Incident Reporting & Developing Effective Safety Culture
6th - 7th May 2026
Dusit Thani Hotel, Dubai U.A.E.
Meet Our Trainer
Dr. Lawrence Salvoni
Dr. Lawrence Salvoni is a successful Senior Consultant with several EU, UK and Middle East Training providers sharing his extensive 30 plus years’ experience in the preparation and exercising of Business Continuity, Crisis Management, Safety Management and Emergency Response plans and procedures. An experienced, dynamic and passionate speaker, Lawrence has delivered hundreds of motivational speeches, keynote addresses and presentations to most industry sectors, as well as to thousands of clients and stakeholders on BCM and safety related topics in the EU, Middle and Far East. Lawrence now advises public and private companies and governments on how to operate safely, plan for, and respond to disasters from whatever cause.
Learning Outcomes Key Topic
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
- Build a shared understanding of what constitutes an incident, near miss, and hazard.
- Reduce any fear of blame teaching a safety culture approach where reporting is encouraged, not punished.
- Improve reporting accuracy and consistency, ensuring essential details are captured.
- Strengthen employees’ confidence to report issues promptly and correctly.
- Clarify procedures & expectations, so employees know how, when, and why to report.
- Promote proactive risk identification, helping staff recognize early warning signs.
- Improve communication across departments, preventing information bottlenecks.
- Encourage continuous improvement, using lessons learned from reported incidents.
- Support regulatory & organizational compliance, reducing legal and operational risks.
- Reinforce leadership commitment, demonstrating that IR is an organizational priority.
- Understand the differences between an Incident, Near Miss and Accident
Reason To Attend This Training
Incident reporting training is essential because it ensures that every employee understands how to recognize, document, and communicate safety related events accurately and promptly. Proper training helps prevent future incidents by identifying hazards early, supports a safer workplace for everyone, and protects the organization from legal, financial, and operational risks.
- Understand what qualifies as an incident, near miss, or hazard.
- Learn how to report incidents accurately and efficiently.
- Help prevent future accidents by identifying risks early.
- Ensure compliance with organizational policies and legal requirements.
- Using the Bradle Curve, protecting you & coworkers, promoting a safer environment.
- Gain confidence in using reporting systems, forms, and tools.
- Improve response times and reduce the severity of potential incidents.
- Contribute to a culture of transparency and continuous improvement.
- Support investigations with complete and accurate information.
- Reduce organizational risks, including operational disruptions and liability.
Course Details
Session 1: Objectives: Define Safety Culture; why Incident Reporting matters.
- - Factors that contribute towards establishing a good safety culture & IR system
- - Incident & Accident analysis, causation factors and Overview
- - Unsafe Acts v. Unsafe Conditions: Avoiding the “Blame Game”
- - IR Case Studies – organisations who survived and those who failed
Session 2: Understanding Incidents
- - Types of incidents: near misses, unsafe acts, accidents
- - Why reporting minor incidents matter
- - Who should report them, how and to whom
Session 3: Barriers to Reporting
- - Lack of awareness or unclear processes
- - The Iceberg of Ignorance
- - Bradley Curve Analysis
Session 4: Effective Incident Reporting Systems
- - Key features of a good reporting system
- - Confidentiality, accessibility, and ease of use
- - Workshop. Each delegate to provide an example. Hard or Soft Copy followed by a discussion
Session 1: Investigation Methodology
- - Six step Incident investigation process
- - Scene Protection and Examination - Who should be involved at this stage
- - Look. Listen and Learn, and Learn to Look and Listen More
- - Interviewing Techniques and obtaining Facts, Evidence & Witness Statements
Session 2: From Root Cause to Prevention
- - RCA Techniques: 5 Whys, Fishbone diagrams
- - Distinguishing between a symptom or cause. Human Error: Individual, Job or Culture
- - Learning from Incidents
- - Case studies of successful reporting cultures
Session 3: Leadership & Accountability in Enhancing your Safety Culture
- - Role of managers in fostering trust
- - Encouraging open communication
- - Embedding reporting into daily operations
- - Case Study, when it all goes wrong. How to avoid this in Your organisation
Session 4: Incident Report Writing. Presenting to the Board
- - Forms, format and structure
- - Preparing the Incident Report – the aim is to persuade and to seek action
- - Class exercise - Incident Investigation based on a case study
- - Class exercise - Produce the outline of a suitable report based on the above
Course Fees
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