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Incidents

Investigation

While people still remember.

  • On the file

    The interviews, what failed, and the actions that follow.

  • Duty

    HSWA 1974 and MHSWR 1999

  • Where it is used

    Started the same day, on the job.

What it does

  • Interviews, the immediate cause, and the underlying one.
  • What failed: the control, the method, or the supervision.
  • Actions go back onto the record, with owners, before the site moves on.

On the file

  • The interviews
  • The immediate cause
  • The underlying cause
  • What failed: the control, the method, or the supervision
  • Actions, with owners, before the site moves on

Why digital

Against a paper file, a spreadsheet, or a folder in the cabin.

  • Started the same day. Not a pack assembled a month later.
  • The actions land on the board the people already use.

The duty

UK law. We name it. We do not invent a badge.

  • HSWA 1974 and MHSWR 1999

    You have to find out what went wrong, and stop it happening again. RIDDOR expects the facts.

  • Who uses it

    The person asked to find out. The actions go to the people who already use the board.

  • Sits with

    On the incident. The actions land on the same board.

  • What good looks like

    Started while people still remember. Owned actions are on the record before the site moves on.