Accident Investigations that establish both the reason and the root cause.

Establishing the reason for workspace accidents is acutely important. It’s crucial that all accidents are documented no matter how minor and more importantly that an accident investigation is implemented to establish the causes and ensure H&S management procedures are applied to avoid further occurrence.

Investigation Reality

Despite the very best of intentions and operation of health and safety best practice, accidents will still occur. Nevertheless, irrespective of just how the incident happens an accident investigation has to be performed to ascertain:

Why the accident occurred
How it could have been prevented
Whether there was an infringement of legal duty
Any potential fault?
The probability of a potential claim
Potential training issues
What lessons might be learned

Investigation Essentials

One of the many essential elements of accident investigation is identifying the inherent causes of the accident. In many cases, individuals discontinue the investigation prematurely, neglecting the fact that every primary cause could possibly have various underlying causes. For instance, if someone slips on a wet surface and hurts themselves, many people will say the cause of the accident was the wet flooring. While this may be correct, we would say this is potentially only the direct cause.

The thing that is of greater importance are root causes. Such as, what action caused the water to end up on the floor, is there a leaky pipe, is there a problem with the roof or was it spilled?

The CoreGenic Advantage

We genuinely believe that accident investigation is really as much about learning from, as it is about the assessment of the incident. If absolutely nothing changes, subsequently nothing has been learned from the accident and consequently the probability of a further occurrence is higher. As independent health and safety consultants, you can be assured of CoreGenic’s objectivity during the investigation of any accident, which is vital to discover the real cause, and providing an adequate conclusion while determining any required changes.