Keywords: Near miss data, safety improvement tool, injury accident investigation, injury prevention, under reporting, lost-time accidents,

Using near miss data as a safety improvement tool

John Gilbertson | Feature | HSW
01.07.2005

The collection of near miss data is often cited as a vital tool in the prevention of accidents by managers and safety practitioners alike. However, it is also often overlooked that a near miss is in fact an accident that has simply not yet manifested itself in an observable physical consequence. ...

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