41 - Doing it by the book
Language to use in a health and safety report
Tom has taken a tumble at Tip Top Trading. He was chasing a mouse but he fell over! What a disaster! Will Anna be able to help and find the right phrases to deal with health and safety at work?
Intermediate · 170412 · 2017-04-12
Tom has taken a tumble at Tip Top Trading. He was chasing a mouse but he fell over! What a disaster! Will Anna be able to help and find the right phrases to deal with health and safety at work? Language to use in a health and safety report This episode focuses on what to say when you need to talk about health and safety at work.
1. How did the accident happen?
BBC UK: How did the accident happen?
2. What was the cause of the accident?
BBC UK: What was the cause of the accident?
3. Were there any injuries?
BBC UK: Were there any injuries?
4. How could the accident have been avoided?
BBC UK: How could the accident have been avoided?
1. Narrator
Welcome back to the offices of Tip Top Trading where Tom has taken a tumble. He was trying to catch a mouse but tripped over. Can Anna help soothe the pain? Let's find out.
BBC UK: Welcome back to the offices of Tip Top Trading where Tom has taken a tumble. He was trying to catch a mouse but tripped over. Can Anna help soothe the pain? Let's find out.
2. Tom
Ooh... oww... ouch. My arm really hurts.
BBC UK: Ooh… oww… ouch. My arm really hurts.
3. Paul
What's all this noise about?
BBC UK: What's all this noise about?
4. Denise
It's Tom. He's had an accident - tripped over a mouse - I mean tripped over trying to catch a mouse.
BBC UK: It's Tom. He's had an accident – tripped over a mouse – I mean tripped over trying to catch a mouse.
5. Paul
Golly gosh. Are you OK Tom?
BBC UK: Golly gosh. Are you OK Tom?
6. Tom
I dunno. I think I've broken something.
BBC UK: I dunno. I think I've broken something.
7. Denise
Your pencil I think! Just sit there at my desk and I'll go and call a first-aider.
BBC UK: Your pencil I think! Just sit there at my desk and I'll go and call a first-aider.
8. Paul
Anna,you're going to have to fill in one of those Health and Safety reports.
BBC UK: Anna,you're going to have to fill in one of those Health and Safety reports.
9. Anna
Oh really? Do we have to?
BBC UK: Oh really? Do we have to?
10. Paul
It's procedure and it's the law - it's got to be done. Now Tom, would a cookie make you feel better?
BBC UK: It's procedure and it's the law – it's got to be done. Now Tom, would a biscuit make you feel better?
11. Narrator
Health and Safety is important in the workplace. The office needs to be a safe place to work in, but accidents do happen and that's when you have to report it. Anna, do you know where to find the form you need to fill in?
BBC UK: Health and Safety is important in the workplace. The office needs to be a safe place to work in, but accidents do happen and that's when you have to report it. Anna, do you know where to find the form you need to fill in?
12. Anna
I think so. It's here on the company intranet... here it is, 'accident report form'.
BBC UK: I think so. It's here on the company intranet… here it is, 'accident report form'.
13. Narrator
Yes, it's sometimes called an 'incident or accident report form'. It will ask you: How did the accident happen? What was the cause of the accident? Were there any injuries? And how could the accident have been avoided?
BBC UK: Yes, it's sometimes called an 'incident or accident report form'. It will ask you: How did the accident happen? What was the cause of the accident? Were there any injuries? And how could the accident have been avoided?
14. Anna
OK, I had better get started.
BBC UK: OK, I had better get started.
15. Denise
Right, I've call the first-aider. She'll be here in ten minutes. Now, do you need a hand with this form, Anna?
BBC UK: Right, I've call the first-aider. She'll be here in ten minutes. Now, do you need a hand with this form, Anna?
16. Anna
Yes please Denise. It wants to know how the accident happened.
BBC UK: Yes please Denise. It wants to know how the accident happened.
17. Denise
Just say there was a mouse... no, a large rat... running about that needed catching. And Tom, very bravely, tried to catch it
BBC UK: Just say there was a mouse… no, a large rat… running about that needed catching. And Tom, very bravely, tried to catch it
18. Anna
Yes... and then he tripped over something.
BBC UK: Yes… and then he tripped over something.
19. Denise
Was it your ego Tom?
BBC UK: Was it your ego Tom?
20. Tom
Err? Ha ha. Ouch! No, it was a sample box of Perfect Peaches.
BBC UK: Err? Ha ha. Ouch! No, it was a sample box of Perfect Peaches.
21. Denise
So, the cause of the accident was a box of Perfect Peaches left on the floor. Who left them there anyway?
BBC UK: So, the cause of the accident was a box of Perfect Peaches left on the floor. Who left them there anyway?
22. Tom
That might have been me Denise.
BBC UK: That might have been me Denise.
23. Denise
What do I always say about putting things away? Now Anna, it says here 'Were there any injuries?'
BBC UK: What do I always say about putting things away? Now Anna, it says here 'Were there any injuries?'
24. Anna
So I'll write, 'Yes, a member of staff broke his arm.'
BBC UK: So I'll write, 'Yes, a member of staff broke his arm.'
25. Denise
Sprainedhis arm. I think he'd be in a lot more pain if it was broken, hey Tom?
BBC UK: Sprainedhis arm. I think he'd be in a lot more pain if it was broken, hey Tom?
26. Tom
What? Err, yeah. It still hurts though.
BBC UK: What? Err, yeah. It still hurts though.
27. Denise
Hmm! Now finally it says 'What can be done to avoid this accident again?'
BBC UK: Hmm! Now finally it says 'What can be done to avoid this accident again?'
28. Anna
Get rid of the mice... I mean rats?
BBC UK: Get rid of the mice… I mean rats?
29. Denise
No. Store things away properly and keep the office tidy, eh Tom?
BBC UK: No. Store things away properly and keep the office tidy, eh Tom?
30. Tom
Yeah, I suppose so... but I was only trying to catch that mouse.
BBC UK: Yeah, I suppose so… but I was only trying to catch that mouse.
31. Denise
I know, very heroic. I'm starting to see what Anna sees in you, you know.
BBC UK: I know, very heroic. I'm starting to see what Anna sees in you, you know.
32. Tom
Oh no, Anna, our dinner date!
BBC UK: Oh no, Anna, our dinner date!
33. Narrator
So, it's been an eventful day in the office. Anna has done the proper thing by completing an accident report form. If you have to report an accident at work, here are some of the questions you might be asked: How did the accident happen? What was the cause of the accident? Were there any injuries? And: How could the accident have been avoided?
BBC UK: So, it's been an eventful day in the office. Anna has done the proper thing by completing an accident report form. If you have to report an accident at work, here are some of the questions you might be asked: How did the accident happen? What was the cause of the accident? Were there any injuries? And: How could the accident have been avoided?
34. Narrator
So luckily for Anna she might get out of that date with Tom!
BBC UK: So luckily for Anna she might get out of that date with Tom!
35. Anna
Hey Tom, don't look so glum. I'm up for dinner if you still are?
BBC UK: Hey Tom, don't look so glum. I'm up for dinner if you still are?
36. Tom
Ouch... really?
BBC UK: Ouch… really?
37. Anna
Sure Tom, and as you've only got one arm now, you won't be hugging me all the time.
BBC UK: Sure Tom, and as you've only got one arm now, you won't be hugging me all the time.
38. Denise
You'll have to spoon feed him his food too!
BBC UK: You'll have to spoon feed him his food too!
39. Tom
Denise, could you go and call pest control please?
BBC UK: Denise, could you go and call pest control please?
40. Narrator
Careful what you say Denise, or you may get injured too! So it looks Anna and Tom's dinner date is on - I can't wait to be a fly-on-the-wall! See you again soon. Bye!
BBC UK: Careful what you say Denise, or you may get injured too! So it looks Anna and Tom's dinner date is on – I can't wait to be a fly-on-the-wall! See you again soon. Bye!
Question
In the accident, what did Tom trip over?
Answer
A box of Perfect Peaches.