Safety Flash
Unpublished safety incidents
Unpublished safety incidents
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 07/19
- Leadership and CultureLearning from Incidents
- Learning from incidents
- Safety communication
Summary
IMCA explains its editorial reasons for leaving submitted incidents unpublished, including limited learning value, inadequate reporting and missing publication permission. It discusses clarity, proportional detail, corrective actions and supporting images, emphasising coherent incident stories that support safety improvements. A topical list summarises 33 unpublished incidents without detailed case analysis.
Classifications: Learning from incidents; incident learning; lessons learnt; lessons learned.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Summary
IMCA explains why submitted safety incidents may remain unpublished and how reporting quality supports industry learning.
IMCA SF 07/19. Themes: leadership and culture, learning from incidents.