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#1 Posted : 08 February 2008 15:13:00(UTC)
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Posted By Elliot Morton Hi I am trying to make up a simply card for employees to fill in for near Miss's / unsafe practises. I want to try to encourage our employees to be more proactive is this matter. And I wondered if anybody had any existing cards or forms that I may look at? I am thinking of all cards being anonymous to encourage a no blame culture, and to try and get participation going, has anyone had success in this way. All help appreciated regards Elliot
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#2 Posted : 08 February 2008 15:30:00(UTC)
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Posted By halesowen Baggie Elliot, Had loads of success with our near miss(hazard report)reporting. Just make sure you reply to all reports received in a prompt manner and keep a spreadsheet for data and trends. When I receive a report I do a briefing at the start of shifts, I log each briefing. For example last year I received 40 reports of broken pallets within the racking at our site. I therefore implemented a stringent pallet checking regime that was formulated by the employees themselves and also liaised with suppliers with regard to the quality of pallets coming onto site.. The regime was re-briefed every time a similar report was received, so employee were made of the dangers time and time again.
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#3 Posted : 08 February 2008 16:02:00(UTC)
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Posted By Robert. Elliot, to make the card system work for you the employees may need guidance as to what is a "near miss" and also a reasonably good perception of hazards. Otherwise you may be inundated with trivia which you will have to respond to, then if you don't, it falls flat. Otherwise it is a good way of establishing any questionable trends and good for communicating purposes. a similar system works for me, but I had to train the employees first.
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