Risk Assessment , Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis - RARC

The Scope and objectives of the “Risk Assessment, Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis – RARC course” is developed to provide an insight for participants in understanding the procedures of assessment and management of risks.  This course is also designed to familiarize the Participants with hazard identification, estimation and control measures.

The incident investigation and analysis process of this course is concentrated on the gathering of data and the methodologies of data analysis which leads to the identification of the root causes through a structured approach.

Incident investigation is a process for reporting, tracking, and investigating incidents that includes

• a formal process for investigating incidents, including staffing, performing, documenting, and tracking investigations of process safety incidents and
• the trending of incident and incident investigation data to identify recurring incidents.

This process also manages the resolution and documentation of recommendations generated by the investigations.

At some facilities, the incidents element is used to assign blame to personnel involved in an incident. This approach results in ineffective recommendations being implemented.

A more effective approach is to develop recommendations that address the systemic causes of the incidents. The incidents element is not a process to assign blame, but a process to develop effective recommendations to address the underlying, system-related causes of incidents.