What is Near Miss Incident?

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Training Content

• Understanding Near Miss
• Examples
• 8 Steps of Effective Near Miss Process

Step 1: Identification

Step 2: Reporting

Step 3: Prioritization

Step 4: Distribution

Step 5: Causes Identification

Step 6: Solution Identification

Step 7: Dissemination

Step 8: Resolution

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Understanding Near Miss

• An incident or event that could have resulted in an;
• Accident
• Injury
• Illness

but didn’t either by chance or due to timely intervention.

• A near miss is an opportunity for any organization to improve the safety, health, and environment performance of an operation, organization’s safety culture, on a condition with potential for more serious consequences.

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Near Miss Examples

• Workers working without Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs)
• Movement of trucks inside the shed
• Fall of object from height, near the workers working below
• Heats shifting by overhead cranes
• Tapping of heats

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8-Steps of an Effective Near Miss Process

• Step 1: Identification
• Step 2: Reporting
• Step 3: Prioritization
• Step 4: Distribution
• Step 5: Causes Identification
• Step 6: Solution Identification
• Step 7: Dissemination
• Step 8: Resolution

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Step 1: Identification

• Identification is the 1^st step of the process where an individual recognizes a condition as a “Near Miss”.
• To implement this phase of Near Miss Process, there should be;
• Clear definition of the “Near Miss” &
• Means to ensure that every employee across a facility knows this definition at all times.

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Step 2: Reporting

• Post identification of Near-Miss, it must be
• Disclosed
• Preferably
• In written form
• Reporting can be done the person who identified it or supervisor, whom it was reported verbally.

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Step 3: Prioritization

• Once a near-miss has been reported, the next step is to prioritize it in a sequence depending on its criticality.
• The near miss incident with high criticality should be given priority over the one with less criticality.

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Step 4: Distribution

• The information of the near miss, should be communicated to the person who would be analyzing the cause.
• Security and quality issues should be reported to the relevant department.
• If a near miss happens often, its priority can be increased, and more resources can be dedicated.

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Step 5: Identification of Cause

• Identification action of near miss cause includes both;
• Immediate Cause
• Root-Cause
• For high priority near miss incidents, a committee can be formed as well.
• It must be remember that the “Prioritization” decides the extent of this process.

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Step 6: Solution Identification

• For each identified cause, a reasonable solution should be identified.
• In some cases, multiple near miss causes can be corrected with one solution.
• In some cases, less than ideal corrective action is required to correct the cause, because an effective solution is not available.
• No solution should be adapted for the time being only.
• Each cause must be addressed with reasonable solution to avoid recurrence.
• All of the identified solutions should be documented.

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Step 7: Dissemination

• Identified solutions should be communicated to the people who will execute them.
• Another function related to this process is to alert and inform all interested parties about the near-miss incident.

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Step 8: Resolution

• All of the actions should be recorded and communicated.
• The changes suggested should be recorded and tracked for effective implementations.
• The reporter of the near miss should be informed of the changes for his encouragement to report other incidents in the future.

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Summary

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Questions & Answers

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THE END

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