This is a part of the Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety webinar series.

As a part of an organization’s overall risk management efforts, root cause analysis (RCA) is a valuable approach for assessing Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) risks. Whether in a healthcare setting, on a construction site, in a manufacturing facility, at a service provider or elsewhere, RCA can be used to reveal underlying factors contributing to workplace incidents, identify preventive actions, support data-driven decision making, and facilitate continuous improvement in an organization’s OHS programs. This session will introduce basic concepts in RCA, discuss its use in the OHS setting and explore a set of basic yet effective tools for conducting RCA.