How Your Team Benefits from Truly Anonymous Reporting

You know what it’s like to mess up in a big way.

You’re all too familiar with that sensation in the pit of your stomach that makes it seem like the floor just dropped out from beneath your feet. The feeling of dread, that little voice in the back of your head telling you, “dang, that was bad.” Maybe that little voice is reminding you that it could have been worse — A LOT worse.

Near misses can be scary. We know what it’s like to recognize that your slip-up could have resulted in a larger, more serious problem, no less an injury to you or one of your colleagues. That’s why we made it our personal mission to take some of the sting out of the aftermath of these already-harrowing experiences, for both you and your team members who suffered them.

Can you imagine what it would be like if your department was more willing to submit the kind of reports that they may not normally want to attach their names to? Near misses are a perfect example. We understand that it can be difficult to come forward when you’ve made a mistake. At best, it’s uncomfortable to admit that you’ve messed up, especially when that mistake has jeopardized your safety or the safety of those around you. And it’s even harder to fess up when you fear that your job could be on the line.

But what if you were aware of all — or even most — of the near misses that take place in your department? Imagine a workplace where everyone came forward to admit when they’ve made a mistake — don’t you think it would be easier to pinpoint and train against the behaviors that led to those near misses in the first place?

We thought so, which is why we created SafetyCommitteeApp with a 100% anonymous user access that makes reporting near misses easier and more painless than ever before. Individuals are able to fearlessly report when they’ve had a near miss, because names aren’t attached to their submissions, and our multi-tiered user permissions ensure that the only people who see the data are the people who are supposed to see it. Gone are the days of neglecting to report a near miss due to fear of disciplinary action or termination — now your team can submit reports and be secure in the knowledge that their submissions are truly anonymous. And when it comes time to review your team’s near misses at your next safety meeting, you can do so objectively, without the person who submitted the report feeling like they’re personally coming under fire.

Furthermore, we created SafetyCommitteeApp with a clean, user-friendly interface that takes the tedium out of reporting, because we understand that the last thing you want to do after a near miss is spend time re-hashing it for some grueling report.

But with SafetyCommitteeApp, the individuals submitting the reports aren’t the only ones who will benefit from these anonymous submissions. When your team feels safe in their reporting, they’re more likely to do it consistently, which results in richer, more meaningful data for your department as a whole. And when you have richer data, you’re able to more accurately identify the behaviors that are putting your team’s safety at risk and implement training procedures to bring them under control. Because as terrible as it feels to know you’ve messed up, we know it feels even worse to recognize that the slip-up could have been easily avoided with a bit more care and training.

Near misses can be scary, but they don’t have to be. Let SafetyCommitteeApp take a load off the minds of your team members, so you can identify the root cause of your mistakes, learn from them, and use them to improve the safety and awareness of your entire department.