MOS 5201 Safety Engineering Unit 2 DB

Course Textbook APA Citation:

Asfahl, C. R., Hammer, W., & Price, D. (2004/2001). Occupational & industrial safety health management and engineering(2nd Custom ed.). New York, NY: Prentice-Hall.

Chapter 8 comes from an OSHA publication on job hazard analysis.

MOS 5201 uses a custom textbook including only information used in this course, resulting in a more cost-effective textbook than typically available otherwise.

Discussion Board

Many companies stress the use of formal “root cause analysis” to determine why accidents occur and to help identify interventions that will preclude event reoccurrence. Others feel that the root cause techniques are complex, hard to use, and often find management is the cause of every event. Do you think a company should invest in a formal root cause analysis program, and invest in training of lead auditors in the technique?