The day where nothing happened
Every other story here starts with something going wrong. This one starts with a pallet that did not fall on anybody — and it is the only kind of day where you still have a choice about the ending.
- 0109:15
Filed where it happened
Category, area and observer, and a photograph of the pallet. Location and time arrive pre-filled, so the only typing is what nearly happened.
- 0209:16
Ranked by what could have happened
Potential severity times likelihood gives a score, and the score decides whose week it belongs in. Nobody was hit; it is still High.
- 0311:40
And the reporter sees it close
Grouped by state, so what is still open is the first thing anyone opens — including the person who filed it. That is what makes a second report happen.
On paper: a note that reaches a desk at 17:40, if it reaches one at all — and a manager who learns about the aisle after somebody is standing in it.
How near-miss reporting worksIn the illustrative month behind these screens there were 48 near misses and 14 incidents — about 3.4 reports for every event that actually happened. A rising count there is a programme working, not a site getting worse, and your board needs to be told that before the first spike rather than during it.
The round with no event to trigger it
Every other day on this page begins with something happening. A first-aid round begins with nothing happening, to a cabinet nobody has opened since May — which is precisely why it is the one that gets skipped.
- 01Due date
The cabinet asks for itself
The station reaches its date and lands on the custodian’s list. Scanning the QR label on the door opens this record — not the one next to it.
- 0209:21
Fifteen points, two exceptions
Every step starts at OK, so a clean kit takes under a minute. Expired burn gel and one pair of gloves get flagged, photographed and saved at the cabinet.
- 03Afterwards
The record it leaves behind
Contents with expiry dates, and every check that ever ran against this cabinet. This is the answer to “when was that kit last checked?”, without walking to it.
On paper: a signature card on the cabinet door, which proves that somebody signed a card. It does not prove the burn dressing was in date, and it cannot tell you this morning which cabinets are overdue.
How first-aid readiness worksAcross eleven stations on five illustrative sites, eight were in date and two had gone past. The two were not found by walking the site — they raised themselves, with a name against each one.