MODULE 6: EFFECTIVE INCIDENT / ACCIDENT ANALYSIS

Accident Causation Theories

Energy Transfer Theory

This theory claims that a worker incurs injury from exposure to a harmful change of energy. For every change of energy there is a source, a path and a receiver. In this course we refer to the harmful transfer of energy as the "Direct Cause of Injury."

This theory is useful for evaluating work for energy hazards and engineering control methods.