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Near Miss Report Form

A near miss report form designed for potential hazards or incidents that did not result in any personal injury or property damage. Checkout the Forms Library »

What is a Near Miss Report?

A "near miss" is an unplanned event that had the potential to cause injury or damage but did not. If the event resulted in an incident, injury, or damage then it is not considered a near miss.

If near misses are not identified then workers may acclimate to the hazard until an injury or recordable-incident finally occurs. Near miss reports also provide supervisors with information that allow the hazard to be resolved before it ever becomes an incident.

Near Miss Reporting is one part of a hazard avoidance strategy called Behavior-Based Safety. Behavior-Based Safety (often called BBS) encourages workers to be more "safety aware" by constantly searching for safety hazards (through observation reporting) and by identifying and addressing near misses before they become incidents.

“Holy $#!† that was close!”
- guy who witnessed a near miss

Near-Miss Example

A typical example of a near miss is a ladder falling and nearly striking a worker. No one was hurt, nothing was damaged, and operations were not significantly delayed, but if the person had been just a few inches closer there could have been a serious injury.

How To Implement a Near Miss Program

Here are the keys to developing a fruitful near miss reporting program:

  • Explain - Make it clear what a near miss is
  • Easy - Make it easy to submit reports
  • Praise - Publicly praise quality reports & reporters
  • Respond - Investigate and improve systems based on reports
Near Miss Report - Printable PDF
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Sample Near Miss Form

Each KPA Flex account provides a standard Near Miss Report that your team can fill out online or through the free iPhone and Android apps.

If you haven't signed up for KPA Flex yet, here is a paper version of the standard Near Miss Report. Download this PDF and print out a copy for your team members to complete and send-in.

If you do have a KPA Flex account, import the Near Miss Report and then customize the questions. Does your form look totally different? No problem - build your own form in minutes. All forms in KPA Flex support email and app notifications for high-severity responses, plus you can view in-depth reports of all your reporting data.

“At Fortis Energy Services, we implemented KPA Flex at the end of 2018 and are beginning to see clear benefits. Observations and JSA’s are being completed at a 150% increase versus using the paper copy. Training and notices are communicated directly to the employee in an instant.”
- Fortis Energy
Recipient of the 2019 Excellence in Safety Award, North Dakota Petroleum Council

This form is a sample report which can be imported into your KPA Flex account. All forms including this one can be easily modified to fit your organization's policies and procedures.

Don't have a KPA Flex account? Download the printable Near Miss Report PDF form so your team can fill out a paper copy.



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Offline / Mobile Reporting »

Once team members have downloaded the app, they can fill out reports offline - including attachments! The report will automatically upload once connectivity resumes.

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Follow-Up Tracking »

Assign follow-ups within a report and track incomplete items.

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Permissions »

You decide who can submit reports, view responses, and more.

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Alerts & Notifications »

Setup individual or group notifications for certain reports. For example, you may want notifications for critical issues but not minor ones.

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KPA Flex automatically generates rich analytic tools so you can filter, visualize, and export all the data you're collecting.

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Participation Reports »

Run participation reports to see who is submitting reports and when they're being submitted.

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Electronic Signatures »

Collect electronic signatures when your team fill out reports.

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Multilingual »

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Revision History

As your team edits a report, the system will automatically track what was changed, the author, and the date.

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Data Lists

As projects, locations, etc change, the form will automatically update to include the latest options.

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Auto-Hiding Fields

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Sub-Reports

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