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Incidents usually occur when hazards are not detected through preventive measures, which includes job or process safety analysis, or as the result of combinations of circumstances that were difficult to foresee. A thoroughly done incident investigation should thus identify previously overlooked physical, environmental, or process hazards, the need for new or more extensive safety training, or even unsafe work practices. The main focus of any incident investigation should be the facts surrounding the incident and the lessons learnt from it to prevent similar future occurrences. It should be understood that the process should be thought of as an opportunity for improvement within the company, and not to place blame.

Determining the gap that exists between your organisation's current occupational health and safety management system and OHSAS 18001 requirements is of extreme importance in the planning, rationalisation, development and implementation process.

General Duties of Employers to Provide a Safe Workplace