Accident and Incident Investigation, FMEA and Risk Assessment
PDF · 210 pages · English · Incident Investigation

210-slide training deck. Covers why and how to investigate accidents and near misses, the accident ratio pyramids, and the causation model (immediate and basic causes). It also covers interviewing and evidence tips, accident analysis methods, FMEA/FMECA (severity, probability, detection, RPN) and an office safety assessment checklist. The last part covers risk matrices, ALARP and the risk reduction hierarchy.
By Saurabh Rawat · Published 2026-09-28 · Updated 2026-11-12
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1/210 Accident and Incident Investigation
2/210 Objectives of this Section ● To define the reasons for investigating accident and incidents. ● To outline the process for effectively investigating accidents and incidents. ● To facilitate an effective investigation.
3/210 Accident Investigation ● Important part of any safety management system. Highlights the reasons why accidents occur and how to prevent them. ● The primary purpose of accident investigations is to improve health and safety performance by: Exploring the reasons for the event and identifying both the immediate and underlying causes; Identifying remedies to improve the health and safety management system by improving risk control, preventing a recurrence and reducing financial losses.
4/210 What to Investigate? ● All accidents whether major or minor are caused. ● Serious accidents have the same root causes as minor accidents as do incidents with a potential for serious loss. It is these root causes that bring about the accident, the severity is often a matter of chance. ● Accident studies have shown that there is a consistently greater number of less serious accidents than serious accidents and in the same way a …
accident investigation · incident investigation · near miss · root cause · unsafe act · fmea · fmeca · rpn · risk assessment · alarp
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