MODULE 1 - NEARMISSES - INCIDENT LESSON LEARNED

The Role of a 'Safety Culture' in Preventing Accidents and Incidents
The purpose of any Safety Management System that embraces an effective safety culture, is to prevent human accidents and ship incidents.
"Accidents and incidents do not just happen; they are caused, usually by more than one factor coming together at a particular place and time. Change any one of these factors and the accident / incident would probably not occur!"
Instead, one would then experience what is termed a ‘hazardous occurrence’ or a ‘near miss’. A near miss is defined by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as;
“A sequence of events and / or conditions that could have resulted in loss or injury. This loss or injury was prevented by a casual break in the chain of events and / or conditions”.