Best Practices Committee
Practice Transaction History
Practices & Revisions Approved Since
the “Common Ground Study” in 1999.
TRANSACTION RECORD (TR 2010-05)
Purpose: Definition of Near Miss (Reviewing DIRT User’s Guide)
Task Team: Louis Panzer (Chair, One Call), Richard Krauss (Locator), Don Heyer (One
Call), Dave Erwin (One Call), Tammy Wilfong (Telecomm), Bruce Bevers (Gas
Transmission) and Tim Vaughn (Gas Transmission).
Transaction Record Opened: March 2009
Wording Approved by Best Practices Committee: March 8, 2011 (editorial
modification confirmed July 21, 2011)
Final Wording Reviewed by Board of Directors: August 26, 2011
Final Practice Wording to Appear in Best Practices Version 9.0**
NEW DEFINITION:
Near Miss
(Approved by BP Committee (with editorial changes) / Reviewed by Editorial)
Proposed Definition:
Near Miss: An event where a damage (as defined above) did not occur, but a clear
potential for damage was identified.
Origin/Rationale: No existing definition. Board requested this be established as a TR.
Glossary Committee using existing DIRT language.
TR2009-05
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