Key Learnings from Near Miss Reporting

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Our near miss history

 Prior to May 2012 we reported less than 30 near misses  Within 12 months we have reported more than 1,100 near misses  Since the commencing near miss reporting there has not been a lost time injury in NSW  This is allowing us to look at trends and individual occurrences

Post near miss Bird’s Triangle reporting roll out –

Pre near miss reporting –

June 2012 - May 2013

June 2011 - May 2012

Fatal injury

0

3 10

Serious injury

6

10 30

Injuries

13

1165 600

Near misses

79

0 1

Downer NSW Road Infrastructure LTIFR, MTIFR and TRIFR – 24 month trend 12.00 10.00 8.00 6.00

Near miss reporting introduced

4.00

LTIFR MTIFR TRIFR

2.00 0.00

LTIFR

May- JunAug- SepJul-11 11 11 11 11 1.16 1.16 0.00 0.00 0.00

MTIFR 9.29

Oct11 0.00

Nov- Dec11 11 0.00 0.00

Jan12 0.00

Feb- Mar12 12 0.00 1.23

Apr- May- JunAug- SepJul-12 12 12 12 12 12 1.22 1.19 1.15 1.12 1.09 1.07

Oct12 1.05

Nov- Dec12 12 1.03 0.91

Jan13 0.89

Feb- Mar13 13 0.89 0.00

Apr13 0.00

8.09

8.10

9.27

9.29

9.30

9.63

9.65

9.62

9.63

7.39

6.12

5.95

4.62

3.37

3.26

3.21

3.15

3.08

2.73

2.67

2.68

4.38

4.25

TRIFR 10.45 9.25

8.10

9.27

9.29

9.30

9.63

9.65

9.62

9.63

8.62

7.35

7.14

5.77

4.49

4.35

4.28

4.20

4.10

3.63

3.56

3.57

4.38

4.25

Making near miss reporting visible

Near miss reporting – 14 month trend 160 140 120 100 Workshops 80

Sydney Stabilising

60

Major Projects

Country 40 20 0

Near miss reports by category – 12 months to May 2013