Safety Venture: Let's Not Meet By Accident

Premises in Safety: Accident Investigation Theory Safety professionals understand premises that exist and apply theories to prevent and determine accident causation. According to Saari (n.d.), accident causation remains a complex process that requires analysis to improve accident prevention. Since safety lacks a basis of theory, the methodology remains an art instead of a science. Throughout time understanding accident occurrences have evolved and presented merit with the development of several models. Many processes within the safety profession's toolkit seek to determine what went wrong and correct it before another occurrence happens. Throughout the past few decades, safety methodologies established a new baseline. It remains debatable whether history repeats itself or safety theory has evolved into a science. Steps toward practical science applications should enable the identification of a mishap before it happens. Only time will tell whether we have this capability to ...