Analysis of Near Miss Incident at the NAJ Group of Colleges

This report examines a near miss incident at the NAJ Group of Colleges, focusing on the importance of reporting, safety measures, and effective communication within the workplace. The report highlights the scenario of a plumber tripping over an electrical cord, emphasizing the need for immediate reporting to supervisors and the implementation of preventive measures. It underscores the significance of workplace inspections, proper tool maintenance, and employee training to avoid future incidents. The report also discusses the implementation of reviewing processes, ensuring all members are informed and consulted regarding safety decisions. The overall goal is to foster a safe work environment through proactive measures and clear communication channels. The report references several studies to support the analysis and recommendations.

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ASSESSMENT 3
Near Misses Incident at The Naja Group of Colleges’ work area
 Reporting of the probability of incidents - Every employee or employer working in
an organization must report to the higher authority if there is any safety issue. Either
as mentioned in the information of near miss incident at the Naja Group of Colleges’
work area, plumber or electricians working in the workplace should inform the
authority. Reporting about a near miss is everyone’s responsibility at the workplace,
which includes managers, workers and supervisors as well. All employees must be
careful at the workplaces and must also encourage reporting a near miss since
individuals go to work with the thought of returning home injury free (Chan-Mok,
Caponecchia & Winder, 2014). Inspecting the workplace before going home is
necessary since there is a probability of risk. Any unsafe condition should be reported
to the supervisor. Reporting the supervisor is essential because informing the
hazardous conditions will avoid someone from getting hurt. If the workplace is not
kept clean and organized, supervisor should be informed. This is because unhealthy
work situations might affect the health conditions of the employees. Electrical cords
or open taps must be checked and should not be kept opened at workplace. Tripping
on an electrical cord will cause serious injury to anyone. Therefore, being attentive
and informing the higher authority on near misses is important.
 Measures taken to reduce the occurrence of such incidents - Several safety
measures can be implemented to reduce the cause of incident so that it does not occur
again (Sousa, Almeida & Dias, 2014). After work, the supervisor or any higher
authority should check if any harmful tools are, lying around that can injure a person.
Near miss incidents can be controlled by forming a control plan of workplace hazards.
The employer must detect the hazards if he is aware of it and should inform the higher

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authority. Safety plans should be developed. Workplaces must be regularly inspected
(Loeppke et al., 2015). Equipments and tools should be maintained properly and must
be safe to use. Proper training should be given to the employees so that they do not
repeat careless mistakes that will lead to injury among the individuals working. Safety
work procedures should be checked to ensure their own safety. Supervising the
employees to perform their tasks without causing any damage or hurting someone is
also important. If an incident does not result in a serious injury, it must be conducted
and investigated. The root cause of the incident should be established. The safety
measure should be followed so that these incidents are not repeated (Zohar &
Polachek, 2014). Records of training activities, inspections and incident investigations
must be maintained. The information helps to know the pattern and identify the trends
of in unsafe conditions. To be injury free, every organization must have a successful
business as a customer service, financial planning and inventory control. The
organization itself must establish safety requirements. Participating in safety
workplace training is essential and working together leads to developing emergency
procedures and plans. However, if these measures are followed and maintained near
miss incidents will not occur again.
 Communication and Consultation - If any near miss incidents occur in an
organization, the supervisor or any higher authority should be communicated with.
One must report the problems with the supervisor since the authority is the head that
takes all the decision and can solve the issues. As mentioned in this case, the plumber
tripped over an electrical cord that one of the electricians had extended and he forgot
to remove it. In such cases, the plumber needs to go up to the authority of the
organization and inform them about the situation. The plumber will inform the
supervisor so that near misses do not keep re-occurring needlessly. It is the duty of

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every individual working in an organization to report or communicate with the
supervisor. With the consult of him, preventive measures or actions are implied.
 Implementation of reviewing processes - The members working in the organization
must review the decisions taken by the authority of the organization. They must rate
their views on the decisions that are taken for the safety of the organization (Zadow et
al., 2017). All the members of the organization should ensure the review process first
and then the decisions ensured must be implemented. The process of implementation
of the decisions is for the benefit of the organizations. It is therefore, the duty of the
supervisor to make sure that the decisions are reviewed first and then implemented so
that near miss incidents do not re-occur.
In the given scenario of safe workplace at the Naja Group of Colleges, it was
observed that the plumber would have injured himself by falling because of the
electrical cord. The electrician who had kept his tools and supplies kept the electrical
cord. Therefore, the plumber would have injured or hurt himself badly if he had fallen
due to the electrical cord. In this case, the duty of the plumber is to inform the
supervisors or the managers of the college regarding this incident. Thereafter, it will
be the duty of the supervisors or the higher authority of the college to take actions.
They must also come up with preventive measures so that such incidents do not re-
occur. To make sure that such situation does not occur, safety measures should be
decided and implemented by the supervisors (Chan-Mok, Caponecchia & Winder,
2014). They must provide knowledge and training to the employees and other staff to
ensure that they are aware of what steps to be taken in such situations. Every
individual working in the college should report any injury or sickness to the
supervisor immediately. Being attentive at the workplace is important since it helps to
reduce the rate of near accidents. Remaining awake and alert can prevent workplace

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related injuries. Therefore, the head of the organization must take steps to ensure that
these incidents do not occur again. After experiencing such an incident, the plumber
should have communicated with the managers or the supervisors of the college.
Consulting and communicating with them will result in a conclusion that is beneficial
for the organization (Glendon, Clarke & McKenna, 2016). Without the consent and
consultation of the head of an organization, no decisions can be taken. The plumber
will communicate with the supervisor because the statement of decision of them will
be the final one for ensuring the safety of the individuals at the college.
Communicating or discussing the problem is necessary as everyone must be made
aware of such incidents and should get careful so that there is no scope for an
repetition of such hazardous condition. The process adopted or discussed must be
reviewed (Xiang, Pisaniello & Hansen, 2014). The ensured decisions that are taken
for implementing to safety measures should be informed and reviewed to all the
members of the organization. Getting the decisions reviewed before implementing is
essential as an organization works as a whole. The plumber, workers, electricians and
managers should be informed about the decisions that are being implemented for the
safety of the individuals at the organization (Cooklin et al., 2017). The decisions are
taken for implementation to make sure that all the employees go home without being
injured. This is to demolish the reason or cause of such situations to re-occur.
However, these tools or decisions are for the beneficial of the organization. It will
help in preventing these near misses or close-calls and possible incidents that will lead
to serious injuries. Therefore, just like the plumber some other individual of the
association would have got hurt due to the electrical cord. Implementing the safety
measures is important.

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