• IIRSM Risk Excellence Awards 2022

    The IIRSM Risk Excellence awards 2022 were hosted by co-presidents Ruth Denyer and Callum Irvine.  The final award, the Presidents commendation, is hotly contested.  IIRSM members are nominated for their achievements over the past year.  It must be hugely difficult to choose just one winner! We are delighted that Edward…

  • Linking reports

    Why link reports? Some reports naturally fit together. For example, an incident investigation report should be linked to the incident it refers to. How to link reports In the reports tab, select one of the reports and click to open click Overview from the left menu list In bottom right…

  • Digitisation to solve EHS Challenges: webinar for IOSH West Africa

    Thank you, IOSH West Africa, for inviting us to talk about ‘how digitisation can help EHS managers’. There was a lot of interest in this topic, as you can see from the 2 recordings below. The first shows just the presentation (45 mins). The second includes questions…and is 1h22 mins…

  • Review

    Review Finding out that an action is done Checking that the action is effective What do do if it is not effective? – reopen the action Closing the report

  • Action

    When is Action needed? Whilst the NPA inspector is carrying out the investigation, they may notice: There is a risk of serious harm The conditions stated in the NPA licence are not being followed It is unlikely that the OMC will act without additional pressure The inspector may decide to…

  • Example Investigation form

    1. Log into the mobile app Use your email address and password to log into the mobile app. 2. Choose a team It is important to store information correctly. Companies can see data related to themselves, but not other companies. Choose the correct team where this information will be stored….

  • Analyse

    You now analyse the information to find out how and why things went wrong. Your information gathering has told you what happened, now analyse this to learn what allowed it to happen. Aim To get rid of the weeds you must dig up the root. If you only cut off…

  • Collect information

    During the investigation you will look at all the information to work out what went wrong. This can involve a bit of detective work. This information includes: Observation – looking at scene of the incident Interviews – talking to witnesses Documentation – written evidence such as work instructions, maintenance records…