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Accident precursors and near-miss management systems (NMS) are important safety tools in industries with major accident hazards, such as the airline industry, the nuclear industry, and the chemical industry, and they are increasingly adopted in other sectors such as manufacturing, construction, and health care. The aim of a NMS is to “harvest value” from near-miss data by assessing and prioritizing their risk implications, identifying their failure generating mechanisms, and guiding interventions and safety improvements and awareness. Recognizing that learning from near-misses is less costly than learning from accidents, the main value of a NMS is in the learning loop it provides within and across organizations, in focusing safety resources on addressing unsafe acts, reducing unsafe conditions and procedures, and improving design and operational safety issues. The present study first provides an updated …