Benefits of Near Miss Incident Recall

The importance of near miss incident recall cannot be emphasized enough. Accidents that cause injury, damage, and production losses are recognized as being important and are reported and investigated. Many near miss incidents are ignored and not reported or acted on. 

Near miss incident recall reveals the events that could have injured someone or damaged something. Near miss incident recall is the ideal way of getting near miss incidents reported, so they can be investigated and positive steps can be taken to eliminate the root causes. 

Near miss incident recall also can offer a guide as to what training is needed concerning the high risk acts and conditions that are being reported. It can help to 

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