Post–incident reporting: learning from experience to promote reservoir safety

This paper explains how the new role of post-incident reporting for UK dams is working and considers the challenges for the future.

The paper will:

explain how the post-incident reporting system works;

summarise the type of incidents reported to the Environment Agency;

highlight findings from post-incident investigations;

summarise how the industry has been kept informed (bulletins, first annual report etc.) and expand on communications issues (freedom of information requests etc);

expand on how similar systems are being engaged (e.g. The Standing Committee on Structural Safety (SCOSS) and Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety (CROSS);

consider the need for mandatory post-incident reporting in the future;

explain how the system can inform the reservoir research and development programme.

• SYNOPSIS

• INTRODUCTION

• A SUMMARY OF THE NEW SYSTEM

• RESERVOIR SAFETY INCIDENTS

• INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS

• LIMITATIONS AND CONCERNS FOR VOLUNTARY REPORTING

• OVERVIEW OF SIMILAR SYSTEMS

• INFORMING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

• CONCLUSION

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• REFERENCES