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Fredrick A. Davies, PE
System Safety Development Center
2540 Woodhill Way     
Pocatello, Idaho 83201
Phone          208-232-1111
Cell             208-251-4466
E-Mail fad@acc-inv.com

Welcome to the
System Safety Development Center
(SSDC™)
and the
Principles of Accident Investigation

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The primary intent of the SSDC's system on the Principles of Accident Investigation is to aid individual investigators and investigation panels in training for, conducting, and reporting on investigations of accidents, in order to reduce the probability of recurrence. (The same methods can be used for investigation of any system deficiency.)

The SSDC's system on the Principles of Accident Investigation has been developed and improved for over three decades. It was the first. It is internationally recognized. (Virtually all of the other accident investigation systems have spun-off from techniques developed by the SSDC.) Many people have taken this SSDC course and proclaimed it the best course they have ever had. The SSDC recommends that you study this material and make up your own mind - or take the course and decide for yourself.

The Principles of Accident Investigation training covers the basic principles of accident investigation, including interpersonal considerations, collection of evidence, analysis of information, report writing, report presentation and follow-up, and post investigation activities. The training is designed to instill a behavior based safety ideology in the participants and to create an attitude of urgency in preventing like and similar accidents.

The Principles of Accident Investigation workshop participant will be able to trace all the system deficiencies that allowed the accident to occur, and to identify judgments of need, which if corrected, will fix the system so that the actions of the people at risk are changed and the accident cannot recur.

The Principles of Accident Investigation workshop participant will recognize that property damage incidents and near misses can herald an atmosphere, and organizational mind-set, that may be a precursor to serious accidents and fatalities. Trends and common causal factors in several incidents or accidents can identify links in the accident chain that already exist - leaving personal personnel performance as the last, and only, accident preventative.

The Principles of Accident Investigation workshop is set up and priced to have the least impact on your budget. The workshop is brought to you. This reduces or eliminates travel costs. All subjects related to accident investigation, including witness interviewing, barrier analysis, precursor management, use of the MORT graphical checklist, and change analysis are included in the single workshop and the single fee, which is the lowest in the industry. (The SSDC has lower overheads, and the savings are passed through to you.)