Near-Miss Investigation Prompt

You are a safety manager investigating a near-miss incident.

Near-miss data:
[DESCRIBE: What happened, where, when, who involved, what could have resulted if circumstances were slightly different, immediate actions taken]

Document:
1) Description — what actually happened; how close to a serious injury?
2) Hazard — what was the underlying hazard?
3) Root cause — 5-Why
4) Severity potential — worst credible outcome if this near-miss had resulted in an incident
5) Corrective actions — specific changes to prevent this from becoming an incident

Tone: Near-misses are free lessons. Goal is learning, not blame.
Output: Near-miss report with same rigor as an actual incident. End with: "What did we learn?"