When should I complete a Near Miss Report?
The following are examples of when to complete a Near Miss Report form:
- Observation or knowledge of an event that may have injured a person if someone had been present at the location while the unsafe action/event was occurring (e.g. shelf falling down, but no one in the room at the time).
- Equipment failure that could have resulted in a serious injury if a person had been using the equipment or if someone had been in the immediate vicinity when the equipment failed (e.g. dislodged fan blade that could have struck a worker).
- Observation of a weakness in a process or protocol that could lead to an unsafe action/condition (e.g. potential for worker’s hair to become entangled on moving machine part while operating).