About EBSA19 - Course H - Using risk assessment in investigating accidents to prevent recurrence

Course description:

The value of risk analysis and assessment and the subsequent selection of adapted and most effective safety measures should not only be appreciated after an incident already happened, but also when evaluating new facilities and activities. Its use in investigation of an incident is crucial to determine where otherwise sensible measures failed.  All too often lessons are not learned.

The goal of this course is to discuss the type of methodologies to be applied to do a thorough incident investigation with which future incidents should be avoided.

This interactive course takes an example incident and uses it to look back at what led to it, directly and indirectly and to the adverse outcome. Participants will use their own knowledge on risk assessment methodologies to do root cause analysis and common risk rating and to assess these methods for their applicability to determine causal effect and refine controls.

Participants will:

1. Explore plausible scenarios for flaws
2. Apply different risk assessment methods and appreciate the value in learning lessons
3. Gain an understanding of lessons learned and investigation

Prerequisite: Knowledge on different risk assessment methodologies.

CWA16335:2011 Biosafety professional competence references:

Section 7.2.7, Biorisk assessment and management, and Section 7.2.16, Incidents and accident intervention. The competence gained at this course is relevant to task B.2 (Biorisk assessment and management) and B.10 (Accident / incident reporting and investigation) of Annex B and can be fulfilled by training specification C.2.1.2.5 (Biorisk assessment and management) and C.2.1.2.14 (Incident and accident investigation) of  Annex

Instructors:
Heather Sheeley
Douwe Kuperus