8 Hidden Barriers and Solutions to Near-Miss Reporting

In the safety field, barriers that commonly inhibit near-miss reporting have been recognized for a long time. Separate from these common, well-known barriers are less common or known barriers that negatively affect near-miss reporting. Did you know that the OSHA definition of a near-miss is a subtle barrier to near-miss reporting? And that synonyms such as “near hit” and “close call” are also hidden barriers? An effective near-miss program does more for an organization’s safety culture than most written programs. Come discover the eight hidden barriers that inhibit near-miss reporting at your organization – and their solutions. You’ll learn how these solutions were used to transform a long-standing, underperforming near-miss program at one unionized manufacturing plant into a powerful tool that drove incidents and injuries down, engagement up, and culture forward.