7 red flags your investigation process is set up to fail
A 90-second self-check for any EHS professional
Seven warning signs that your investigation program is producing activity without outcomes. If three or more apply, the problem is structural, not individual. Better training will not fix it. Download it, share it with your team or forward it to the safety leader who needs to see it.
- Surface-level root causes: when "human error" is the default finding, systemic conditions remain unchanged and the same incidents recur
- Investigation time consumed by administration: data retrieval, template population and deadline management displacing the analysis work that requires investigator expertise
- Declining near-miss reporting: a leading indicator that workers have lost confidence in the investigation process and your data blind spot is widening
- Stale corrective actions: when this year's investigation outcomes are identical to those assigned two years ago, the same root causes are being missed
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Not every investigation problem shows up in your metrics
Some problems are structural, built into the process itself. This one-page checklist highlights seven of them. Each red flag includes a one-sentence explanation of why it matters. Recognised three or more? The scored 20-question self-assessment goes deeper.
Find out if your investigation process has structural problems
Download the 7 red flags checklist. One page. 90 seconds. If three or more apply, you will know your investigation program needs more than training to fix.