Terms "Unsafe Act, Unsafe Condition & Near Miss"

This time I will share some information regarding the basic terms that we as safety practitioner used alot not just at work but in our daily life.

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From wikepedia:

 

A near miss is an unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage – but had the potential to do so. Only a fortunate break in the chain of events prevented an injury, fatality or damage; in other words, a miss that was nonetheless very near. Although the label of 'human error' is commonly applied to an initiating event, a faulty process or system invariably permits or compounds the harm, and should be the focus of improvement. Other familiar terms for these events is a "close call", or in the case of moving objects, "near collision" or a near hit.

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If we are able to spot the unsafe conditions there is a high likelyhood that we can avoid the unsafe act, near miss and accident.

If we are able to alert each other and have a high safety awareness we would be able to stop the unsafe act, avoiding the near miss and accident.

If we miss the two first opportunities we still have one more chance to avoid the accident. Namely: report and discuss the near miss, in order to prevent the personal injury or accident to hull and machinery.

 

 

 

Basic skills for a safety person is to identify all those thing in accurate manner and also to provide the solution to overcome the hazard either from once behavioral factor or condition contributing.