January 10, 2023 | Susan Napier-Sewell

What does a bad day look like? Don’t paint yourself into a corner

TapRooT® is a systematic process to find and fix the root causes of audits/assessments, precursor incidents, and major accidents. Use TapRooT® to:

Collect, understand, and organize evidence about what happened. The TapRooT® tool, the SnapCharT® diagram, reduces investigator bias and makes the facts make sense without developing hypotheses.
Identify all the Causal Factors (the human errors or equipment failures) that led to the problem – the starting point for root cause analysis.
Use expert guidance to analyze human errors using the Human Performance Troubleshooting Guide and equipment failures using the Equifactor® Troubleshooting Tables.
Analyze the real root causes of problems guided by the Root Cause Tree® Diagram and Dictionary.
Develop effective fixes for problems using the Corrective Action Helper® Guide and Safeguard Analysis to stop repeat incidents or significantly reduce their consequences.