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Preventing Workplace Incidents: The Power of Investigations
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3/13/25 11:00 am to 12:00 pm CDT
Event Description
Sponsored by J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
Incidents don’t just happen. Something causes them, and usually more than one thing. An investigation should identify those causes, but the cause of an incident isn’t the same as the cause of an injury. Injuries may be caused by overexertion, falls or being struck by objects. Factors that caused the incident, however, are more complex. For example, a wet floor may cause a fall, but determining why the floor was wet and why the hazard wasn’t addressed gets at the root causes.
An incident or near-miss investigation shouldn’t stop after finding an obvious cause; it should continue until all underlying factors are identified. If those root causes aren’t identified and addressed, they’ll continue to generate incidents. Effectively addressing the root causes should help prevent recurrence, which translates to fewer injuries.
Among other topics, this webinar will cover:
- Preparing and training to conduct effective investigations
- Tips for conducting interviews and watching for blame-shifting
- Selecting and presenting corrective actions to decision-makers
- Addressing behavioral causes such as complacency, resistance to change and pressure to take safety shortcuts
By attending this webinar, you may be eligible to earn recertification points. Contact the Board of Certified Safety Professionals for more information.
Speakers
Ed Zalewski, Senior Editor – EHS, J. J. Keller & Associates Inc.
As part of the EHS content team at J. J. Keller, Ed researches and creates content for a variety of safety-related topics and contributes to several products. He specializes in issues such as walking-working surfaces, powered industrial trucks and injury/illness recordkeeping.
Cindy Pauley, Editor – EHS, J. J. Keller & Associates Inc.
Cindy joined J. J. Keller in June 2022. She uses her 13 years of safety program development and management experience in oil and gas, chemical, manufacturing, construction, and agricultural industries to develop a wide variety of easily understandable content and provide regulatory insight for J. J. Keller’s customers and partners.
The views of webinar speakers and organizations are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Safety Council or Safety+Health magazine. Any mention of a commercial enterprise, product or publication does not mean the council or magazine endorses those items.
Moderator
Barry Bottino, Associate Editor, Safety+Health magazine.
Barry is associate editor of Safety+Health and serves as co-host of the magazine’s “On the Safe Side” podcast.