Every accident can have up to 50 'trial runs' Published March 24, 2010 By Courtesy of the Volunteer Protection Program Office DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- There are some accidents that, no matter how many precautions are taken, simply cannot be avoided. With the proper reporting, however, some accidents can be avoided. Some industries report there are 50 to 100 near misses before every accident occurs. The Near Miss Reporting program was designed to help the Air Force identify these dangerous areas and fix a problem before a real accident occurs. When near miss reporting is active it can be analyzed for trends and provide cross- tell information to commanders and supervisors to where the next accident could occur. Dovers near miss reporting EIM site was activated in January. Near Miss reporting can be found on the Wing Safety Home page, easily identified by a large red 'VPP' button. Filling out the form and hitting the 'ok' button will create a data entry. Near misses can be filled out anomalously or with a submitters name if they would like to be notified of how the situation is being handled. A near miss could occur in an office environment, medical environment, industrial area or even off duty. It can be water leaking on stairs and nearly causing someone to fall, a fallen tree limb blocking a stop sign in base housing or an icy parking lot that needs to be cleared. Anyone on base can report a Near Miss; military or civilian. The only limitation for reporting a near miss is that Dover has to have some control over handling or improving the situation. Near Miss reporting allows every individual on Dover a voice in their safety and health environment.