Location

Productivity and Quality Institute - Alexandria

Objectives

• The primary purpose of an accident investigation is to identify the causes of an accident in order to suggest remedial action which will prevent a recurrence. This will often involve looking beyond the immediate, or direct, cause to the underlying, or root, causes. Only when all of these have been identified and tackled, can we claim to have taken effective action.

Outcomes

By the end of this course the delegate will be:• To ensure that all incidents properly investigated and that this information is used to reduce the likelihood of future HSE incidents and to define investigation requirements. • To determine causes of incidents and identify methods to prevent their reoccurrence. • Analyze statistical number & to provide statistics numbers to management & decision maker within the organization regarding to health and safety.

Course Contents

Introduction: • Accidents vs. incidents. • The qualifications needed by accident investigation team. The accident investigation kit. Conducting the investigation: • Determining the facts. • Hard evidence. • Witness statements. • Circumstantial evidence. Interviewing tips for accident investigators: • What points of focus? • Questioning techniques. • Essential Questions to ask. Investigation Checklist: • Finding out what occurred. • Checking environment equipment. • Interview. • Follow leads. • Analyse all facts and causes. • Base recommendations in all identified direct, indirect and root causes. Accident analysis: • Technical analysis. • Economic analysis. • Statistical analysis. Geographical analysis. Accidents dynamics: • Accidents frequency. • Accidents measure. Applications and case studies.