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any safety system, often complementing other safety system components such as accident investigations, hazard analyses, safety report- ing, prioritizing, root cause analysis, solution identication, communication, leading indica- tor analyses, and safety culture enhancement. In addition, in terms of human life and property damage, near misses are very low-cost learning tools for training and prevention of reoccur- rence, and they represent a new data source on what works to break the chain of events before an accident occurs. Finally, near misses may provide the key data that can prevent low probability/high consequence accidents by providing safer alternatives. MTBrian Craig, PhD, PE, CPE is a professor of industrial engineering at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Seeing It Coming continued April 2012www.sname.org/sname/mt (policy brieng) LEARN MORE For further information on near miss reporting systems, check out the following resources. Reason, J., Human Error: Models and Management,? British Medical Journal (2000). Jones, S., Kirchsteiger, C., and Bjerke, W., The Importance of Near Miss Reporting to Further Improve Safety Performance,? Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries (1999). National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Oshore Drilling, Report to the President, January 2010.