Incident report template

The first step when you write an incident report is to collect all the relevant information. Then you need to establish the order of events. Once you have collected all the information and established the order of events in an incident, you need to determine exactly what happened.
Then the next step is to analyse the root cause from the evidence and events. When you have found the root cause you can formulate corrective action for the future.
Then you have written an incident report!

There are six things you need for a basic incident report.
The first thing you need is the names and positions of the people involved. After you have documented these, you then need to record the names of any witnesses.
The next step is to add the exact location and/or address of where the incident occurred. Accompanying this information it is common to include the date and time of the incident. Then you need to add a clear description of what exactly happened and a description of the incident e.g. the injuries or the damage caused.
After you've included all this information, you have an incident report.

You sometime need to classify incident reports into categories or types. You could have the following as types or categories:
- Accident
- Notifiable Accident
- Incident
- Notifiable Incident.

N.B. Incidents and accidents are both unplanned events and can cause damage to places or things. However it is only accidents that cause serious injury or illness to people.

If you include these 6 elements in an incident report you will have pretty much everything you need:
1. The time and date the incident occurred
2. Where the incident occurred
3. A concise but complete description of the incident
4. A description of the damages that resulted
5. The names and contact information of all involved parties and witnesses
6. Video or Images of the incident

The 5 Ws are often mentioned in journalism, research, and police investigations.
They include:
- Who
- What
- When
- Where
- Why.