Incident Investigation project management

Manage an incident investigation and analysis as a project with a schedule, budget, and predefined deliverables. 

The lead investigator will usually serve as the project manager for the investigation process—so he or she will also need the skills to manage the schedule, budget, and final report. The leader must also exert control over the flow of information many incidents are sensitive—it is important that people be informed on a need to know basis—at least until the final report is issued. 

Monitor leading indicators using the Safety Scorecard Identify and report incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions Track accident investigations and store causal factor data Assign and manage corrective actions / Collaborate with multiple departments for incident resolution Monitor the status of tasks and projects Manage OSHA-recordable and other injury records... 

Accident investigation routines have been improved particularly by the large contractors. The trends are towards more detailed fact-finding investigation as well as interviews to reveal the root causes of the incidents. The pressures from management and clients of the projects as to better safety concern have also improved the reporting of the near-accidents at constmction sites. The best constmction companies now report some thousands of near-accidents and at-risk situations, while only a few lost-time accidents have occurred at their sites. 

Anything can become an objective—from investigating incidents to developing a new employee orientation program. You must decide the activities that are more important for your management system to work, and the ones that will help you create an effective safety management system. The objectives you select must be consistent with your basic safety policy. Objectives should be part of the normal operations of your company, and not special projects added onto the normal workload [2]. They must be integrated into your business as we discussed. 

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