WHAT IS A NEARMISS EVENT ?

WHAT IS A NEARMISS EVENT ? 

Understand - What is a Near Miss?

An incident which does not result in any injury or damage to property but has the potential to result in injury and / or property damage.

Definition from SEED Standard on incident reporting and investigation

NEAR MISS CASE (NMC):

An event that could have resulted in an incident is a near miss

Generally the following events are some examples of near miss when:

•          A person trips over an object and falls to the ground but did not get injured

•          A person has to dive or jump out of the way to avoid a collision with a motorized vehicle, or a suspended load that is swinging

•          A person has to jump from a falling ladder, but did not get injured

•          Any emergency equipment (fire extinguisher, Air Pack, Oxygen sensor, eye wash, etc) fails to operate properly when called on in an emergency.

HIGH-POTENTIAL (Hi-PO) NEAR MISS

•          Any Near Miss that has potential to convert into a major incident under slightly different circumstances shall be termed as Hi-Po Near Miss.

Below are some example of Near miss :

• Failure of a safety device without causing any damage to plant, equipment or injury to a person.
• Falling of a ceiling fan without hurting any person.
• Slipping on floor without getting hurt or injured.
• Failure of brake or controls on mobile equipment or vehicle.
• Collapse of excavated earth without causing damage Release of toxic or inflammable gas without causing fire or injury.
• Dropping of material from overhead without causing injury .
• A forklift tipped over while carrying a load that shifted on an uneven work surface. The driver escaped without a scratch by staying buckled inside the cage.
• A Railway Exchange Mechanic working under Rail Tank Wagon had just stepped away when the Rail wagon was struck by another wagon being positioned in TW gantry.
• A forklift ran over a welder’s foot which was protected by his steel toed boots when the driver backed up and did not see him walking behind his lift.
• Breaking of a hand tool, coming out of hammer from handle without injuring.
• Falling of load from height, without causing any damage or injury.
• Sudden failure of brake/locking device of EOT crane during lifting of load in compressor house in any unit.
• Snapping of wire rope of coke bucket of Kone crane in DCU without any damage or injury.
• Failure of magnetic lock or brake of elevator in FCCU or MSQU or opening of floor lift door without having lift at designated floor.
• Tripping over an unsecured cable or Electrical cord.
• If a person walking in a ware house and he felled due to cable in his way but he didn’t have any injury.
• A vehicle has been stuck with other but no major damage occurred.
• While working on height a spanner slipped from hand and fell down on a head of person, due helmet on head nothing happened to him.
• A lifted load felled down on the deck due to breaking of sling but nothing happened to anyone.
• While tightening a bolt your hand slips from spanner due to wet hand and spanner felt on floor very close to a person who is assisting you.
• While bending backward in an office chair, its wheels slipped and you fell down without hurting.

There are many examples of near miss added everyday……….