Incident investigation built for manufacturing operations.
The same injury on a different line, two months later. Every investigation runs through ICAM, so the analysis stops at the system that made the event likely, not at the person on the shift.
The clocks on a manufacturing site
- United States, OSHAReport a work-related fatality.29 CFR 1904.398 hours
- United States, OSHAReport an in-patient hospitalisation, an amputation or the loss of an eye.29 CFR 1904.3924 hours
- United States, OSHARecord the incident on Form 301.29 CFR 1904.297 days
- South AfricaReport the accident to the Compensation Fund on form W.Cl.2.COIDA7 days
- United KingdomReport an over-seven-day injury to a worker.RIDDOR 201315 days
Built for the hazards on a plant floor.
The method is the same on every case. What the investigation has to look at depends on the hazard.
| Hazard | The events | Where the analysis reaches |
|---|---|---|
| Cuts, lacerations and amputations | Contact with blades, edges and moving parts. | Guarding, maintenance bypass practice, work instructions and line-speed pressure. |
| Machine guarding and entanglement | Nip points, rotating equipment and point-of-operation contact. | Guard design, maintenance of protective systems and bypass habits on the line. |
| Lockout and isolation | Stored energy released during maintenance or servicing. | Isolation procedures, verification steps, supervision and training. |
| Musculoskeletal injuries | Frequent, and often under-investigated. | Task design, rotation, rate targets and the pressure that skips rest. |
| Slips, trips and falls | Housekeeping, floor contamination and work at height. | Housekeeping systems, spill response, footwear standards and inspection. |
| Forklifts and material handling | Pedestrian strikes, tip-overs and dropped loads. | Traffic management, operator competency, pre-shift checks and layout. |
| Chemical and thermal burns | Chemical exposure, steam and molten material. | Chemical management, PPE selection, exposure monitoring and hot-task instructions. |
| Electrical safety | Arc flash, contact and shock. | Electrical safety programmes, arc-flash assessment and permits to work. |
One investigation, end to end.
Log the event
Classification, location in your site structure, people involved and the first description.
Build the timeline
Photos, statements and documents attached to the sequence of events. The coach flags gaps.
Analyse with ICAM
Absent or failed defences, individual or team actions, task or environmental conditions, organisational factors.
Generate the report
Evidence, timeline, causal analysis and recommendations in one formatted document.
Take actions to verified
Owners and due dates stay visible until each action is checked and verified.
It sits alongside your system of record.
Keep the EHS platform your site already runs. InvestigatePro is where the investigation gets done properly, and its output feeds that platform.
InvestigatePro
The investigation: evidence, the four ICAM levels, the coach, actions and the signed report.
Your EHS platform
The incident register, compliance records and everything else it already holds.
Tools for manufacturing safety teams.
Free, no account needed.
Run your next plant investigation with the method built in.
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