{"id":29375,"date":"2018-11-22T12:01:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T11:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/oshas-4-step-system-for-incident-investigation\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T19:45:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:45:41","slug":"oshas-4-step-system-for-incident-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/oshas-4-step-system-for-incident-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"OSHA&#8217;s 4 Step System for Incident Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"29375\" class=\"elementor elementor-29375 elementor-18672\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29502366 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29502366\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97f125e\" data-id=\"97f125e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a68f37b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a68f37b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OSHA's 4-Step System for Investigating Workplace Incidents<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-382ad3fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"382ad3fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source: <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\n  <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/enablon.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/22\/safetip-71-use-oshas-information-collection-checklist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enablon Insights.<\/a>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Incident investigation should be an important part of any occupational health and safety program. All incidents should be investigated, from near misses to accidents resulting in death, injury or property damage. Incident investigations help prevent future incidents by uncovering their root causes. This makes it possible to identify workplace hazards and implement corrective and preventive action plans.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To help organizations conduct effective incident investigations, OSHA has made available a number of resources, including an Incident (Accident) Investigation Guide for Employers. The purpose of the guide is to provide employers with a systems approach to help them identify and control the underlying or root causes of all incidents in order to prevent recurrence. The approach consists of 4 steps:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1) Preserving\/documenting the scene of events<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">) Collect information<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">) Determine root causes<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">) Initiate corrective actions<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ensure that all information relevant to an incident is collected.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Incident information is collected through interviews, document review and other methods. To help ensure that all information pertinent to an incident is collected, OSHA&#8217;s 4-step guide for investigating incidents is <strong>\n  <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\n    <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/dte\/IncInvGuide4Empl_Dec2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available here. <\/a>\n  <\/span>\n<\/strong> <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><em>About Laragon<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A consulting firm based in Spain and Latin America specialized in process digitalization projects that works with the objective of bringing technology within the reach of organizations. Since 2006 we have been applying Innovative Technologies to improve key Business Processes in Sustainability Strategies: <span style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/environmental-management-and-sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental Management and Sustainability<\/a>\n<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/health-and-safety-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health and Safety, Risk Management<\/a>\n<\/span> y <span style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/governance-and-compliance-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regulatory Compliance<\/a>\n<\/span>.  <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OSHA&#8217;s 4-Step System for Investigating Workplace Incidents Source: Enablon Insights. Incident investigation should be an important part of any occupational health and safety program. All incidents should be investigated, from near misses to accidents resulting in death, injury or property damage. Incident investigations help prevent future incidents by uncovering their root causes. 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