Use Incident Investigation Techniques Even When Things Are Going Well

Recently, whilst running the IOSH Safety Management course, Colin sat back and reflected a little bit on accident investigation case studies discussed. He noted there were 4 bullet points; Making a safer working environment Improving worker morale Preventing further business disruptions and downtime Developing useful skills & Knowledge that can be applied throughout the organisation Colin thinks these are all fantastic things every business should be doing all the time, not only when there is an incident. When there is an incident, there are a lot more people involved; management and even the senior management team join in. Colin wants to know, why aren’t we doing this already rather than only when there’s a problem, or worse a serious incident? Perhaps this could be avoided if we consider these 4 bullet points every day and on every job; not just as resolution to an incident “Rather than ‘accident investigations’; maybe call them ‘business improvement investigations’?… Because if you’re going to do it when its going well; then you’re going to hopefully find the potential downfalls before they happen” -Colin Nottage     ABOUT HOST  Colin Nottage  ‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.’  This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into industry.  Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions.  He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes that are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation.  Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses.  Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, -an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive.  He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought-after health and safety speaker and trainer.  He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)