ABSTRACT
The goal of the investigation is to find out what caused the accident and determine what can be done to prevent it from happening again. The hardest accident investigation to investigate and get the facts out of is the single person event: just one person and no one around. This is why having a laser user to ask about how common the person's actions were and what is a good technique is so useful. The Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) has a free accident investigation guide. OSHA strongly encourages employers to investigate all workplace incidents—both those that cause harm and the "close calls" that could have caused harm under slightly different circumstances. Effective incident investigations are the right thing to do, not only because they help employers prevent future incidents, but because they help employers to identify hazards in their workplaces and shortcomings in their safety and health management programs.
