Posted By steve edwards
Could anyone recomend any videos or training information on near miss reporting.

Posted By Frank Macleod
Scenario:- Man walks along walkway and it is noticed a toolbox is sitting on aledge above him, which could possibly fall down on top of him (Potential Incident) Man walking along walkway when toolbox on ledge above him becomes dislodged, falls to the ground next to him but causes him no injury nor any other damage(Near Miss) Man walking along walkway when toolbox on ledge above him becomes dislodged and falls on top of him injuring him (Incident Accident). If same toolbox comes crashing down misses him but causes damage to machinery equipment (again Incident Accident).

I have sent you both a small powerpoint presentation on Accidents, which may be of help.

There are many companies out and about which also provide good videos on the subject. Look in Health and Safety Practitioner mag for addresses etc.

Hope this has been of some help guys.

Regards
Frank

Posted By Robert K Lewis
Frank
Sorry to disagree with you but scenarios 1 and 2 are both Near Misses for me - just to be totally awkward. We have to treat all such scenarios as these as Near Misses in any structured NM reporting process. They actually demonstrate the underlying mindset of the individuals, particularly scenario 1.

In essence we know statistically that people are the cause of 90%+ of all accidents with equipment and procedures failures accounting for the remaining 10%ish. Remember that badly written procedures and wrongly selected or use of uninspected equipment are also down to people. Thus an operative using the wrong tool for a job is a failure on a personal level not an equipment fault.

Bob