INCIDENT AND ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
When an incident or high-potential event occurs, the quality of the investigation determines whether the operation learns from it or repeats it. Mineshield provides structured investigation support that goes beyond immediate causes to identify the system and control failures that allowed the event to occur.
When something goes wrong on site, the pressure to identify a cause and close quickly is real. The result is a finding that names what a person did, or failed to do, in the moments before the event. What it does not name is the chain of decisions, conditions and system failures that put that person in that position.
Not confident the findings will hold up?
Mineshield can review a completed investigation report before submission, assessing whether the methodology was sound, whether findings identify causal factors or just immediate causes, and whether corrective actions are tied to those causes or are surface responses. Engaged before submission, it gives the SSE confidence the report is defensible. Engaged after a recurrence, it identifies what the original investigation missed.
Mineshield provides investigation support across the full range of operational events, from high-potential incidents to system-level failures.
Investigation of incidents and near misses with the potential for serious injury or fatality, with a focus on critical control performance and causal analysis.
Structured investigation support for incidents involving injury, equipment damage, environmental impact or operational disruption.
Examination of why critical controls failed or were absent, including assessment of control design, implementation and verification practices.
Assessment of existing corrective actions from previous investigations to determine whether they address identified causes and have been implemented effectively.
Broader review of operational systems where a pattern of incidents suggests an underlying systemic issue rather than isolated events.
Independent review of a completed investigation report before submission, assessing methodology, findings and corrective actions. Identifies gaps before they reach a regulator.
Mineshield can be engaged at first notification, during an active investigation that needs support, or to review completed findings before submission. Where a previous investigation is suspected to have stopped short, a review can be commissioned independently of any new event. Scope is agreed at first contact to match what the operation needs.
