Railwayboffin
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If someone reports a Close Call or Near Miss can this prevent progression in the rail industry in the future?
I mean if someone reports a close call on an action caused by the person wishing to progress.
I mean if someone reports a close call on an action caused by the person wishing to progress.
If an incident is being investigated, nobody can say 100% what the outcome will be, and shouldn’t really be telling you that you WILL just get a telling off etc. Unless the person saying this is the person conducting the investigation, and any outcome is solely theirs to make.It has been reported as a close call and will be investigated so is it the outcome of the investigation whether or not it could affect progression?
Does this ‘friend’ have the same name and date of birth as you?Hi okay thanks guys was just for a friend.
Many Thanks,
Agreed. If anything, having experience of reporting matters can aid at interview times as there’s often the odd question on this.I think there’s some confusion here. I’m guessing, by the reference to “close call” that the OP means someone putting a report in about an unsafe system of work or another employee or contractor doing something unsafe - Network Rail were certainly big on it - rather than a near miss in the sense that traincrew are probably more familiar with. I guess the fear is that putting reports in can leave you seen as a troublemaker? I’d imagine and hope that it’s a completely unfounded fear, especially away from the world of contractors!
A previous employer defined a “close call” as (words to the effect of) something that could have caused injury or worse if circumstances had been slightly different - so something like a contractor not wearing proper PPE or a trip hazard in an office or scaffolding that was overdue an inspection would all fall in the scope of the reporting system even though there hadn’t actually been any hint of drama.