In mining and high-risk operations, incidents are not rare events. They are signals of system performance. The challenge is not only how incidents are reported and investigated, but whether those investigations are capable of preventing the next serious or fatal event.
Across the sector, investigations are under increasing pressure to be more consistent, more defensible, and more effective in driving operational change. At the same time, regulatory expectations under WHS, ADG, and related frameworks continue to rise, placing greater scrutiny on how organisations learn from incidents and demonstrate improvement.
The Incident Reporting and Investigation Conference 2026, being held on May 12-13, at the InterContinental Brisbane, brings together safety leaders, regulators, investigators, and operational experts working in high-risk industries to explore how incident reporting and investigation practices are evolving in response to these pressures.
The focus is on moving beyond procedural investigations toward systems-based learning, where incidents are understood through human, organisational, technical, and regulatory lenses.
What the event has to offer
The CPD-certified (12.2 CPD points approved by CPD Standards) programme brings together more than 20 expert speakers across two days of focused learning, designed specifically for high-risk industries including mining, energy, transport, and major hazard operations.
Delegates will hear how leading companies are managing incident reporting and investigation in complex operational environments, including approaches to improving consistency, strengthening learning systems, and ensuring investigation findings translate into operational change.
Key focus areas include improving investigation consistency through established methodologies such as ICAM, RCA, and bowtie analysis, strengthening near miss reporting systems, and improving how investigation findings are translated into operational change.
The agenda features 10 plus case studies and regulatory insights covering WHS and ADG expectations, incident notification requirements, enforceable undertakings, and what regulators look for in defensible investigations.
Practical sessions will examine how incident data and learnings are embedded into operational systems through alerts, toolbox talks, and system reviews, alongside emerging use of AI and digital tools to improve reporting quality and identify risk trends.
A dedicated workshop led by Martyn Campbell, WHS Professional and former WHS Regulator from Martyn Campbell Consulting, provides hands-on learning in investigation methods, evidence gathering, corrective action development, and psychosocial incident investigation, with direct application to mining and high-risk operations.
Registration for the Incident Reporting and Investigation Conference 2026 is now open, offering safety and operational professionals the opportunity to secure their place.
An exclusive 15 per cent discount is available to Safe to Work subscribers for the conference.
