Using Near Misses and Incidents to Reduce Risk

Near misses and incidents occur in every lab. The question is not whether they will happen, but how often they occur, how serious the consequences could have been, and what the lab can learn from them. So, how can lab leaders use these events as opportunities to improve safety and reduce future risk?

There are many positive techniques (and several negative ones to avoid). Too often, the focus stays on what happened and why? Yet there are many human factors, antecedents/precursors, and leading indicators that can tell us how the event occurred.

Attendees will examine how treating near misses and incidents as valuable sources of information can uncover contributing factors and strengthen safety without defaulting to blame or punishment. Attendees will engage in active learning and will leave with practical strategies to help their labs become true learning organizations.

Who should attend this workshop?

Lab managers, safety managers, supervisors, and other lab leaders accountable for implementing a strong safety culture in the lab.

Objectives:

• Compare and contrast the what and why from the how of event occurrences.
• Explain how human factors play an important role in behaviors.
• Describe the benefits of antecedents, precursors, and leading indicators to explain events.
• Illustrate a true learning organization compared with one that doesn’t.

Note: This workshop requires an additional ticket. Space is limited.