WHAT’S AT STAKE?

A close call, near miss, or accident without injury is easy to shrug off and forget. But there is a danger in brushing off accidents that don’t hurt, harm, or damage. When a close call happens, it should immediately send up a red warning flag that something was wrong, unplanned, unexpected, and could happen again. The next time it happens, it could result in serious damage, injury, or death.

WHAT’S THE DANGER?

The list of possible near misses in a workplace may be virtually endless. Examples:

• A heavy object falls off a ledge or shelf and thuds to the floor a […]

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