Step 5: Conduct Cause Analysis
Introduction
You've completed the initial part of the accident analysis by gathering information and using it to break the accident down into an accurate sequence of events.
Do Accidents Just Happen?
You have a good mental picture of what happened. Now it's time to continue the analysis process by completing each of the following three phases of analysis to determine what caused those events.
This module will introduce us to the three phases of analysis below:
- Injury Analysis to determine the direct cause of injury
- Event Analysis to determine the surface causes of the accident
- System Analysis to determine the root causes of the accident
Check out the short podcast video by Dan Clark. Folklore that 'accidents happen' has been proven wrong. But are people naturally accident prone? In this podcast, Dan Clark delves into these topics.
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6-1. Which type of analysis determines the surface causes of an accident?
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