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SERVICE DELIVERY
3.8 Incidents
Food and Health & Safety
Incidents may be reported to the Food and Safety Team via external agencies such
as the emergency services, FSA, Sufolk Public Health, UKHSA, customer complaints
or as a formal report under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous
Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR).
We have procedures for responding to FSA food alerts and arrangements in place
to respond out of normal oïce hours.
Health and safety incident investigations will be prioritised according to risk and
a decision to conduct a full investigation will be based on the HSE9s published
Incident Selection Criteria.
Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority
Incidents relating to food imports are often nagged by national early warning systems
or through direct contact with national competent authorities, such as the Food
Standards Agency or Department for Environment, Food and Rural Afairs (DEFRA).
These notiocations are assessed by Sufolk Coastal Port Health Authority9s (SCPHA)
Technical Leads and the appropriate response is determined. This process is part of
SCPHA9s normal service with no changes expected.
Corporate Health and Safety
All incidents that relate to health and safety and involve a risk of or actual injury,
damage to property or reputation are reported via the internal reporting system.
The Corporate Health and Safety Team responds to signiocant incidents to prevent
further injury and collect evidence, orst hand.
All incidents are reviewed by the Corporate Health and Safety Team who will ofer
support to managers investigating the incident to determine whether the risk controls
are adequate. Incident and insurance claim statistics are reported to the quarterly
Health and Safety Group.
Incidents that meet the criteria for formal reporting under the Reporting of Injuries,
Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 are reported to HSE by the
Corporate Health and Safety Team.
Health and safety compliance is monitored as a corporate risk and is risk rated
periodically by the Corporate Leadership Team
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