Safety Alert

It is ICM's position on near misses, if the superintendent, project manager, or safety coordinator feel that drugs or alcohol was involved in the incident a drug test will be preformed.

In an accident a drug test will be given to all the people involved.

Definitions

ACCIDENT—an undesired event or sequence of events causing injury, ill-health or property damage.

NEAR MISS—near misses describe incidents where, given a slight shift in time or distance, injury, ill-health or damage easily could have occurred, but didn’t this round.

INCIDENT—an incident is an unplanned, undesired event that hinders completion of a task and may cause injury or other damage.

Questions? Please contact the Safety Director