Incident Investigation and Near-Miss Reporting
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Talking points
- Fatalities must be reported to OSHA within 8 hours. Amputations, loss of an eye, or inpatient hospitalization must be reported within 24 hours.
- Incident investigation is not about assigning blame — it is about identifying root causes and preventing recurrence.
- Near-misses are free lessons. A near-miss today is tomorrow's injury if we don't address the root cause. Report every one.
- Use a structured investigation method: what happened, why it happened (ask 'why' five times), what conditions allowed it, and what we will change.
- Share investigation findings with the entire team. Lessons learned in private benefit no one.
Ask the crew
Has anyone had a near-miss recently that we should discuss — even if it seemed minor at the time?
Standards this talk is built on
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