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6. NEAR MISS PROCEDURE

A. PURPOSE

When an accident occurs that could have caused serious harm to personnel, damage to
equipment, or business interruption, three things must occur to ensure safety, efficiency, and
continued quality at the project.

1) Prompt, safe and efficient handling of the incident to reduce the severity.

2) A thorough investigation aimed at correcting the root cause of the incident.

3) Sharing the result of the knowledge gained from the investigation with the other project
work groups and the OWNER Safety Department to help prevent similar occurrences.

B. INVESTIGATION

1) Upon learning of a Near Miss Incident, the responsible direct line supervisor should
contact the Safety Manager who in turn will contact the Accident Investigation
Committee and arrange to visit the scene of the accident jointly. Private investigations
are counter-productive and should be avoided.

2) At the scene, the committee should collect preliminary information, take pictures and
measurements, and take necessary actions to preserve information.

3) When possible, the investigation should be started within one (1) hour of occurrence of
the incident. Participants should focus on what is needed to prevent reoccurrence and
should not be viewed as a meeting to assign blame.

C. RESPONSIBILITY

To aid you in expediting the reporting process, a “Near Miss” report form has been developed.
When an incident occurs, the “Near Miss” should be investigated within one (1) hour of the
occurrence and the report should be completed within two (2) working days by the appropriate
direct line supervisor. When the report is completed, distribution should be made in the
following manner:

1) The Contractor Safety Manager will send a completed copy to the Contractor
Construction Manager.

2) The Contractor Construction Manager will review the report for thoroughness of the
investigation and for appropriate corrective action.

3) The Contractor Construction Manager will make distribution to the OWNER Safety
Department who will copy appropriate members of management and make a Central
Data Bank.

4) The Safety Manager will make project wide distribution and will accumulate all
completed Near Miss Reports for the Project.

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To best serve the educational and preventative aspect of this procedure, the report should
exclude individual names, and should identify the job title, unit, equipment name, numbers and
functions.

After an incident occurs, this procedure can be a valuable tool in preventing reoccurrence of
similar incidents.

ATTACHMENT A: ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT

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