Incident Investigation Criteria
The SEMS says incident investigations should address the following:
- nature of the incident
- factors (human or other) that contributed to the initiation of the incident and its escalation/control
- recommended corrective actions identified as a result of the investigation
Investigate incidents, no matter how minor.
A corrective action program should be established based on the findings of the investigation in order to analyze incidents for common root causes. The corrective action program should:
- Retain the findings of investigations for use in the next hazard analysis update or audit.
- Determine and document the response to each finding to ensure that corrective actions are completed.
- Implement a system whereby conclusions of investigations are distributed to similar facilities and appropriate personnel within their organization.
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5-6. Why should the employer retain the findings of investigations?
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