Confidential Human Factors Incident

CHIRP (Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme) is a clear example of a successful voluntary near miss reporting system, run by the UK s RAF s Institute of Aviation Medicine. Each year about 200 pilots and air traffic controllers report to CHIRP, not anonymously but in complete confidence, about mistakes they have made in the air and why they believe they made them (Greene, 1990). 

The Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme (CHIRP) Administered by an independent body and which provides sensitive follow-up and feedback on reports of human errors that have been rendered anonymous. 

Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the aviation industry. NASA, external to the industry, accepts confldential narratives about near misses and accidents up to the point of a crash (Reynard, Billings, Cheaney, and Hardy, 1986). The system is voluntary, confidential, and nonpunitive, and its purpose is to collect and use incident data to improve the national aviation system. The ASRS supports aviation system policy, planning, and improvement and strengthens the foundation of human factors research in aviation by identifying deficiencies for correction by appropriate authorities. The Veterans Administration is the only health care entity to contract with NASA for a blameless reporting system at this time. 

---