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6 Occupational health and safety impact assessment
Once the ERT has been assembled at the command centre, a more detailed occupational health and safety impact assessment must be carried out in order to decide the appropriate response.
The information that should have been recorded at the time of notification of the incident is as follows:
Date and time of the incident Nature of the incident e.g. fire, flood, explosion, leak Location of the incident Whether emergency services have been called (if appropriate) and if so, are they in attendance? Any injuries or loss of life if known An estimate of the scale of the impact
In addition to this initial indication, further information should be available from the Incident Liaison team member of the ERT who should be at the location of the incident.
Useful further information could include:
Likely duration of the incident Any obvious knock-on effects The extent of impact on occupational health and safety The business units affected and the extent of the impact to them The effect on production or service delivery A list of those people that will not be able to assist in the recovery Initial indication of the likely cause of the incident
This information should be documented so that a clear time-based understanding of the situation as it emerges is available for current use and later review. A form template is provided for this purpose in the document Incident Impact Information Log.
A list of the business activities, products, services, teams and supporting processes that have been affected by the incident should be created together with an assessment of the extent of the impact. Template forms to record this information can be found in the OH&S management system documents Incident Impact Information Log and Plan Activation Log.
