Sparkspeak | Your HSE Guide

  In this blog i will explain you Near miss, Accident and Incident (Definition and Difference) Near Miss A narrowly avoided accident.           Or An unplanned event that did not result in any injury, illness or damage, but had the potential to do so. Near-misses are a subset of incidents where no one got hurt, but only by a pure stroke of luck. In a near-miss, someone was a hair's breadth away from getting injured. For example a group working on a scaffold and co-worker standing on the floor. Hammer slipped from his hand and fell near the worker standing on the floor. Neither hammer hurt/injured co-worker nor damage the property. So this is a near miss, if hammer may fell on the co-worker and injured him or damage property. But lets assume that was a drill machine then after falling down it might broken/damage. there is a damage so it is not a near miss. Accident An unexpected event which results in serious injury or illness of an employee and may al...

Difference between hazard and risk A   hazard   is something that can cause harm, e.g. electricity, chemicals, working up a ladder, noise, a keyboard, a bully at work, stress, etc. Hazards can be divided into two basic categories: Acute Hazard – these are hazards that pose obvious issues and would impact instantly. An example of this would be a liquid spillage, causing an immediate danger of somebody slipping over and hurting themselves. Chronic Hazard – these hazards are not immediately apparent, and can have more of a hidden issue, sometimes only arising after long periods. An example of this would be the build-up of workplace stress or the gradual decline of a piece of machinery. All hazards, whether acute or chronic fall into six core categories. Physical – It refers to the stereotypical workplace hazard most of us would think of, for example, lighting issues, objects obstructing walkways, unsafe machinery, spillages on floors. Chemical – This includes any form of liq...