Investigation. Risk. Operational assurance.
Connect incident reporting and root cause analysis with bowtie risk assessment, change control, compliance reviews, audits, observations and competence. Keep the evidence, decisions and actions together.
No sign-up for the demonstration · Fictional, read-only records
No injury. Serious potential. A route change needs investigation.
Follow the same story through the complete demonstration.
Capture, triage and assign the response.
Understand what happened, and why.
Test causes. Strengthen the investigation.
See the pathways. Strengthen the barriers.
Verify performance. Review effectiveness.
Introducing Sentinel Incident
Capture near misses, injuries and illnesses, spills, property damage and vehicle incidents. Record what happened before deciding why.
Record actual and potential impact, immediate response, a review owner and a due date. Link the report to an existing investigation or start a new one after triage.
Separate fictional map exercise. Select more than one area in the working suite. These markers record location, not a diagnosis or damage assessment.
The expanded Sentinel suite
Five additional product choices extend the work beyond investigation. Audits are also part of Assure, connecting findings, corrective actions and effectiveness reviews.
Sentinel Change
Review operational changes, affected barriers, readiness and temporary-change expiry. Retain a named owner, independent decision and post-implementation review.
Explore Change →Read the Change guide ↗Sentinel Compliance
Maintain applicable requirements, their sources and scope. Link supporting controls, record gaps and retain a reviewed conclusion.
Explore Compliance →Read the Compliance guide ↗Sentinel Audit
Plan audits, reuse approved checklists, sample evidence and record findings. Link actions and management reviews. These capabilities are also included within Assure.
Explore Audit →Read the Audit guide ↗Sentinel Observe
Capture hazards, positive control observations and improvement suggestions. Record the response, triage potential harm and propose linked changes.
Explore Observe →Read the Observe guide ↗Sentinel Competence
Define task requirements, retain training and practical assessment evidence, and record scoped authorisations with restrictions and validity dates.
Explore Competence →Read the Competence guide ↗Link the observation to a change, the change to affected barriers, and audit findings to actions. Named people review decisions. Evidence uploads stay with the record they support.
Follow the extended Northbank example →The Safetyman Sentinel Suite
Begin with a report or a risk assessment. Choose the depth of investigation you need, then carry supported findings into stronger barriers and continuing assurance.
01 / Understand
Build a clear account of an event. Test explanations against evidence, branch where causes interact, and turn supported findings into corrective actions.
A supported cause, a traceable source, a defined next action.
SENTINEL INVESTIGATE PRO
Extend 5 Whys and Why Trees into a structured, evidence-led investigation. Arrange causes on an interactive canvas, inspect linked evidence, compare solution options and check investigation completeness. Review recurring themes across your authorised investigations.
Distinguish supported findings, hypotheses, refuted explanations and unanswered questions. Readiness checks expose gaps before review.
Pro extends Investigate. Purchase it with Investigate or combine it with Bowtie and Assure under one annual company subscription.
Propose supported findings to Bowtie through a reviewed transfer, then verify controls and action effectiveness in Assure.
Original Safetyman framework. Company evaluation is the next step; no third-party methodology certification or validated accident prediction is implied.
The work stays connected
Each module answers a different question. Linked records retain the source account, evidence and review decisions; people decide what moves forward.
Record facts, actual and potential impact, immediate response and a review owner.
Review the timeline, test causes and connect each supported finding to its evidence.
Challenge hypotheses and compare expected with observed barrier performance.
Map threats, consequences and controls. Show how degradation can weaken each barrier.
Record inspections, review actions and assess whether the changes achieved their intended effect.
A transfer keeps its source and review history. It is a deliberate review step, so an investigation finding is not silently treated as an approved barrier.
From learning to operational control
Incident, Investigate and Pro establish the account, test explanations and retain supported findings.
See the example →Bowtie connects the finding to threats, barriers and the factors that can weaken them.
See the example →Change, Compliance and Competence record the proposal, requirements and task authorisation.
See the example →Audit and Assure sample performance, track findings and review whether actions worked. Observe captures the next concern.
See the example →Connections are reviewed records within the selected assessment. A linked finding does not automatically approve a change, authorise a person or prove a control effective.
See the whole story
Meet Northbank Engineering. Start with a fictional forklift near-miss report, follow the investigation and barrier-failure review, then inspect the controls and effectiveness evidence.
No injury was recorded in this fictional near miss. What needs to change before the next vehicle movement?
Built around the working team
Keep evidence, responsibilities and review decisions close to the work they support.
Company membership and workspace roles control who can view, contribute and review. Records and reporting stay within their company boundary.
Trusted platform administrators manage the service.Work on shared records, see colleague presence and resolve overlapping changes. Review decisions retain their context in the change history.
Connect an action to the finding or control it addresses. Record an owner and due date, then review the outcome after completion.
Use configured AI to help draft and examine selected material. People review the output and remain responsible for the assessment.
Requires server configuration and deliberate data selection.Bring in configured sensor readings and inspect freshness, quality and thresholds. Choose authorised recipients for operational email alerts.
Gateway, SMTP and scheduler setup are required.Collect dated observations, assess data readiness and inspect backtesting. Estimates remain withheld until the data requirements are met.
A new launch has no pre-validated incident forecast.An annual plan that fits your team
Choose the products your team needs, from incident reporting to operational assurance. Audit is available separately and is included within Assure. Annual licences allocate named users in blocks of ten; Pro extends Investigate.
| Product | Best starting point |
|---|---|
| Incident | Reports, triage, injury and vehicle locations |
| Investigate | 5 Whys, Why Trees, evidence and timelines |
| Investigate Pro | Evidence tests, causal maps and Barrier Failure Analysis |
| Bowtie | Threats, consequences, barriers and degradation controls |
| Assure | Control verification, audits, findings and effectiveness reviews |
| Complete Suite | Core and operational modules in one company workspace |
| Enterprise | Discuss larger teams and rollout requirements |
| Change | Approve the change before exposure |
| Compliance | Show the requirement and the evidence |
| Audit | Test what happens in practice · also included in Assure |
| Observe | Make early concerns visible |
| Competence | Authorise against demonstrated ability |
Pricing is by quotation. This planner estimates seat allocation, not a subscription charge. Product availability is configured for your service.
One named user. One seat across their workspaces.
More than 200 seats? Choose Enterprise and tell us your requirements. No payment is taken here.
Clear answers
Yes. Assure includes audit planning, reusable templates, checklists, findings, management reviews and linked corrective actions. Audit is also available as a separate product choice.
Yes. New module records support PDFs, Word, Apple Pages and supported images using an upload button or drag and drop. Export Google Docs to Word or PDF first. Limits are 5 MB per file and 100 files or 50 MB per assessment.
No. It records requirements, applicability, evidence and reviewed conclusions. Your organisation maintains the sources and makes the compliance judgement; there is no automatic legal update feed or certification.
Use the fictional Northbank demonstration. Explore the incident, causes, barriers, observation, change proposal, requirement review, competence assessment and audit finding. No sign-in is required.
Learn with confidence
Report, triage, select affected areas, review failed barriers and allocate actions through to effectiveness review.
Open the step-by-step guide →Practical core-suite guidance, supported by the new Incident and BFA guide. Read online or keep the handbook for offline reference.
Download the handbookExplore a cause, follow its bowtie connection and inspect the verification evidence. No client records required.
Start the guided demonstrationBefore you start
Sentinel Incident is the reporting and triage module of the Safetyman Sentinel Suite. Authorised users capture incidents and near misses within an assessment, record actual and potential impact, assign a review owner and link the report to an investigation.
Incident captures the event. Investigate develops the evidence and timeline. Investigate Pro tests explanations and reviews barrier performance. Reviewed findings inform Bowtie controls. Assure checks those controls and whether actions remain effective.
Record the responsible organisation and allocate a named authorised company user, with a different verifier. Allocation does not grant access. Complete managed-action closure requires verification and an effective outcome review in Assure.
Yes. Sentinel Investigate and Sentinel Bowtie can be supplied independently. The complete Suite connects them with Sentinel Assure for continuing control verification. Contact Safetyman to agree the modules and annual licence for your service.
A reviewer selects supported findings and maps them to the appropriate bowtie records. Source snapshots and transfer decisions are retained. The target bowtie can then be extended collaboratively. The public demonstration shows an illustrative completed transfer; it does not submit a live one.
The company model separates client membership, workspaces and reporting. Workspace roles add permissions within each company. Trusted platform administrators manage the service and can access company workspaces; they are not ordinary client seats.
No. Northbank Engineering, its people, evidence, dates and results are fictional. The example is read-only, sends no email alerts, accepts no sensor feeds and never connects to client records. It is available without a client account when deployed on your public website.
A new company starts with data collection. Dated observations and actual outcomes must accumulate before estimates can pass the documented data and evaluation gates. The example does not present invented forecast accuracy or claim a validated accident predictor.
Seats are named-user allocations in blocks of ten. Reviewers and viewers also use seats, while additional workspaces do not use extra seats. Prices and annual renewal terms are agreed separately; this website does not charge a card.
Your next step
Tell Safetyman what your team needs. We can discuss the right starting product, seat allocation and rollout requirements.
