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Supervisor R has worked at Northern Mill for over $10$ years and is popular among the workers. Since

the changes in the approach to health and safety management at the factory, Supervisor R has

persistently voiced their opinion that these changes are a waste of time and money. They have said

that they are too busy on the factory floor to spend time on health and safety.

Recently, the owner asked Supervisor R to carry out the induction for three new factory workers, on

their first day. Resentfully, Supervisor R gives the new factory workers a tour of the factory and gives

them printed copies of the health and safety policy, telling them to read it in their own time.

Near miss incident

A week later, one of the new factory workers is assigned the task of transferring a large order of

textiles from the knitting area to the vessels in the dyeing area. Supervisor R tells the new factory

worker that because of an error with the delivery date of this order, they need to speed up as this

needs to be completed as soon as possible.

Supervisor R is due to finish their shift in $15$ minutes, but wants to leave early to attend a personal

event. They tell the new factory worker that the next supervisor due on shift $($Supervisor S$)$ is

probably around somewhere, so they are fine to get on with the task. Concerned, the new factory

worker starts to question being left to work alone on a machine they have not previously used.

Supervisor R shouts that the new factory worker should $$do as you are told, or I will report you to the

owner$,$ then leaves.

There are $10$ rolls of textiles for the new factory worker to transfer to the dyeing area. Worried that

they will not finish on time, they quickly begin loading the textiles into a dyeing vessel. They force the

textiles from four rolls into the vessel, before they start the machine.

The machine starts; immediately, a warning flashes on the information panel indicating a potential

overload. Frustrated, the new factory worker reaches into the vessel to remove some of the textiles.

At the same time, Supervisor S walks onto the factory floor to start their shift. As they pass the

dyeing area, they see the new factory worker reaching into the vessel, so they rush over to stop

them.

The new factory worker$$s wrist has become entangled in the textiles, and they cry out as they are

pulled forwards. Just in time, Supervisor S presses the emergency stop button on the machine and

manages to free the new factory worker before they are injured.

Supervisor S calls over to another factory worker, telling them to $$close down this machine to prevent

it from being used until further notice.$$ The new factory worker is visibly distressed. Supervisor S

uses a two$-$way radio to ask the owner to supervise the factory floor, while they take the distressed

new factory worker to an empty meeting room to calm down. As the first$-$aider on shift, Supervisor S

checks the worker$$s wrist for any injury. The new factory worker is not physically injured, only

shocked by the event, so they are sent home to recover.

Supervisor S returns to the factory floor to carry out and record a near miss investigation with the

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