Conducting an Accident Investigation
Course 102
Safety Certified Supervisor Series

MODULE 5: DETERMINING SURFACE AND ROOT CAUSES

Time to analyze for cause

We've gathered information and used it to develop an accurate sequence of events. We've got a good mental picture of what happened. Now it's time to conduct an analysis of each event to determine causes. This module will introduce us to the following concepts:

• Injury analysis
• Event analysis
• Systems analysis
• Direct cause of injury
• Surface cause of the accident
• Root cause of the accident