Many articles are written around the need to investigate an Incident or Failure no matter what that Incident or Failure is, we must identify its cause to prevent a recurrence. A recent Safety Wise ICAM project in the highlands of Papua New Guinea brought about a refreshing focus on the forgotten reasons why there is a need to complete an investigation of an Incident or Failure. To set the scene; We are in the Highlands of PNG with a group of people who work in the mining and

From humble beginnings in 2002, Safety Wise has led the charge to deliver ICAM Investigation training across the globe with over 70,000 people trained face-to-face in over 43 countries (Closer to 120,000 when online learning is factored in). Last week, an exciting milestone was achieved with the first ever ICAM Lead Investigator training course being delivered in Chinese, with Chinese material in China. To date Safetywise has delivered our course to clients in China in Englis

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 assistance of Professor Reason, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and in consultation with safety representatives from industry. ICAM breaks new ground in the area of incident investigation which, in