Incident management software

The near miss is where incident management starts

Incident management software where reporting takes thirty seconds, so people report the near misses too. You fix things before they hurt anyone, and the record is already complete when an inspector asks.

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The near misses you never hear about are the ones that matter

Near miss reporting is free information, and it only reaches you if reporting is easier than not reporting. That means no login, no desktop, and no form asking a supervisor to grade severity at six in the morning.

Also called
Incident reporting software, accident reporting software, near miss reporting software
Ways in
Mobile app, a QR poster at the workface with no login, a voice note or photo, or the full form from a desk — all landing as the same structured record
Forms it feeds
OSHA 300, 300A and 301 with ITA submission, RIDDOR reports, Australian WHS notifications
The difference

What changes when reporting takes thirty seconds.

Near miss reporting is free information, and it only reaches you if reporting is easier than not reporting. What separates these systems is what happens at the workface, not what the admin screen can hold.

Legacy EHS platforms compared with EHS Solutions by SDS Manager
ScenarioLegacy EHS platformsEHS Solutions by SDS Manager
A contractor spots a frayed lifting slingA form on a desktop, behind a login they don't have. It gets mentioned to someone, or it doesn't.A QR poster on the wall. Thirty seconds in any browser, anonymous if they want.
Someone reports at the end of a shiftFree-text boxes and a severity dropdown they aren't qualified to fill in.They say what happened. Severity gets decided at triage, by someone who can judge it.
An inspector asks about a case from MarchThe details were captured late, from memory, if at all.Witnesses, conditions, evidence and the reasoning behind every decision, captured while it was fresh.

  • Reported in thirty seconds

    A phone, a QR poster or a voice note, landing as the same structured record.

  • Every decision has a name on it

    Recordability, severity and closure are recorded calls with a reason attached.

  • Configured, not coded

    Your types, severity grid, questions and escalation rules are set in an admin panel, not built into the software.

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Capabilities

Everything that happens to a report, before anyone investigates

How it gets in, who gets told, how recordability is settled, and what closing a case actually means.

Reported

Get reports from people who would never fill in a form

Incident reporting software with four ways in, all landing as the same structured record.

  • Anyone can report, account or not A QR poster opens a form in any browser. No app, no login, anonymous if wanted.
  • Severity isn't asked at report time That decision happens at triage, made by somebody qualified to judge how serious it was.
  • A number is issued immediately The case is referenceable straight away, before anyone has looked at it or triaged it.
The QR reporting form, opened in a browser with no login
Acknowledged

Never miss a notification deadline

The moment the organisation officially knows — and several regulatory deadlines run from it.

  • Serious outcomes start a countdown Flag a fatality, hospitalisation, amputation or loss of an eye and the deadline appears immediately.
  • Imminent danger can stop work It escalates to top severity and notifies whoever has the authority to halt the activity.
  • A fatality can't sit unacknowledged If nobody picks the case up within the window, the system escalates it to administrators.
An incident with its regulatory notification deadline counting down
In triage

Decide recordability once, and move on

One pass that settles who was involved, work-relatedness, new-case status and whether it goes on a statutory log. The system proposes. A person confirms.

  • Fields follow the site's jurisdiction Each site captures what its own regulator requires, so the record suits the form it produces.
  • “Not sure yet” is a valid answer Recordability stays pending rather than forcing a guess, so a case can wait on medical news.
  • A reason is required, not optional Whoever makes the call records why they made it. That is what an inspector asks for.
Triage, where work-relatedness and recordability are decided
Severity

Compare two sites and mean it

Likelihood against consequence — a grid, not a gut feel. Two supervisors at two sites reach the same number.

  • The grid is yours Bands, labels and triggers are set to match how your organization already grades severity.
  • Some outcomes override the grid A fatality or a case of imminent danger goes straight to the top level.
  • Changes are tracked Revise a severity rating later and the previous value stays visible in the case history.
A site-by-site comparison of recordables, days lost and overdue actions
5 The decision

Close the minor ones in minutes

Each one is a recorded decision with a name and a reason attached.

  • Handled and closed. Minor, resolved, nothing further. Still a permanent record, not a deletion.
  • Assessed, not recordable. Assessed as below the threshold. The negative determination is evidence too.
  • Goes to investigation. An investigation opens automatically, assigned to a lead and to as many teams as it needs, with the case carried over.
  • Changing a classification is a decision, not an edit. A change is raised as a request with a reason and approved by someone else, so the reasoning survives alongside the outcome. Who can approve what is part of your configuration.
An incident closed at triage, with the decision and its reason recorded
6 Incident record

Stop hunting for details months later

Everything a form, an insurer or a lawyer will ask for, captured while it was fresh.

  • People affected. Employees, contractors, visitors or public — each with their own injuries and outcome.
  • Injuries, on a body map. Where, what type, what treatment, and any time away or restricted duties.
  • Witnesses. Who saw it and what they said, while memories are current.
  • What was in place. Permits, equipment state, lockout, risk assessments and the conditions at the time.
  • Evidence. Photos, video and documents, checked on upload.
  • Chemicals involved. The safety data sheet, attached from our own database.
A complete incident record with people, injuries, witnesses and evidence

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In practice

Workers reviewing safety records together on site
“Lads can put a near miss in from their phone at the board without setting up an account, which is the only reason any of them do it. Before this I'd hear about something two weeks later, if at all. Now it comes in the same day and I can go look while the site is still set up the way it was.”
Greg MulvaneyEHS Manager, commercial builder · 34 active sites, 2,600 peopleVerified review · Capterra
One system

Incident management is one part of the platform

The record on this page feeds everything else — the investigation, the actions, the risk register and the statutory forms — on one site structure, one permission model and one history.

Root Cause AnalysisGuided 5 Whys, fishbone and decision-tree investigations with evidence you can defend.Corrective ActionsOwners, due dates and independent sign-off, linked back to the finding that raised them.Risk ManagementIdentify hazards, score risk on your own matrix and track the controls that reduce it.Contractor ManagementApproval before they start, documents that carry their expiry, and every company on one register.Audit & InspectionMobile checklists, recurring schedules and consistent scoring across every site.Safety TrainingAssignment by role and site, with certification expiry surfaced before it lapses.Compliance ReportingOSHA 300, 300-A and 301, RIDDOR and WHS output produced from the records you already hold.
Assets & maintenanceEquipment register with preventive maintenance and calibration schedules and pass or fail outcomes.
Document controlVersioned policies and certificates with expiry tracking and full change history.
What it costs

The software is the invoice

Legacy vendors quote a licence, then bill the setup, the migration, the training days and every change afterwards. It's a relic of an era when software took a year to install.

You pay for the software, not the consultants.

Priced on headcount, however many sites you run. Under 200 people, start a free trial and go. Above that, ask us for a number and you'll get one.

On your invoice
  • The software
  • Every module
  • Your headcount
  • Setup of your rules
  • Reports built for you
  • Changes, whenever
  • Support
Never on your invoice
  • Implementation fee
  • Configuration project
  • Consulting hour blocks
  • Change requests
  • Professional services minimum
  • Data extraction on exit
  • No implementation fee
  • No professional services minimum
  • No hours to buy for changes
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Still have questions? Our safety experts will answer them against your own process rather than generically.

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Yes. A worker can report an incident without an account in EHS Solutions by SDS Manager: a QR poster at the point of work opens a form in any phone browser, with no app and no licence. The site and area are already attached because the poster is specific to that location, and the report can be anonymous.
An EHS officer decides. In EHS Solutions by SDS Manager the system works through the recording criteria and proposes an answer with its reasoning, but a person confirms it. If a question can't be answered yet, recordability stays pending rather than defaulting either way.
An incident classification can be changed, but only as a tracked decision. In EHS Solutions by SDS Manager a change to recordability or reportability is raised as a request with a reason, and approved by somebody other than the person who raised it — the system rejects self-approval. The request, the decision and the reasoning all stay in the case history, which cannot be edited afterwards.
Regulatory notification deadlines run automatically from the moment a serious outcome is flagged. In EHS Solutions by SDS Manager the deadline is created and counts down on the case where people can see it. Making the call is logged with the office contacted and the reference given, and a discharged obligation is a permanent part of the record.
Yes. A closed incident can be reopened in EHS Solutions by SDS Manager by senior EHS roles, with a written reason. Reopening is recorded rather than hidden, which matters when facts change — a condition that worsened, or a late medical finding.
Yes. One incident record in EHS Solutions by SDS Manager holds as many injured people as it needs, each with their own injuries, treatment and outcome. Days away and restricted duty are tracked per person, so aggregate figures don't double-count.
Yes. EHS Solutions by SDS Manager handles near miss and hazard reporting through the same route as accidents. Near misses, hazards, unsafe conditions and observations use the same thirty-second report as an injury — which is the point, since those are the ones you want to hear about while nothing has happened yet.
Yes. EHS Solutions by SDS Manager produces OSHA 300, 300A and 301 from the incident record rather than retyping from it, along with ITA submission. The severe-injury notification clock starts and is tracked for you. RIDDOR reports and Australian WHS notifications work the same way, and the same approach extends to whichever regime applies to a given site.
When your process changes or a new regulation applies, EHS Solutions by SDS Manager is reconfigured rather than recoded. Each regulation and workflow is defined in a no-code admin panel: what to capture, which notifications to send, and the trigger and escalation points. A change is made in the panel, typically within a day, and isn't billed as a change request or against consulting hour blocks.
People use EHS Solutions by SDS Manager because reporting is easier than not reporting. A report takes a QR poster on the wall, a phone or a voice note, with no login and no severity dropdown to puzzle over — the judgement calls happen at triage, by someone qualified to make them. Systems get abandoned when the person at the workface is asked to do the safety manager's job at six in the morning.
Setup takes days, and your team's part is describing how you already work. In EHS Solutions by SDS Manager your incident types, severity grid, triage questions, notification rules and escalation points are configured before go-live, by our team. There's no implementation fee and no consulting hours to buy.
Yes. Existing incident history can be moved into EHS Solutions by SDS Manager, so your logs and year-on-year figures stay continuous rather than starting from zero. It isn't billed as a separate migration project.
Chemical and SDS management connects directly, because EHS Solutions by SDS Manager is built by SDS Manager, whose core product is a chemical and safety data sheet compliance database. When an incident involves a substance, the safety data sheet is attached to the case from that database, so an investigator reading the record has the hazard information in front of them rather than in another system. SDS Manager is part of the NetPower group, headquartered in Norway with offices in the United States, Vietnam and Bangladesh.
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