Incident Review
High Potential Incident Review This issue we look into some examples of ‘near misses’ and high potential incidents (HPI’s). A High Potential Incident is an incident or near-miss that, realistically, could have under other circumstances caused one or more of the following:
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Fatalities, Lost Time Injuries (LTI’s), injuries involving hospitalisation and injuries likely to cause permanent total work incapacity.
There is so much to be learned from HPI’s – just as much as those incidents with serious and fatal outcomes. A selection of HPI’s are described below and have been categorised into some common themes that are seen in the crane, construction, transport and mining industries.
Significant cost damage Significant environmental impact All electric shocks Incidents likely to result in major Workplace Health & Safety regulatory investigations
LIFTING MATTERS
ISSUE Q2 2021
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