CSI: CONDUCTING SCHOOL INVESTIGATIONS


A part of ensuring a safe and healthy workplace (and establishing due diligence!) is learning from your mistakes, and in the case of a workplace incident, that involves an understanding of what went wrong - regardless of whether or not the incident itself was reportable to OH&S. Most often, institutions arrive at that understanding through their investigation into the incident, and the report that inevitably follows. What they don't often realize, however, is that in their well-intentioned efforts to identify what went wrong and the various contributing factors, they're making more mistakes, taking on additional risks, and setting themselves up for failure in the future.

In this session, we'll examine why that is the case, through an unscripted and unplugged discussion into some of the most common, yet misunderstood, issues that institutions face in the course of their investigations and incident response more generally.

At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

  • understand the importance of properly identifying and reporting potentially serious incidents (PSIs); 

  • identify the single biggest mistake that institutions are making in the course of their investigations, and why it leaves them indefensible in the event of a prosecution or penalty; 

  • understand the legal parameters surrounding incident investigations and reporting, and what to expect following a reportable incident; 

  • understand the difference between an "investigation report" and an "incident report", and what should go into each; and

  • identify 10 key recommendations for improving their own investigations and reports.

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