviewReviewing a finding on accident causes: checking alternative technical explanations
Checking the causal chain, the timing of damage and the grounds for excluding other technical explanations of the incident.
Read article ↗Expert report reviewDisagree with an occupational safety report? What to check substantively
How to prepare materials for a review, separate technical observations from disagreement with the outcome and pose verifiable questions.
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Practical guidesWhich materials to preserve for a technical examination of an incident
Practical preparation of documents, photographs and equipment information after a workplace incident.
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Describe the situation and the materials you have. We will agree the questions, scope of work and format of the result.