Scenario: You have started working for Castleford Manufacturing Ltd as an apprentice engineer. As part of your apprenticeship you have been asked to shadow the officer in charge of Health and Safety for the organisation. A member of staff is currently off work with a workplace injury. The walkway above the galvanizing rinse tank collapsed causing an employee to fall about 2.6 metres. He was fortunate to sustain only severe bruising. The walkway consisted of crosswise timbers supported by L-section metalwork welded to the tank sides. The supports were found to only be 3 years old but failed due to corrosion. The rinse tanks only contained a dilute acidic solution but it is was noted to remember that dilute acid can be more corrosive than when concentrated. From this the Health & Safety officer has tasked you with becoming familiar with and investigating the HSE website for any useful guides on how working from height can be managed: http://www.hse.gov.uk/work-at-height/index.htm Task 1 You have been asked to assess the potential costs and implications for the organisation and the individual as a result of an accident in the workplace. In doing so you must also put forward from your investigations how new control measures could've prevented the accident from occurring. Task 2 Going back to basics, you have also been asked to work on a new procedure for reporting. Describe, (using the HSE website for best practice) the procedures used to record and report accidents, dangerous occurrences and near misses. In doing so, also explain the principles that govern recording and reporting, including legal obligations to do so under RIDDOR.