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- DictionaryNear miss/ˌnir ˈmis/
noun
- 1. a narrowly avoided collision or other accident: "she had a near miss when her horse was nearly sucked into a dike"
- 2. a bomb or shot that just misses its target: "he had escaped more than twenty near misses"
OSHA defines a near miss as an incident in which no property was damaged and no personal injury was sustained, but where, given a slight shift in time or position, damage or injury easily could have occurred.
noun. a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target. an instance of two vehicles, aircraft, etc., narrowly avoiding a collision. something that falls narrowly short of its object or of success: an interesting movie, but a near miss. near miss.
a situation in which something almost hits something else: A Boeing 747 was involved in a near miss with a private aircraft just south of San Francisco. That was a near miss - we must have come within an inch of that lorry! SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Events and occurrences.
a situation in which something almost hits something else: A Boeing 747 was involved in a near miss with a private aircraft just south of San Francisco. That was a near miss - we must have come within an inch of that truck! SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
noun. a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target. an instance of two vehicles, aircraft, etc., narrowly avoiding a collision. something that falls narrowly short of its object or of success: an interesting movie, but a near miss. near miss. noun. a bomb, shell, etc, that does not exactly hit the target.
a situation when a serious accident or a disaster very nearly happens. The two planes were involved in a near miss. The terrifying near miss took place at 4 500 feet. He’s a terrible driver. We had one near miss after another!
Mar 2, 2019 · A near miss is an unintentional incident that could have caused damage, injury or death but was narrowly avoided. In the context of safety, a near miss may be attributed to human error, or might be a result of faulty safety systems or processes in an organization. A near miss may also be called a close call, near collision or near hit.
