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Incidents, safeguarding & restricted sets · Working

Near miss

ELI5

An unplanned event that did not cause harm but could reasonably have done so.

Used in conversation

“The near miss should be settled before the unit moves to the next stage.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Near miss” in production, set safety, stunts & practical effects conversations or materials.

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Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.