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... 13 Prevalent among research studies found in the literature was the lack of agreement on the terms used for, and related to, incident reporting. In most cases, the term is safety-centric in its meaning.
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... 14 Airport Incident Reporting Practices other situation that precedes the major event, or as this synthesis supports, an incident as something out of the ordinary and affecting all aspects of airport performance, both positively and negatively. Due to different uses of the term, it can be difficult to make comparisons of incident data between airports or other industries.
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... Terms and Definitions 15 2. Implies harm -- that an injury, damage, or loss has occurred, but it is minor, distinct from, and does not rise to the level of an accident.
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... 16 Airport Incident Reporting Practices • An event with an adverse effect on an asset of the organization (person, property, environment, financial)
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... Terms and Definitions 17 1. An event occurs, or a potentially unsafe situation is discovered.
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... 18 Airport Incident Reporting Practices • Lack of awareness that a near miss actually occurred. • Lack of good judgment.

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