INTRODUCTION

This outlines a review of various incident investigation techniques and the background behind how and why ICAM was developed and mandated as the investigation process for all incidents involving a fatality and the recommended for events with a risk potentia...

What Are Investigation Coaching Services? 

The purpose of working with an investigation coach is to maximise both your own potential and your team's potential.

Traditionally, we've facilitated many investigations however in an effort to empower our clients to make positi...

And with those four words, the wheels were set in motion that would change many lives forever.

It was just after lunch and I had just sat down at my desk when my phone rang.

“I’ve been given your name and number and told you can help me”, said the caller.

“OK. What’s happ...

Introduction

The photographing of incident scenes is an essential skill of  a workplace incident investigator.

It provides a record of the scene for future reference and can visually demonstrate  what has happened and how it happened.   Photographs add great value when...

Introduction

Safety Wise Solutions was founded in 2002 after CEO Gerry Gibb identified an opportunity to develop a standard approach to workplace incident investigations.

By 2004, the Incident Cause Analysis Method (ICAM) training was being delivered globally, with the t...

Introduction

In 2014, a Front End Loader (FEL) collided with a Forklift (FLT) that was being driven through a bulk product storage shed. Although there was no injuries sustained and only minor damage to the FLT, an investigation was undertaken to determine what went wro...

INTRODUCTION

Whilst we hope that someone will not be injured or killed in a workplace incident, as safety professionals we need to be prepared for it. In this article we’ll explore the appointment of an investigation team to ensure that the investigation meets the incid...

The ICAM Investigation Tool is a very diverse model for investigating incidents and near misses, however when we talk about ICAM to safety professionals, many feel that it is too cumbersome or requires too much input and detail to be effective.

In this case study, will...

ICAM is the Incident Cause Analysis Method, an industrial safety initiative that draws on the work of the eminent organisational psychologist and human error expert Professor James Reason. The ICAM methodology was developed by Safety Wise's  CEO, Gerry Gibb, with the a...