A Study on Perception of Near-miss Reporting in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Hsing-Hsuan Shen, 沈杏炫
• Other Authors: Thomas J. H. Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2gb63q

碩士 === 長榮大學 === 職業安全與衛生學系碩士班 === 98 === Near-miss reporting is a crucial element in safety management. How to make labors emphasize on near-miss event and actively report is an extremely important. Making near-miss reporting system turns to a necessary procedure and then becomes the security culture of the enterprise, and promotes the effect and expects to diminish the incidence in safety management. Due to the cultural differences, the labors’ perception on near-miss reporting in Taiwan is diverse, not to mention using the near-miss reporting system. The purpose of this study is to recognize the labors’ perception of near-miss reporting through survey. The questionnaire was distributed to the employees and contractors in the petrochemical industries. The content of questionnaire divides into two parts, basic information and the perception of near-miss reporting system by labors’ influence. Our result show: 1) The most popular near-miss reporting channel is in written form, the next one is in oral form. 2) The reasons for not reporting near-miss events are: afraid of punishment, not sure of the definition of near-miss and the accountability of near-miss reporting. 3) The most important issue to improve the motivation of near-miss reporting is to understand the definition of near-miss event. The next important issue to increase the near-miss reporting is to have a clear mechanism for near-miss reporting. These results show the importance to have right training and education program for accident prevention. Plus, an active near-miss reporting mechanism is necessary for Taiwanese culture. Keywords： near-miss, near-miss reporting, incident event, near-miss reporting system