Accident Prevention & Investigation

摘要

What would you do if someone came to you and said, "We just had an accident?" Are you prepared to conduct an effective accident investigation? Most companies do not look for all the root causes of the accident, but concentrate on the injured employee as the cause of the accident occurring. This is not realistic. Accidents are signs of a management system that is not working. I am not blaming management but I am blaming the management system. For example, why did the unsafe condition exist? Why didn't someone notice it? And the list goes on. If I asked you if your company had a safety manual, most would answer, "Yes" but if 1 asked you if everyone knew what was in the manual, the answer would probably be. "No." I can't tell you how many times, when I am teaching at a client's location or the OSHA Training Institutes and I ask the safety professional to tell me what is in their manual, in many cases they cannot tell me themselves. How can an employee follow the company safety manual if the safety director is unable to relate what is even covered in the manual?