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Add Cause Analysis in Report Workflow Ideagen Maritime Management
This walkthrough explains how to add cause analysis within a report workflow in Ideagen Maritime Management.
1. Introduction
You will learn the steps to accurately document human performance difficulties and contributory factors.
2. Confirm Action Prompt
When completing a report onboard, to implement Cause Analysis, go to the Cause Analysis section under Investigations. Click "Yes" to confirm the action prompt and proceed with adding cause analysis.
3. Access Cause Analysis Section
Click here to navigate to the cause analysis section within the report workflow.
4. Select Human Performance Difficulty
This initiates the Cause Analysis Library. where you choose from a human performance difficulty, external factor, other or equipment difficulty. Select "Human Performance Difficulty" to specify the type of cause analysis to add.
5. Choose Mistake Type
Click "Mistake made while using a procedure" to identify the specific human error involved.
6. Open Procedures Category
Then, select "Procedures" to access the relevant procedural cause categories.
7. Select Wrong or Incomplete Procedure
Then, choose "Wrong / Incomplete" to indicate the nature of the procedural mistake.
8. Confirm Wrong or Incomplete Selection
Click "Wrong / Incomplete" again to confirm the selection for the procedural error.
9. Save Cause Analysis Entry
Click "Save" to store the cause analysis details entered so far.
10. Access Root Cause Section
Click "RC" to open the root cause section for further analysis.
11. Open Contributory Factors
Then, select "Contributory Factors (CF)" to add factors contributing to the incident.
12. Describe Contributory Factor
Next, begin entering details about the contributory factor.
13. Enter Contributory Factor Details
Enter the description: "Person did not inspect the deck prior to beginning work." to document the contributory factor.
14. Save and Continue Workflow
Click "Save & Continue" to save all entries and proceed to the next step in the report workflow.
