Near Miss Reporting Systems
As we, safety officers, already know the meaning of Near Miss, I will begin directly at two main techniques:
Establishing a Near Miss Reporting Systems and How to encourage workers to participate in near miss reporting.
What are Best Practices in Establishing a Near Miss Reporting System?
• Leadership must establish a reporting culture reinforcing that every opportunity to identify
and control hazards, reduce risk and prevent harmful incidents must be acted on.
• The reporting system needs to be non-punitive and, if desired by the person reporting, anonymous.
• Investigate near miss incidents to identify the root cause and the weaknesses in the system that resulted in the circumstances
that led to the near miss.
• Use investigation results to improve safety systems, hazard control, risk reduction, and lessons learned. All of these
represent opportunity for training, feedback on performance and a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Near miss reporting is vitally important to preventing serious, fatal and catastrophic
incidents that are less frequent but far more harmful than other incidents
How Can Employers Encourage Workers to Participate in Near Miss Reporting?
Near Miss Reporting SystemsAs we, safety officers, already know the meaning of Near Miss, I will begin directly at two main techniques:Establishing a Near Miss Reporting Systems and How to encourage workers to participate in near miss reporting.What are Best Practices in Establishing a Near Miss Reporting System?• Leadership must establish a reporting culture reinforcing that every opportunity to identify and control hazards, reduce risk and prevent harmful incidents must be acted on.• The reporting system needs to be non-punitive and, if desired by the person reporting, anonymous.• Investigate near miss incidents to identify the root cause and the weaknesses in the system that resulted in the circumstancesthat led to the near miss.• Use investigation results to improve safety systems, hazard control, risk reduction, and lessons learned. All of theserepresent opportunity for training, feedback on performance and a commitment to continuous improvement.• Near miss reporting is vitally important to preventing serious, fatal and catastrophic incidents that are less frequent but far more harmful than other incidentsHow Can Employers Encourage Workers to Participate in Near Miss Reporting?
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