incident-investigation
How to Run Corrective Action Triage After a Serious Near Miss in 72 Hours
Use this 72-hour corrective action triage to separate holding controls, evidence gaps, and leadership decisions after a serious near miss.
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Incident Investigation
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Five Whys vs Fishbone vs Barrier Failure Review: Which Investigation Method Fits
Compare Five Whys, fishbone diagrams, and barrier failure review for serious incident investigations, with a decision matrix for EHS leaders.
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How to Write a First 24-Hour Incident Learning Brief
Use this 24-hour incident learning brief to protect facts, avoid premature blame, and give leaders a useful first picture before RCA begins.
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How 250+ Projects Moved Incident Reviews Back to Line Ownership
A Headline case study on why incident reviews improve when line managers own the work change, while EHS protects method, evidence, and learning quality.
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How to Build a Serious-Incident Interview Plan in 24 Hours
Build a 24-hour serious-incident interview plan that protects witness memory, evidence quality, trust and RCA readiness after a major event.
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How Challenger Exposed a Launch Decision Failure
A Headline case study on why the Challenger launch decision still matters for safety leaders who receive bad news too late or with too little authority.
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8 questions from Episode 11 with Dr. Thomas Krause
Episode 11 with Dr. Thomas Krause changes incident investigation around leadership quality, deeper causes, trust, and field evidence.
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Incident Chain of Custody: 6 Distortions That Weaken Serious-Incident Findings
Incident chain of custody is not paperwork after a serious event. It is the evidence discipline that keeps investigation findings credible when pressure, memory, cleanup, and legal review start reshaping the story.
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How to Build an Incident Evidence Map in 48 Hours
A 48-hour incident evidence map helps leaders protect facts, identify weak controls, and keep RCA from hardening around an easy story.
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Root-Cause "What," Not "Who": 5 Investigation Habits That Keep Your Team Talking
When a serious event lands on the table, the first reading almost always points at the person closest to the harm, and that reflex quietly destroys the one thing every future investigation depends on: a workforce willing to tell you the truth. On a recent Headline Podcast episode, Tim Page-Bodoff argued that the question itself is the problem, because chasing a root-cause "who" treats the symptom and leaves the disease alive inside the processes that made the failure possible. This article reframes investigation as a learning act rather than a verdict, anchored in James Reason's systemic view and the on-air conversations Andreza Araujo and Dr. Megan Tranter host with frontline practitioners.
