- Are relatively minor accidents, i.e. unintended departures from normal operating conditions in which little or no harm was caused. [10]
- Are unforeseen or unexpected events which may have the potential to become an accident but in which injury to personnel and/or damage to ship or to the environment does not materialize or remained minor. [1],[12]
- Is an event or chain of events which has caused or could have caused injury, illness and/or damage (loss) to assets, the environment or third parties. [11]
Sources
1. IACS International Association of Classification Societies LTD
10. ARF Document The exact reference is not provided.
11. OGP International Association of Oil and Gas Producers, Glosary for HSE terms.
12. MSC/Circ.1023-MEPC/Circ.392 Formal Safety Assessment
