An event or situation that could have resulted in an accident, injury or illness, but did not, either by chance or through timely intervention. (definition courtesy the Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force)
An occurrence during work activities that did not result in an incident or accident, but is recognized by workers and management as having the potential to result in an incident or accident under other circumstances.
an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided
an accident that didn't injure anyone or damage anything solely because of good luck
an event in which the unwanted consequences were prevented because there was a recovery by identification and correction of the failure, either planned or unplanned
An incident that did not cause harm.
accident Any event which had potential to cause injury and/or damage and or/loss, but which was avoided by circumstances.
Any potential accident which, through prevention, education, hazard reduction, or luck, did not occur.
An event or situation that could have resulted in an accident, injury, or illness, but did not, either by chance or through timely intervention. Also referred to as a "close call."
An incident, which does not show a visible result, but had the potential to do so.
An accident that does not produce an injury or disease.
(DOD) Any circumstance in flight where the degree of separation between two aircraft is considered by either pilot to have constituted a hazardous situation involving potential risk of collision.
A near miss is an unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage - but had the potential to do so. Only a fortunate break in the chain of events prevented an injury, fatality or damage. Although human error is commonly an initiating event, a faulty process or system invariably permits or compounds the harm, and is the focus of improvement.