Incident Root Cause Analysis
Investigating the 'why' behind safety incidents to drive corrective action.
Mean Time to Detect Cause
48 hrs
Avg. time to find cause
Mean Time to Resolve
10 days
Avg. time to implement CAPA
Repeat Incident Rate
8%
Incidents recurring post-fix
Pareto Analysis of Incident Types
Incident Frequency by Category
Identifying the "vital few" incident types that cause the majority of problems.
Root Cause Investigation Tools
Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram
A visual tool for brainstorming potential causes of a problem.
Problem: Safety Incidents
People
Process
Equipment
Materials
Environment
Incidents by Location
Root Cause Distribution