Applications of Root Cause Analysis Method in the Domain of Industrial Safety

Abstract

Occupational environment comprises of various potential hazards which many times, if left ignored, may cause accidents or incidents and injuries to workers or loss of property. Thorough investigation of work place accidents unfolds circumstances behind the accidents. Safety professionals make use of several methods to investigate the root cause aiming for arriving at corrective steps and prevention of similar nature of accidents. Most regulatory review committees employ this root cause analysis techniques in the detailed investigations of post accidents and incidents and the remedial measures to prevent recurrences or minimize the frequency of occurrences. This paper discusses on the root cause analysis technique applied for investigation of a few Industrial accidents/incidents in a Research and Development Organisation.