Our last safety column dealt with how small mistakes can lead to catastrophic events. As the column showed, there will be one death for about every 600 recordable injuries. It also discussed how minor events, even near misses, will eventually lead to something more serious if something isn’t done.That is why the National Safety Council encourages companies to develop a program for reporting near misses, which it defines as, “An unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage – but had the potential to do so.”A worker drops a tool that lands safely on the ground below.
