AustStab Awards of Excellence 2013
Key learning from
near miss reporting
Downer Infrastructure
WORK, HEALTH & SAFETY
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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