Accident Investigation

This Accident Investigation course uses video to deliver effective online training on how to properly investigate a workplace accident or incident. This training teaches proper investigative procedures and covers all of the basic skills required to conduct a proper accident or incident investigation. This training teaches how to analyze the facts, identify the contributing factors, and discover the root cause. In this Accident Investigation course, the entire investigation process is taught, starting with securing the area, all the way through the final stages of corrective actions and follow-up.

Training for all persons responsible for investigating workplace accidents.

• Investigate
  • Secure the area
  • Organize your approach
  • Gather facts
  • Collect evidence
  • Interview witnesses
  • Review records
• Find Cause
  • Review facts
  • Ask 'Why' questions
• Take Action
  • Corrective action
  • Short term solutions
  • Long term solutions
• Document
  • Accident reporting
• Follow-Up
  • The follow up procedure

• Properly and effectively investigate accidents.
  • Identify the first priority in any accident investigation.
  • List immediate steps to take to secure the accident area.
  • Determine steps to include in the initial investigation.
  • Describe good witness interviewing techniques.
  • Acknowledge that the intent of the investigation process is to identify causes of accidents and develop corrective actions to avoid future occurrences.
  • List tasks involved in investigating workplace accidents.
• Determine the cause of an accident.
  • Agree to include environmental factors as a possible contributing factor.
  • Choose an example of a contributing factor to an accident.
  • Recall mapping events as an effective way to determine the cause of an accident.
  • Use why questions to analyze facts to discover contributing factors and the cause or causes of an accident.
• Take corrective action to prevent future accidents.
  • Recommend a typical corrective action for an accident whose primary cause was people-related.
  • Recommend a typical corrective action for an accident whose primary cause was equipment or material-related.
• Properly document all areas of an investigation.
  • Explain the benefits of documentation.
  • From a list, select required forms to complete.
• Follow up on corrective measures.
  • Identify the steps of a thorough investigation.
  • Explain the importance of follow-up.
  • Agree that follow-up helps ensure the most appropriate measures are taken.
  • List investigation procedures from gathering facts to follow-up.