Incident investigation and reporting describe the process and responsibilities for internal reporting of HSE incidents which occurs in company’s operational area or related to company’s activity. A high percentage of incidents are caused by human error and lack of proper training. The number of such incidents may be greatly reduced by thorough investigation of incidents, establishing root causes, implementing effective corrective and preventative actions. This course is designed to introduce the attendees to established methods, of achieving this in a structured and proven manner.
This course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive knowledge and skills on the techniques and procedures for incident investigation and reporting. It covers the incident and accident investigation process and the related company’s procedures; the common causes of incidents and the various types of incident to investigate; the incident investigation techniques; the link between investigation and risk assessment, framework for incident investigation and analysis; and the analyses and commutate data.
The root cause analysis presented in this course is designed for use in investigating and categorizing the root causes of events with safety, health, environmental, quality, reliability and production impacts, although the exercises and case studies used in this course are predominantly those having safety and health impacts.
OSHA Incident [Accident] Investigations: A Guide for Employers (2015) will be used as guidance document provides participants with a systems approach to identifying and controlling the underlying or root causes of all incidents in order to prevent their recurrence. NFPA 921 will also be used to set the bar for scientific-based investigation and analysis of fire and explosion incidents.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to employ incident investigation to identify true root causes; recognize the root cause analysis, intermediate and root cause of incidents, cause tree analysis, fault tree analysis and events and causal factors analysis; carryout various strategies to ensure the organization learns from safety failures; employ structured data collection, investigating, interviewing and story boarding; apply applicable accident investigation procedures and investigate accidents and incidents in a professional manner; develop conclusions and recommendations; illustrate company’s HSE incidents reporting flow diagram; and perform proper incident reporting.
API RP 585, Pressure Equipment Integrity Incident Investigation, recommended practice will be used as case study during the course in addition to API Investigation Tiers and Root Cause Analysis