What’s at Stake?

A close call, also called a near miss or near hit, is an incident that might have resulted in injury, death or property damage, but did not. Often, people who have experienced a close call think about the incident as a lucky break, dust themselves off and get back to work without a second thought. But, when you don’t handle close calls correctly, right when they happen, people can easily get hurt or killed later.

What’s the Danger?

Here’s one such example. A 43-year-old machine operator died when he fell into a metal shredder at an aluminum smelting operation. Scrap metal […]