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Published 08/12/2023
NEAR MISS REPORTING SYSTEM
Near miss reporting is about recording near miss incidents that could have been a more serious incident but only resulted in a close call or near miss.
This could be a near miss safety incident, a close call property damage or other similar type of near miss where a more serious incident almost or could have occurred.
Capturing and understanding near misses in the workplace can lead to prevention of far more serious incidents from happening. Understanding the root causes and risks of near misses is a major strategy to prevention and mitigation of serious safety incidents.
A near miss report is also known as a close call report.
We go over below the best practice near miss report form templates and platform for a near miss reporting system in the workplace.
View near miss report form templates and examples
Near Miss Incident Reporting Registry
With a near miss incident reporting registry, a record of all past and currently open near miss incidents allows you to view the previous details of what near misses occurred. The idea here is to identify trends and root causes in order to identify risks in the workplace and action those in order to prevent more serious incidents from happening.
In a near miss reporting registry, you might capture what the details are of the near miss, date, time, site or location. Who was involved, what causes the near miss, how close a call was it, what actions were taken and how likely is it to happen again.
An effective near miss registry helps ensure safety in the workplace by tracking incidents and taking corrective action quickly. What columns should you include in your registry? It depends on the specific needs of your organization, but generally you'll want to include: incident type, date of occurrence, location, description of incident, risk assessment/solution, employee name involved & department as well as any other relevant information. This kind of data will help you keep track of details such as trends or patterns in incidents so that you can take proactive steps towards preventing future incidents.
Near Miss Report form
There can be different types of near miss report forms and setting up specific report forms up for each type of near miss is important to ensure you capture the specific fields for that type of incident.
You might have a near miss report form for a contractor, employee or visitor injury in the workplace or you might have a near miss report form specifically for property damage or vehicle related near miss incidents.
- capture the details of the near miss
- prevent future similar near miss incidents
- capturing near misses could prevent more serious incidents from happening!
- also known as a close call report
Mobile or Tablet
With staff in the field and on site, near misses happen all the time and so its critical to ensure that all staff, across all types of roles have the tools and ability to report a near miss as it happens in the workplace.
Capturing the details when discovered or at occurrence and taking down immediate near miss occurrence or observation details, including capturing photographic evidence is critical for ensuring near misses are captured in real time in the workplace as they happen.
Example Near Miss Report Form
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Near Miss Template Fields
Here are some common near miss report fields:
- Site
- Date
- Description of near miss
- Person affected
- Immediate actions taken
- How could this near miss have been avoided
BEST PRACTICE NEAR MISS INCIDENT REPORTING DESIGN
For an overview of best practice near miss incident reporting system workflow, here are several core components to consider when designing your near miss reporting process.
Live Near Miss Reporting
Ensuring all front line workers and staff from all role types have the ability to report near miss incidents as they happen in the workplace.
Mobile based near miss reporting being the best way to implement this (via smart phone or tablet). Most workers carry a smart phone in their pocket!
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Live Near Miss Registries
Real time near miss registries give you the ability to compile and understand the trends and root causes of near misses directly leading to prevention of more serious incidents
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Multiple Near Miss Form Types
For all types of near misses, injuries, property damage, risks
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Deep Reporting and Metrics
Deep dive into near miss causes and trends
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CREATE YOUR OWN NEAR MISS REPORTING FORMS
No two organisations are the same, it's critical that your near miss incident report forms reflect your specific workplace and the unique fields and custom requirements of your workforce.
Using our special near miss report form builder, you can create your own custom near miss incident report forms. Alternatively, we've got a library of near miss templates to click and pick from and then customise to suit your workforce and workplace.
NEAR MISS REPORTING PLATFORM
Try out the demo above and see how your near miss incident report form process looks via our dedicated incident reporting platform. You can also access our form library of report form templates, see sample fields and more.
QR CODE NEAR MISS REPORTS
A great way to encourage a culture of reporting in the workplace is with QR code posters, staff and other workers simply scan the QR code to report a near miss in the workplace.
