Civil, structural, utilities, and project engineering — InvestigatePro gives your EHS team structured ICAM methodology and AI coaching to investigate incidents properly, meet regulatory requirements, and prevent recurrence on complex project sites.
Engineering project sites generate complex, multi-causal incidents. Most investigation tools aren't built for that complexity.
Engineering projects involve principal contractors, specialist subcontractors, and client personnel on the same site. When an incident occurs, the chain of responsibility is complex — and shallow investigations miss the systemic coordination failures that caused it.
Engineering firms operate under CDM, OSHA, and industry-specific safety standards. Regulators and clients expect documented, methodologically sound investigations — not narrative reports that conclude "operative failed to follow procedure."
A fall-from-height incident on a bridge project and a near-miss on a utilities upgrade may share identical systemic causes — but if investigations live in separate Word documents across project folders, the organisational learning never happens.
Engineering projects run on tight programmes. Every day of investigation is a day of delay. The pressure to close investigations quickly leads to surface-level findings and corrective actions that don't address the real systemic cause.
Engineering firms operating in Africa, the Middle East, and resource-rich regions face investigations that span language barriers, limited internet, and varying regulatory environments. Paper-based systems are unworkable at scale.
Potential Serious Injury or Fatality (pSIF) events in engineering are often classified as minor near-misses. Without structured investigation, the systemic failures that nearly caused a fatality are never surfaced — until the next event is fatal.
Engineering incidents are multi-causal. InvestigatePro supports the methods that match that complexity.
Full Incident Cause Analysis Method with PEEPO contributing factor mapping. Identifies individual, job/environment, organisational, and absent/failed defence factors — the systemic analysis engineering regulators expect.
Structured 5 Whys with AI coaching that prevents investigators from stopping at "worker error." Guided prompts push to design, supervision, planning, and management system failures.
Digital fishbone analysis for complex multi-factor incidents. Systematic category coverage ensures no contributing factor domain is missed during brainstorming phases.
Investigation guidance calibrated for the hazards that drive engineering fatality and serious injury rates globally.
The leading cause of fatalities in engineering and construction. ICAM investigates fall protection system design, inspection regimes, permit-to-work quality, supervision adequacy, and the production pressure that leads workers to bypass protection.
Load drops, rigging failures, and crane collisions on engineering sites. Investigation covers lift planning adequacy, rigger competency verification, exclusion zone management, communication systems, and equipment inspection regimes.
Trench collapses, ground instability, and buried service strikes on civil and infrastructure projects. ICAM surfaces ground investigation adequacy, shoring system selection, permit-to-dig quality, and competency of trench supervisors.
Contact with live electrical cables, gas mains, and pressurised services. Investigation examines service detection systems, permit-to-work adequacy, subcontractor supervision, and the planning failures that put workers near unidentified services.
Pedestrian-vehicle interactions on construction sites and traffic management failures on road projects. ICAM investigates traffic management plan quality, segregation system implementation, contractor interface management, and supervisor oversight.
Formwork collapses, structural failures during construction phases, and falling material incidents. Investigation examines design review processes, temporary works sign-off, competency of temporary works coordinators, and inspection systems.
Fire and explosion incidents involving welding, cutting, and hot work on engineering projects. ICAM surfaces hot work permit quality, fire watch adequacy, isolation systems, combustible material management, and contractor supervision.
Atmospheric hazards in tunnels, chambers, and process vessels on infrastructure projects. Investigation examines atmosphere monitoring systems, rescue provisions, permit quality, and the decision-making process that allowed entry.
Investigation tools designed for the complexity of engineering project environments — without the enterprise price tag.
Purpose-built ICAM investigation workflows with PEEPO contributing factor analysis. Guides investigators through Individual Factors, Job/Environment Factors, and Organisational Factors — the depth engineering regulators and project owners expect in serious incident reports.
Real-time AI prevents the "human error" dead end. When investigators reach conclusions like "operative failed to follow safe work method," AI asks: "Why was it possible to not follow the method? What planning or supervision factors contributed?" Systemic causes get found.
Run investigations across multiple concurrent projects and sites from one platform. Aggregate findings to identify systemic patterns across your engineering portfolio — not just individual project-level trends.
Every investigation finding generates a tracked corrective action with an owner, due date, and verification step. Automated reminders prevent actions from expiring. Close-out requires evidence — not just a checkbox.
Generate structured investigation reports for HSE, OSHA, client principal contractors, and internal management reviews. Documented ICAM methodology, causal factor trees, and corrective action plans — exactly what auditors want to see.
From $149/month — not the $50,000+ annual contracts that enterprise EHS platforms charge. Full investigation capability accessible to engineering firms of 50–500 people, without the 12-month implementation project.
General EHS platforms are built for compliance management. InvestigatePro is built for investigation — the depth shows.
| Capability | InvestigatePro | General EHS Platform | Paper / Word Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICAM methodology built-in | ✓ Full ICAM + PEEPO | ✗ Generic forms only | ✗ Template dependent |
| AI coaching during investigation | ✓ Real-time guidance | ✗ Not available | ✗ Not available |
| Multi-project portfolio view | ✓ Across all sites | ✓ Usually available | ✗ Manual aggregation |
| Contributing factor tree analysis | ✓ ICAM categories built-in | ✗ Custom build required | ✗ Not available |
| Corrective action tracking | ✓ With accountability | ✓ Comprehensive | ✗ Spreadsheet only |
| Time to first investigation | ✓ <30 minutes | ✗ 6–18 months | ✓ Immediate (low quality) |
| Starting price | ✓ $149/month | ✗ $30,000+/year | ✓ Free (no value) |
| Audit-ready investigation reports | ✓ One-click export | ✓ Usually available | ✗ Manual formatting |
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25-point checklist covering all phases of an ICAM investigation — from scene preservation to corrective action verification. Used by engineering and mining safety teams.
Download Free →4 investigation templates: 5 Whys, Fishbone Diagram, ICAM-aligned RCA, and full Investigation Report. Covers every complexity level from near-miss to serious injury.
Download Free →Step-by-step guide to ICAM methodology — from immediate cause identification through contributing factor analysis to corrective action development.
Read the Guide →Book a free 15-minute demo. Full ICAM investigation platform — AI coaching, contributing factor analysis, corrective action tracking.