Course Description:
As workplace safety and accident prevention methods have evolved, numerous paradigms have emerged around incident investigations. For example, ‘each accident must have a root cause analysis, and ‘supervisors are the best persons to lead investigations’. With new research findings related to the causal factors of serious injuries and fatalities, it is time to take another look at incident reporting and investigation processes. In this webinar, we will talk about the limitations of the current paradigms, and the need to shift our thinking around incident investigations.

Prerequisites:

Experience in conducting root cause analysis investigations and knowledge of critical safety systems such as lockout/tag out, confined space entry, work at heights.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Identify accident investigation paradigms that may exist in your organization.
• Understand the foundational basis for these paradigms and why they create problems in accident investigation effectiveness.
• Introduce new ways of thinking and acting to improve the overall effectiveness of accident investigation processes.
• Determine how to introduce the new paradigms into your organization.

Contact Hours:
1

Presentation Date:
01/22/2015

Presenters:
Don Martin, MPH, CIH, CSP