Protect Employees: Determine The Root Causes Of Safety Issues
An employee is injured when he slips on a wet floor near the cart wash area. He injures his wrist when trying to break the fall which resulted in him seeking medical attention. The manager who conducted the investigation and completed the injury report states that the “root cause” was a free-standing water in cart-wash area. He stated that the action that was needed was to “Squeegee the area more often.” Then he files the report with no indication of putting any “action taken” into place. The next day, the safety manager was in the facility reviewing incidents and visited ...
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