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    This document provides guidance for researchers at the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis (CEBC) on hazard identification, near-miss reporting, and learning from near-misses. It encourages researchers to report any unsafe conditions, minor accidents, or incidents that could have resulted in injury or damage. Near-miss reports allow the safety committee to identify hazards and prevent future accidents. Reporting near-misses is valued, as it helps improve safety practices for all researchers.

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    Hazard Identification and

    Near-Miss Reporting

    A training guide for CEBC


    researchers
    Rev. 2-19-2010

    Preventing Accidents

    Accidents are prevented by:


    Identifying and communicating hazards and
    potential causes of accidents
    Developing a plan to minimize the risk of an
    accident, and reduce the consequences if the
    accident does occur
    Following the plan
    Reporting and learning from near-misses

    Near-Miss reporting standard in industry


    The Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis

    Safety Pyramid*

    * Risk Analysis 2003 23:3 445-459


    The Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis

    What is a Near-Miss
    An opportunity to improve environmental,
    health, and safety practice, based on a
    condition or an incident with potential for
    more serious consequence.

    The Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis

    Types of Near-Misses

    Unsafe conditions or behaviors


    Minor accidents and injuries that had potential to

    be more serious
    Events where injury could have occurred, but did
    not
    Events where property damage results
    Events where a safety barrier (fume hood, safety
    glasses, temperature alarm, etc.) prevented an
    injury or accident
    Events where potential environmental damage
    could result
    The Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis

    Identifying Near-Misses

    Researchers awareness must raised to identify

    hazards and near-miss events


    Does not have to be an incident, can simply be
    an unidentified hazard
    The litmus test of whether a near-miss should
    be reported:
    Could someone (now or in the future) benefit
    by learning from the event/situation?
    Researchers should err on the side of reporting;
    Safety Committee will prioritize Near-Miss
    Reports
    The Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis

    Reporting Near-Misses

    Reporting a near-miss is an opportunity to


    teach others
    Provided the researcher was not acting
    recklessly, no disciplinary action will be
    taken for reporting a near-miss
    Peer-pressure should encourage, not
    discourage, reporting near-misses
    Your near-miss report will be taken
    seriously by CEBC leadership
    The Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis

    Lots of Near-Misses?!?

    Are high rates of near-miss reports a good


    sign or bad?

    Near-misses will happen to ALL researchers


    from time to time. New experiments are being
    conducted. All experiments have some risk.
    Near-miss reports mean that researchers are
    attuned to hazardous conditions and potential
    accidentsmuch better than being oblivious!!

    Remember, the goal is preventing injury or


    death, and your report may prevent a
    future accident!
    The Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis

    What to Report?

    Reporting should be quick and simple


    Form on CEBC web site under Lab Safety
    Name, date and location
    Brief description of the near-miss and the
    cause(s)
    Identify both direct causes and any root causes
    Safety Committee may request additional info if
    clarification is necessary

    Suggested changes/improvements or lessons


    learned
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    What Happens Next?

    Lab Safety Committee will review each report in

    a timely fashion (high-priority reports reviewed


    as soon as possible)
    If necessary, additional information will be
    sought from researcher
    Committee will prepare response, including
    suggested changes to procedures if appropriate
    Anonymous Near-Miss Reports and Safety
    Lessons/ Reminders will be distributed to CEBC
    research community, added to searchable
    archive
    The Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis

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    How to Use the Near-Miss Reports

    Read the notices/reports promptly when


    distributed by the Safety Committee,
    assess whether the lessons learned could
    improve your experimental procedures
    Search the near-miss archive when
    developing new experiments/procedures,
    and incorporate lessons learned when
    developing your Standard Operating
    Procedures
    The Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis

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    Reference

    Some information in this presentation


    taken from:

    Phimister, J. R.; Oktem, U.; Kleindorfer, P. R.;


    Kunreuther, H. Near-Miss Incident
    Management in the Chemical Process
    Industry, Risk Analysis 2003 23:3 445-459.

    The Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis

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