Accident Investigation or Incident Analysis ?
Accident Investigation is a common practice in Industrial
Safety Management and Safety Professionals keep on attending workshops to
develop this skill. After an accident, investigator conclude with one root
cause of the accident, generally blaming who was at fault. Accident is
investigated like a criminal investigation to find out a single cause or person
to blame for. But do you think an accident
is result of a single cause or act of a person-surely not at all. In fact, many
factors related to environmental, behavioural,
and personal randomly combine together to cause an accident to happen. Therefore,
a fundamental shift in the approach is required now and that is Incident
Analysis to find all contributory
factors causing an accident. In this approach the aim is to find the facts by careful
analysis of situation leading to an accident. The simple
substitution of words can have great impact. We can get more employee
participation in the process and reap more benefits in reducing the incidents which is unplanned or undesirable otherwise.
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