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Is it a near miss? Or was it an unsafe act?

Posted to Madden Maritime (by Richard Madden) on January 11, 2015

Is it a near miss? Or was it an unsafe act? Maybe just an unsafe condition. What’s the difference and how do you explain it to your crew when introducing them to your safety management system? Check out nearmiss.dk for more cartoons like the one below.

Near Misses: Saving Ourselves One Miss at a Time......

Posted to Madden Maritime (by Richard Madden) on October 18, 2014

"Near-miss : A sequence of events and/or conditions that could have resulted in loss. This loss was prevented only by a fortuitous break in the chain of events and/or conditions. Near-miss reporting and investigating is something that mariners have been doing for many years now.