Using Objective Criteria to Achieve the Goals of Accident and Incident Investigations

Thousands of accidents occur in workplaces across the world every day. The failure of people, equipment, supplies, or surroundings to behave or react as expected contribute to most of the accidents. The aim of accident investigations is to determine how and why contributing failures occur. Managers and other decision makers can, by making use of the information gained through appropriate investigations, prevent a similar or perhaps more disastrous accident to take place.