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The Importance of
Reporting Hazards and
Near Misses
Consistently achieving HSEQ excellence is fundamental to W M Donald succeeding in its mission of consistently delivering trusted, professional and innovative civil engineering solutions for its clients.
The logic is simple. Companies which report and act upon hazards and near misses achieve a better HSEQ performance. Companies with a better HSEQ performance are far more likely to be selected by clients to deliver their projects.
Hazard and near miss reports help W M Donald to:
➤ Identify existing and new HSEQ hazards in our workplaces.
➤ Make informed decisions around what (if anything) we need to do to prevent injury, ill health or an environmental incident.
➤ Show that we have a culture where we care about HSEQ issues and avoid complacency.
➤ Share valuable information across the business about how to prevent incidents.
➤ Engage with all staff in the shaping of our control measures.
➤ Identify trends and challenge everyone to improve their performance for the benefit of colleagues
W M Donald needs all employees, no matter where they work, to report hazards and near misses. There have been many hazards and near misses within the construction industry that were not reported and which subsequently resulted in serious incidents and even fatalities.
Please do the right thing by everyone and if you see it, own it and report it.
Safety First – No Excuses!
Craig Hunter – HSEQ Manager
Did you know that:
• Between 2017 and 2020 W M Donald has donated £572 to local charities (£1 for each hazard and near miss card received).
• The majority of reports we receive are in relation to the behaviour of other contractors with whom we share our sites.
• All reports we receive are analysed, and a report is submitted to the W M Donald Board every quarter.
• All HSEQ reports are reviewed annually to help us to set our business improvement objectives for the year ahead.
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