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Forensic engineering

Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis

Technical investigations into accidents, near misses and complex casualties: structured methodology, certified qualifications and party-appointed technical consultancy at national and international level.

Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis — RCA
Forensic engineering · Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis

Accident investigation and risk management

In external RSPP assignments and delegations of duties under art. 16 of Leg. Decree 81/08, the firm applies structured methodologies for accident and near-miss investigation and for risk assessment and management, with specialisations in the most critical risks.

Main qualifications of the technical manager:

  • Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis — 16 hours, RINA certificate no. 1801-114-7 (02/2026)
  • Risk management in the new certification strategies — UNI ISO 31000:2018, RINA certificate no. 1799-229-2 (05/2025)
  • Confined spaces — risk identification, classification and assessment to UNI 11958 and Pres. Decree 177/2011 (DACSI) — Vega Formazione certificate no. 36127-2025
  • Radon risk assessment (Leg. Decree 101/2020) — 60-hour RSPP refresher — 626 School certificate no. 0027 626IT2024 RSA40/005 (2024)
  • Work-related stress and organisational wellbeing — Vega Formazione e-learning certificate no. 256 (2023)
  • Health and safety trainer — 24-hour train-the-trainer course with final exam (Interministerial Decree of 6 March 2013) — Li.Be Soc. Coop. certificate PA_335/2023_6/FormSic24 (2023)
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International engagement · Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis

Sinking of S/Y Bayesian — party-appointed technical consultancy

The firm serves as technical consultant to the international law firm Giambrone & Partners LLP (London) in the investigations into the sinking of S/Y Bayesian (Porticello roadstead, 19 August 2024). The engagement, formalised by letter dated 5 June 2025, covers the supervision and management of the vessel-access phase: planning and coordination of the wreck access operations in compliance with safety protocols and the prescriptions of the Judicial Authority, technical supervision of the on-board inspections to preserve the integrity of the evidence, collection and cataloguing of the technical data for the reconstruction of the causes of the casualty, and collaboration with the legal team and the other technical consultants, using the Root Cause Analysis methodology.

Recovered hull of S/Y Bayesian on keel blocksBridge of S/Y Bayesian during the surveysIdentification plate of S/Y Bayesian on the bridgeRecovered anchor of S/Y BayesianAnchor chain with dimensional survey of the linksMachinery space of S/Y Bayesian during the surveysKeel detail after the recoverySurvey of the centreboard edgeInstrumental measurements on the centreboard

Surveys on the recovered wreck — port of Termini Imerese (2025)

“Giambrone & Partners expresses its full appreciation for the quality of the work carried out by Eng. Di Cristofalo and unreservedly recommends his professionalism to anyone requiring high-profile engineering consultancy.”