DID YOU KNOW?

Near misses make up more than half of the incidents that occur in the workplace.

OSHA defines a near miss as an incident in which no property was damaged and no personal injury was sustained, but where, given a slight shift in time or position, damage or injury easily could have occurred. Near misses also may be referred to as close calls, near accidents, accident precursors, injury-free events and, in the case of moving objects, near collisions.

Near Miss reporting is a mine-field. Employees need options, as many as them. The key to the problem is not to look at […]