Dear All,
We were also worried about why near miss is not reported or low reporting is there.
Than we did survey, talked to our employees and come up to few reasons as below:
1. Many employees at shop floor do know what is near miss. As there is a lot of confusion between what is near miss, unsafe act & condition.So we prepared ppt which shows pictorial presentation of difference bet. unsafe act, condition & near miss, to create awareness about what is a near miss & why it should be reported. This ppt was discussed during morning meeting, tool box talk, distribution points, safety chaupals etc & large hoardings were displayed at site at all prominent locations.
2. Most of employees don't know how to report, where to report & whom to report? So first of all we converted our Near miss reporting forms into Hindi as most of our contract employees are local & don't know English. Than we made these forms available at all prominent locations like main gate, canteen, rest room, at their workshops etc. so that they can get it easily. Than we place boxes at all prominent sites to drop these forms which are locked and opened by concern safety in-charges.
3. We do have near miss reward policy.
4.We also recognized one or two employees who had reported high potential fatality prone/ serious near miss by awarding them some token gifts.
5. We are multi units, so now we are gather information on initiatives that different units are taking so that the best practices can be replicated at other sites also.
We are still working on how to increase near miss reporting and will revert back if any updates are there.
Mean while sharing ppt with you. You may add definitions on your own in any language & may use these ppt.
And one more article which i found on net.