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Hello, everyone. I'm Nav, Product Marketing Manager at Blackline Safety. Today, I want to talk about the significance of near-miss reporting and how automation in reporting can help prevent safety incidents.
One of the most important tools in helping safety professionals identify risk is near-miss reporting. Near-miss reporting provides early warning signs, which can be used to take corrective action without causing harm to property or lives. For example, a series of potential falls reported in one location could indicate a slippery surface from oil or grease build up.
Preventative actions could be installing grip flooring or using absorbent materials to clean the area. And if data shows this is only happening in winter months, there may be ice build up, so de-icing procedures can be initiated.
A research paper published in the Science Direct Journal in 2023 identified two significant obstacles to near-miss reporting. The first is a lack of clarity on what should be reported. The second challenge is the quality and quantity of data available to health and safety professionals.
Using newer IoT technologies such as connected gas detectors and lone worker solutions, not only provides workers a fresh alternative to existing PPE, such as disconnected disposable gas detectors, but more importantly, this can automate the process of collecting near-miss data and contextualizing it to reduce time to corrective action.
Instead of relying on workers to report near-misses, which takes time away from their day, data is automatically collected from connected devices, allowing safety teams to view locations of near-misses, such as potential falls or low gas alarms, and take preventative safety measures.
Automated data collection on connected devices enables health and safety professionals to conduct incident investigations faster And if near misses indicate a potential hazard, take corrective action and prevent an incident or injury from occurring.
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