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About the Near Miss Reporting Program
Accident/Incident/Near Miss Investigation

One of the best ways to avoid further accidents is to understand how an accident occurred and how to avoid that type of accident in the future. The accident investigation is a tool.

The goal is not to lay blame.

ACCIDENT -an undesired event or sequence of events causing injury, ill-health or property damage.

NEAR MISS -near misses describe incidents where, given a slight shift in time or distance, injury, ill-health or damage easily could have occurred, but didn't this round.

INCIDENT -an incident is an unplanned, undesired event that hinders completion of a task and may cause injury or other damage.

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