Author: Peter Sturm and Jeffrey S. Oakely
ISBN: 978-0-939874-41-5
Format: Print - Softcover
Publisher: American Society of Safety Professionals
Pages: 272

About the Author

Peter Sturm, EMBA, BA, CRSP, CHSC, is a senior safety, health and risk management executive with STURM Consulting Inc. His career spans decades in health and safety, workers’ compensation, and insurance, including incident investigations, prevention, and sustainability. He teaches safety and incident investigations at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies and the University of Fredericton and is Chair of the CSA Z1005 Incident Investigation standard committee. Jeffrey S. Oakley, Ph.D., was department chair in Occupational Safety and Health at College of the Mainland and director of the Gulf Coast Safety Institute. He spent most of his career conducting, researching, and training on accident investigations and performing safety and risk assessments.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
PART 1: Introduction to the Accident Sequence 1
  Chapter 1: What Is an Accident? 3
  Chapter 2: An Accident Happens: What Do You Do?
How Long Do You Do It? 17
  Chapter 3: A Short History of Accident Theory 35
  Chapter 4: Using the Analytical Approach to Investigate Accidents 55
PART 2 Organizing the Investigation 69
  Chapter 5: Investigative Techniques 71
  Chapter 6: The Analytical Process 95
PART 3 Analytical Techniques 103
  Chapter 7: Events and Causal Factors Analysis 107
  Chapter 8: Change Analysis 123
  Chapter 9: Barrier Analysis 139
  Chapter 10: Tree Analysis: Fault Trees and Analytic Trees 151
  Chapter 11: Cause and Effect Analysis 165
  Chapter 12: Specialized and Computerized Techniques 173
PART 4 Preventing Accidents 185
  Chapter 13: Recommending Corrective Actions 187
  Chapter 14: Reporting and Follow-up 205
  Chapter 15: Learning from Accidents 215
Appendix A: Sample Charts and Forms 227
Appendix B: Case Studies 233
Glossary 247
Index 255

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