Investigate the float loading near miss and run the toolbox talk

You are the safety representative for the Cranbourne stables.

Simulated workplaceIntermediate missionCAQA Silverstride Racing and Breeding

What is going on

On 8 September 2026 a horse reared while being loaded into float bay 3 at Cranbourne. The handler stepped back into the path of a second horse being led past. Nobody was hurt, but the Stable Foreman reported it the same day and the People, Safety and Compliance Manager has assigned you the investigation. A partition pin incident in August already changed the pre-departure checklist, and a rider fall on 1 September is still under investigation. The fortnightly toolbox talk is on 15 September and the manager wants the findings presented there with agreed actions.

Jo Malouf, People, Safety and Compliance Manager
Subject: Float loading near miss on 8 September, investigation and toolbox talk

I have assigned you the investigation of the near miss at float bay 3 on 8 September. Read the entry in the Incident and Hazard Register, interview Kirra and the two handlers involved, and walk the loading area with the Horse Transport and Race Day Procedure in hand. I want a short investigation report with the contributing factors and corrective actions, the register updated, and a toolbox talk prepared on the Toolbox Talk Record Template for the Cranbourne talk on 15 September.

Your brief

Investigate the near miss using the Incident and Hazard Register entry, the procedure and interviews, identify contributing factors and corrective actions, update the register, and prepare the toolbox talk record for 15 September.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

Read the Incident, Injury and Near Miss Report Form guidance and the Work Health and Safety Policy and list the information you need to gather.
Review the register entry for 8 September and prepare interview questions for the Stable Foreman and the two handlers.
Walk the loading area against the loading section of the Horse Transport and Race Day Procedure and note where practice differed from the procedure.
Write the contributing factors, separating the horse's behaviour, the layout of the area, the task sequence and supervision.
Propose corrective actions with an owner and a date, and update the Incident and Hazard Register entry to actions open.
Prepare the toolbox talk on the Toolbox Talk Record Template with key points, the demonstration you will give and the actions to report.
Explain how you would decide whether this event needed to be reported to the regulator and record your reasoning.

My notes: what did I enjoy, and what surprised me?

What someone in this role would produce

Investigation report with contributing factors and corrective actions
Updated Incident and Hazard Register entry
Completed Toolbox Talk Record for 15 September

Printing this is a record of what you explored. It is not a certificate or a qualification.