Has someone been injured??

1. OIL Has a leak occurred? Has someone been injured?? Has there been a road accident?? Or, has something been broken?? IF the answer is YES, it’s an INCIDENT WITH CONSEQUENCES

2. Select EVENT TYPE – usually Incident with Consequences

3. EVENT TYPE Check only sub types that match your EVENT TYPE

4. Click on Risk Assessment box Fill in ACTUAL SEVERITY for the incident – just rate those that are applicable Complete POTENTIAL RISK – again just those that are applicable

5. What’s the difference between a NEAR MISS and a POTENTIAL INCIDENT?? ?? ?? A NEAR MISS is when an incident/something unplanned DID happen but no-one got injured, nothing got broken and nothing was spilt to environment. Example, an object was dropped by a crane but it didn’t hit anybody. A POTENTIAL INCIDENT is an unsafe act or condition or dangerous practise that could result in an incident but the incident DID NOT happen. Example, a worker wearing a harness when working at height but not attaching it to anything BUT HE DID NOT FALL.

6. Select EVENT TYPE - near miss or potential incident

7. EVENT TYPE Check only sub types that match your EVENT TYPE

8. Click on Risk Assessment box The ACTUAL SEVERITY for near miss or potential incident is usually left as NONE Just complete POTENTIAL RISK for near miss or potential incident