near-miss

Portuguese translation: quase-acidente

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English term or phrase:near-miss
Portuguese translation:quase-acidente
Entered by: Gino Amaral

00:40 Dec 17, 2004
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
SAP / EH&S
English term or phrase: near-miss
Contexto: EH&S no trabalho.

Frases:

1) "NEAR-MISS Reports - Outstanding Actions"
2) "The facility manager/generator supervisor is to personally review the status of actions required at his/her site resulting from the investigations of all NEAR-MISS incidents."

TIA.
Gino Amaral
Brazil
Local time: 13:43
quase-acidente
Explanation:
:)
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Clauwolf
Local time: 13:43
Grading comment
É isso mesmo. Em pesquisa mais detalhada pude comprovar o termo.

Obrigado.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5quase-acidente
Clauwolf
4risco iminente
Lúcia Lopes
4ameaça
Roberto Cavalcanti


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
quase-acidente


Explanation:
:)

Clauwolf
Local time: 13:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 29
Grading comment
É isso mesmo. Em pesquisa mais detalhada pude comprovar o termo.

Obrigado.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Flavio Steffen
19 mins
  -> obrigado

neutral  Lúcia Lopes: "near-miss" = risco iminente, "near-accident" = quase acidente, ver em http://www.google.com.br/search?q=cache:_Ck0CaUho40J:www.pol...
45 mins
  -> a coisa já aconteceu, não pode ser um risco iminente, pense bem:)

agree  horizon
2 hrs
  -> obrigado

agree  airmailrpl: -
6 hrs
  -> obrigado

agree  Carla Araújo
8 hrs
  -> obrigado

agree  Carlos Angelo
2 days 17 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
risco iminente


Explanation:
[PDF] Revis de Estudos sobre Prefer cia dos Usu ios do TCRPP
Formato do arquivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Ver em HTML
... trânsito usualmente denominadas de risco iminente (near miss), em que ... situações extremas,
usualmente denominadas por quase-acidentes (near accidents), que ...
www.poli.usp.br/p/hugo.pietrantonio/Boletim2-1.pdf - Páginas Semelhantes


CheerS!

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Note added at 36 mins (2004-12-17 01:16:52 GMT)
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near miss n. 1. A narrowly avoided collision involving two or more aircraft, ships, boats, or motor vehicles. 2. A missile strike that is extremely close to but not directly on target.


Lúcia Lopes
Brazil
Local time: 13:43
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ameaça


Explanation:
opção

Roberto Cavalcanti
Brazil
Local time: 13:43
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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