ABIOSH Certificate in Incident/Accident Investigation

The ABIOSH International Certificate in Incident and Accident investigation is a 6 (six) days intensive course that prepares those who will be involved in incident and accident investigation team for effective investigative activities.

It should be emphasised that no one should investigate incidents without appropriate accident investigation training. All incidents whether a near miss or an actual injury-related event, should be investigated. Near miss reporting and investigation allow you to identify and control hazards before they cause a more serious incident.

Accident/incident investigations are a tool for uncovering hazards that either were missed earlier or have managed to slip out of the controls planned for them. It is useful only when done with the aim of discovering every contributing factor to the accident/incident to “foolproof” the condition and/or activity and prevents future occurrences. In other words, your objective is to identify root causes, not to primarily set blame.

This course teaches the principles of incident/accident investigation. They are practically based, enabling delegates to understand how to conduct an investigation from the examination of the scene to submitting the report. The course contains practical discussions to highlight the possible pitfalls in both the processing and recording of information. The sessions are challenging but constructive, aimed at achieving understanding of how vitally important identifying safety management system failures is. The course is delivered from the basis of a reasoned approach to business/operational/service management.