Accidents are the unpleasant events that occur in the organization which enables the employer to learn from the accidents and enhance the safety solutions in the workplace through analyzing the root cause of the event and preventing accidents with the right lesson.
Investigation should be done for the accident as they are unbiased to identify the exact root causes of the incidents and the instant question will be asked within the organization. The real condition for the mistake happened can be rectified
Accidents are investigated to know what about near misses? Based on the incident in the organization, a significant injury or death requires an investigation.
Root cause analysis acts as an essential role of investigation of the incident occured and deep learning of the incident until uncovering the issues which enables to focus on safety culture but employees continue make same mistakes and root cause be unchanged or uncovered. This can be overcome by asking proper incident investigation questions to the employees. The investigation that include all incident investigation with full root cause analysis.
The investigation of accidents are undertaken by three process that are securing the incident, recording the incident and collection of information from initial observers. As the essential part of root cause analysis the investigation includes several questions to determine the exact cause for the incident: What? Why? When?
There are few question that uncover the root cause analysis but need to answered they are:
- Who died due to serious injury?
- Who was injured?
- What kind of injury is it?
- Which injury took place?
- Where did the injury happen?
- When did the incident happen?
- Which machinery was used at the time of the incident?
- Did all workers follow safe work procedures to operate work?
- Was supervision done at the time of work?
- Were employees wearing PPE properly?
- Were employees trained about proper usage of PPE?
- Was the worker wearing damaged PPE at the time of the incident?
- Did PPE get damaged at the time of the incident?
- Were employees trained to handle dangerous situations?
- Was any distraction done while performing work to the worker physically or mentally?
- Were any preventative measures taken to control the risk?
- Was there any deviation in the normal procedure?
- Did control measures performed properly or not?
- Were the proper tools and equipment used to perform the concerned job?
- Was the job performance more complex to handle than normal?
- Was there any different chemical used or changes made to perform the job?
- Did the employees use required PPE as per the job performed?
- Did the supervisor conduct regular safety meeting to employees?
- Was there were any equipment failure at that time safety alerts properly functioned or not?
- Were employees was properly trained while performing work?
- Were employees proficient before performing work?
- Were they able to identify potential hazard?
These are the incident or accident questions laid down by OSHA to ensure safety culture in the organization and to determine root causes of all the incidents.
By using the EHS software solution, safety is ensured and patterns are identified with a list of standard questions for any incident investigation, analysis, and root cause identification across all incidents. EHS (Environmental, Health, and Safety) software plays a crucial role in accident investigation by helping organizations find the root causes of incidents.
Here’s how EHS Software helps in finding Root causes works:
Data Collection: EHS software allows you to quickly gather detailed information about the accident, including what happened, where it happened, and who was involved.
Incident Analysis: The software helps analyze the data by guiding you through a series of questions that focus on understanding the underlying causes of the accident, rather than just the surface-level issues.
Root Cause Identification: EHS software uses tools like cause-and-effect diagrams and checklists to identify the root causes of the incident, ensuring that you don’t overlook critical factors.
Reporting and Documentation: The software automatically generates comprehensive reports that document the investigation process, making it easier to review findings and take corrective actions.
Preventive Measures: Based on the root cause analysis, EHS software suggests preventive measures to avoid similar accidents in the future, helping you improve overall workplace safety.
In summary, EHS software streamlines the accident investigation process, making it easier to ask the right questions, find the root causes, and implement effective solutions to prevent future incidents.
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