near miss definition

near miss means an event which had the potential to cause serious injury, death, or harm but did not happen due to chance, corrective action or timely intervention.

near miss means a near miss as defined in Article 6, point (5), of Directive (EU) 2022/2555;

near miss means a failure in work performance or other occurrence that nearly results in an accident;

Examples of near miss in a sentence

• The Contractor shall submit a Crane and Rigging Gear Near Miss Report per Section F.

• A Near Miss is an occurrence that would have resulted in a Sentinel Event, but for timely intervention, e.g. attempted suicide and attempted rape.

• Near Miss ▪ Incidents that under slightly different circumstances could have caused illness, injury or damage to assets, the environment or COMPANY reputation, but did not (incident has occurred).

• Med Error or Med Error Near Miss noted on the Remedial/Communication Tool which will be retained in the student folder throughout their enrollment.

• Employee Injury and Near Miss Reports and related incident reports shall be forwarded to each of the joint Health and Safety Committee Chairs or designates within two (2) working days of the incident being reported.

More Definitions of near miss

near miss means an unforeseen event involving one or more hazardous substances which, but for mitigating effects, actions or systems, could have escalated to a major incident;

near miss means an opportunity to improve environmental, health, and safety performance based on a condition, behavior, or an event with potential for more serious consequence.

near miss means an unplanned event that did not result in breach of security or personal injury but had the potential to do so;

near miss means an event that had the potential to cause injury, damage or loss, but which did not do so

near miss means any accident or incident at a worksite that does not result in injury, but the potential for serious physical harm exists.

near miss means an unplanned event that had the potential to cause harm if conditions had been different or had been allowed to progress. Examples include: opening of a pressure relief device, activation of a safety instrumented system (interlock), a release of flammable material that does not result in a fire or explosion and a release of toxic material that does not enter an area where personnel are located.

near miss means an incident which has the potential to cause an injury or illness or damage to company property.