Guidance

Managing accidents and injuries in prison: PSI 02/2016

Policy and guidance on reporting, recording and investigating accidents, injuries and illnesses among prison staff, prisoners and third parties.

From:
HM Prison and Probation Service and Ministry of Justice
Published
16 March 2016

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Health and safety arrangements for the management of accident reporting, recording and investigation: PSI 02/2016

PDF, 543 KB, 23 pages

Details

This prison service instruction (PSI) explains the responsibilities of prisons to report, record and investigate accidents, injuries and illnesses among prison staff, prisoners and third parties. This includes:

  • accidents
  • fires
  • work-related ill health
  • control and restraint injuries
  • assaults
  • near misses

It outlines the processes and actions necessary to ensure incidents are reported and investigated quickly and effectively and help reduce the likelihood and impact of such incidents in the future.

It also covers:

  • the investigation process
  • internal reports
  • criteria for reporting events externally
  • the sharing of data between internal systems

This is a current PSI. It came into effect on 16 June 2016.

Published 16 March 2016

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