Definition Near Miss - Definition of Near Miss (Hit) - OHSAS 18001

Randy

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#11
Re: Near miss ...

I think a lot depends on the culture of the company and how they look at what nearly missed means. If you use it to feel good that someone didn't get hurt, it is not going to add value. We investigate every near miss as though it was a "hit". There are some statistics floating around somewhere that say that for every X number of near misses, there will be 1 injury/damage incident, and for every X number of injuries/damage incidents there will be a fatality. Only by eliminating unsafe acts will we prevent near misses, and then injuries, and then deaths. So, tracking near misses is not a bad thing, it is what you do with the information and how your culture perceives them.:2cents:
You mean like this?

Remember, my undergrad is in Occupational Safety & Health and I was Summa
 

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SteelMaiden

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#12
I do remember Randy, and have utmost respect for your opinions, but sometimes you lump everyone together in one level of committment (or noncommitment);), some of us are better than others, and believe me, I've worked at a few places where your "hey, it missed, so what's the problem" mentality example was the rule rather than the exception. It's nice to work somewhere that safety is truly an integrated process.
 

Ajit Basrur

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#15
Sidney is right by recommending the use of the term "incident".

Another thing to be noted for near miss is that its occurence should not result in death, injury or illness but could result in some material damage.
 

Ajit Basrur

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#17
Re: Near Miss - Definition of Near Miss - OHSAS 18001

Steel is right :agree1:

Wikipedia has good info on "near-miss" and reads the following -

A near miss is an unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage - but had the potential to do so. Only a fortunate break in the chain of events prevented an injury, fatality or damage. Although human error is commonly an initiating event, a faulty process or system invariably permits or compounds the harm, and should be the focus of improvement. Other familiar terms for these events is a "close call", or in the case of moving objects, "near collision".

Thus, to answer OP, there should not be HIT as hit may result in damage :)
 

Randy

Super Moderator
#18
Steel is not right in this case Ajit! :nope:

I have seen and I have investigated workplace injuries and fatalities because of the "near miss" mentality of "If we're missing we're OK". This is a psycological issue that has to be turned around in workplaces. If organizations were to start saying "We nearly crushed or killed an employee" instead of "We had a near miss today" people would give greater heed to what's really happening in their workplace..
 
H

Haneen

#19
Near miss = event + no harm/people environment (harm could have happened);
Accident = event + harm/people environment (&/or damage - if we talk about loss prevention rather than HSE)

There is link between hazard (unsafe act/unsafe condition) & near miss or accident, where it is a matter of time & luck for hazard to turn into near miss (if lucky) or accident (if not) ... example:

  • Oil spill in the floor is a hazard (unsafe condition);
  • Some one get slipped but balanced him self & no harm happened = near miss;
  • Another someone get slipped & this resulted in hand fracture = accident;
Reporting of hazards is of proactive nature for some & is of reactive nature for others, if you decided on this then there will be no problem, in the company i am working for (environment where by nature there is a law number of accidents & even near misses but big number of hazards) we decided to consider hazard reporting as reactive measure so for us hazard is a near miss which once reported should be investigated & corrective action is taken accordingly.
Based on this the presence of oil in the floor is a near miss that need to be reported & investigated (no need for waiting for luck to decide if it will result in harm/no harm)

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S

samsung

#20
According to RIDDOR:
Reportable dangerous occurrences (near misses)

If something happens which does not result in a reportable injury, but which clearly could have done, then it may be a dangerous occurrence which must be reported immediately.
Suitable examples of Dangerous occurrences aka Near Misses that must be recorded, investigated and reported can be found in this resource.
 
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