Presented by

Md. Salah Uddin ( Lovelu)

Safety Trainer
BESI Private Limited

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 IOSH MS
• Module: 6
• Topic: Investigating Incidents
• Key learning:
 Why investigate incidents?
 How do incidents happen?
 How do you carry out an incident investigation?

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 Incident
Incident: An incident is an undesired event
that has caused or could have caused
damaged, death, injury or ill health.

 Incident types:

 Near Miss
Accident

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Incident

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 Incident

Near Miss: A near miss can be describe as an

incident that results in no injury or damage, but
which has the potential to do so.

Accident: An accident is an incident which results

in injury to someone or damage to property.

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 Incident
There are a number of reasons to investigate
incidents….

 To collect the information you need to pass on to the

enforcing authority.
 To identify the cause of the incident to stop it happening
again.
 To get information needed for an insurance claim.
 To find out the cost of an accident
 To identify any other hazards or risks and training
requirements.
 To ensure legal compliance.

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Incident

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 Incident
 Incident are rarely caused by a single factor- there are
usually Several contributory factors. Also, these factors
will include obvious and immediate causes and less obvious
underlying causes.

 Immediate causes: Unsafe action or lack of action or

Unsafe condition.

 Unsafe action: Operating an equipment with missing

guards, bypassing interlocks, using the wrong PPE.

 Unsafe condition: Damage tools and equipment, high noise

and low lighting levels.

 Underling causes: Factors that allow the unsafe actions

and condition to happen. The majority if these are related
to the way the organization manages safety and health and
how people perceive risk.
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 Cause of Incident
 Immediate causes: Unsafe action or lack of action or
Unsafe condition.

 Unsafe action: Operating an equipment with missing

guards, bypassing interlocks, using the wrong PPE.

 Unsafe condition: Damage tools and equipment, high noise

and low lighting levels.

 Underling causes: Factors that allow the unsafe actions

and condition to happen. The majority if these are related
to the way the organization manages safety and health and
how people perceive risk.

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 Cause of Incident

 Root causes: Among the many contributory factors to an

incident, there will be root causes. A root cause is a factor
that may that may cause conditions that could result in an
undesirable event. If the problem were correct, it would
prevent the undesirable event from happening. In a other
words, a root cause is an event from which all other causes
spring.

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 Cause of Incident
Ware house

Office hour : 9.00am- 5.00pm

Now: 4.50pm
Speed Limit: 30 mph
Use wrong road
Now: 50 mph

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Cause of Incident

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Cause of Incident

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Cause of Incident

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Structured Approach to Investigation

1. Information Gathering 2. Analysis

3. Review risk control measures 5. Sharing and communication

4. Action Planning
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Any Questions, please?

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Thank So Much…

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