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.