Reducing Accidents

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Monitoring Our Performance

We provide quarterly reports to the Executive team and an annual HSW report, which is reviewed by the Audit, Risk and Governance Committee (ARGC) and reported to the board. This is part of our management system arrangements to ensure effective review of health safety and wellbeing progress. 

For a copy of the Annual Health Safety & Wellbeing Board Report please contact HR Direct

Report an accident

An accident is an undesired event which results in injury or ill health to a person and/or property damage. This includes all road traffic accidents for example accident involving liveried vehicles, lease cars and colleagues own vehicles, driven on NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) business.

An accident can be reported electronically on our Datix system.

Report a near miss

A Near Miss is an undesired event which could have resulted in injury or ill health to a person and/or property damage but was avoided by good luck. Any unsafe acts or conditions identified can also be reported as near misses. A near miss can be reported electronically on our Datix system (recommended), or via a postcard. Postcards can be either photographed/scanned & emailed to HR Direct or sent through the internal post.

We are all responsible for reporting the accidents and near misses we have at work either on Datix directly or using the appropriate form. We must do this in a timely manner, taking immediate action as appropriate to prevent others from being injured and co-operating with any investigations required.

As part of our commitment to continuous improvement and providing a safe working environment your manager will discuss with you the outcome of their investigation and any actions being taken as a result. We are all expected to co-operate with any investigations required and as part of good communication and commitment to making a safe workplace.

Should more near miss cards be required these are available by contacting contacting HR Direct.

Watch the video below to see why recording near misses is so important:

• Datix Guidance for Reporters*
• Datix Guidance for Managers*
• Leaflet - A Guide for Dealing with a Work Related Traffic Incident for All Drivers of NHSBT Vehicles*
• Blank WNS Assistance Claim Form *

Stop, Look, Assess, Manage (SLAM)

• SLAM Poster*

Look at observation Topics

• Topic - Load and Unload* 
• Topic - Control of Contractors* 
• Topic - Safe Use of Liquid Nitrogen*
• Topic - Manual Handling*
• Topic - Reversing Vehicles*
• Topic - Clinical Waste*
• Topic - Personal Protective Equipment*
• Topic - Donation Chair*
• Topic - Musculoskeletal Disease*
• Topic - Health and Wellbeing*
• Topic - Near Misses*
• Topic - Mental Health Awareness*
• Topic - Forklift Trucks*
• Topic - Flu Vaccinations*
• Topic - Control of Substances Hazardous to Health*
• Topic - Laboratory Safety*
• Topic - Office Safety*
• Topic - Safe use of equipment*
• Topic - Slips, Trips and Falls*
• Topic - Sharps (Tissue Services)*
• Topic - Roll Cages*
• Topic - Hand Hygiene*
• Topic - Prevention of Sharps Injuries*
• Topic - Winter Wellbeing*

Look at Safety Alerts Issued

We issue alerts across the organisation following an external notification of action required, and for internal incidents where we have identified wider learning to help make sure we can avoid further incidents. Alerts are posted here but also sent directly to the areas and managers who need to take action as we monitor this for assurance purposes.

• Issued 03/05/23 - Wheeled Equipment*
• Issued 25/04/22 - Slip, Trips and Falls*
• Issued 20/07/20 - Cardinal Masks Type IIR*