Safety reporting, escalation and your rights

Skills you'll practise

• Decide what needs reporting (hazards, near misses, injuries, ill health, damage) and report it the same shift
• Write a factual report with what, where, when, who was exposed and what was done
• Escalate a report that gets no response through the next level, safety representatives and, as a last resort, the regulator
• Describe the main employee rights and duties in the US and UK examples given
• Recognize when a hazard is serious and imminent enough to stop work and escalate immediately

Course outline

1. 1.Safety reporting, escalation and your rightsVideo · 2 min
2. 2.What to report and howLesson · 16 min
3. 3.Escalating when nothing happensLesson · 17 min
4. 4.Your rights and dutiesLesson · 17 min
5. 5.Safety reporting, escalation and your rights: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 16 questions
6. 6.Safety reporting, escalation and your rights: practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
7. 7.Final exam10 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

Sources it draws on

The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.

• OSHA: Workers' rights to file a complaint and protection from retaliation
• OSHA: Workers' right to refuse dangerous work
• OSHA: Report a fatality or severe injury (employer duty)
• HSE: Who should report under RIDDOR (UK)
• Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, section 7: general duties of employees (UK)
• Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 14: employees' duties (UK)
• Your employer's safety procedures, risk assessments and site rules (these govern)