10.14.8 Reporting Requirements
The incident procedure should define prompt internal notification to the people who can protect workers, control sources, preserve evidence, authorize work, and meet reporting duties.
- the Responsible Person and affected source operators;
- the supervisor, work group, contractor, and site owner as applicable;
- the organization's safety, engineering, legal, and management functions; and
- emergency services, medical providers, insurers, or clients where required.
External reporting depends on the event and jurisdiction. In Australia, a confirmed worker overexposure must be reported and managed under the relevant work health and safety legislation, and the relevant radiation protection authority reports a confirmed incident to the Australian Radiation Incident Register as specified by RPS S-1. Other notification duties may also apply.
The organization should not delay a required notification while waiting for every technical detail, but should clearly distinguish preliminary information from confirmed findings.
10.14.9 Learning From Incidents
Incident learning is complete only when findings are communicated to the people and sites that can use them and when resulting changes are implemented.
Relevant Plans, assessments, source information, procedures, training, inspection, and maintenance arrangements should be updated under document control. Lessons should be shared without disclosing unnecessary personal or confidential information.
Near misses, alarms, and control failures can reveal weaknesses before an overexposure or injury occurs and should be included in trend review and continual improvement.