Work related deaths: A protocol for liaison

The Protocol explains how agencies work together in the investigation of work-related deaths in Scotland and the collaborative approach to investigations that are carried out under the protocol.

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The protocol sets out the liaison relationships of agencies who report to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and explains how they will work together to ensure a full and thorough investigation of a death or serious injury where the circumstances are within the protocol.

Deaths and serious injury cases that are investigated under the protocol will often engage the responsibilities of more than one agency, each with the different area of responsibility who will report the circumstances to the Procurator Fiscal.