b'The objective of SafeMTStation and offshore energy industries and has authority FOGHORN FOCUS to collect the data confidentially for statistical purposes is to collect and captureunder the Confidential Information Protection and Sta-tistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA), which allows the pro-data to identify criticalgram to overcome legal concerns among companies about sharingthisdata.Thedatawillbeprotectedagainst safety-related trends thatcourtordersandFOIA(FreedomofInformationAct) could prevent incidentsrequests. In the past, when attempts have been made to collect near-miss data within the maritime industry, the or identify otherwiselack of data protections, like those provided by CIPSEA, and access to the raw data by regulators have been major non-correlated events. hurdles. Those who handle the data are required to take CIPSEA training and learn about the stiff penalties for identifying a companys private information. SafeMTSisavoluntaryandconfidentialnear-missre- Currently, recording and analysis of near-miss data and porting program for the Maritime Transportation Systemprecursor events to identify trends in personnel, process, (MTS). The objective of SafeMTS is to collect and captureand equipment safety are, for the most part, only held and a broad set of existing precursor safety data from industryprocessed internally for companies or industry organiza-partners that can be analyzed, evaluated, and assessed totions. SafeMTS will provide the ability for the broader set identifycriticalsafety-relatedtrendsthatcouldpreventof industry data to be collected and analyzed in a secure, incidents or identify otherwise non-correlated events. Theprotectedenvironmentforthepurposeofidentifying benefit of data analytics in this area has been identified,patterns of safety risks in the domestic maritime indus-discussed, and highlighted in numerous studies, NASEMtry. BTS and MARAD have identified 23 data collection (National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medi- points (core data elements) for analysis. These data points cine) publications, reports and papers. National Aeronau- will continue to be evaluated and changed as needed or tics and Space Administration (NASA) and the aviationdesiredbyindustry.Companiesthatparticipateinthe industry credit much of their safety record to their near- SafeMTS program will sign a memorandum of agreement miss reporting programs.withBTSthatwilldetailtherolesandresponsibilities in this partnership such as the companys agreed upon BTS has experience developing and administering near- frequency of data upload to the secure portal. BTS will misssafetydatacollectionprogramsforthetranspor- analyze data dating back to Jan. 1, 2020. Each participant NEAR MISS EVENT REPORTINGTHE EVENT EVENT DETAILS FOLLOW-UP OUTCOMES & CAUSESEvent Description Incident Type/Category Action TakenNarrative Factor PreventingEvent Date Near Miss Classification Immediate Corrective Worse IncidentTime of Event Operation/Activity Action Potential ConsequencesGeographic Location Ongoing Systemic Corrective Action Actual ConsequenceVessel Name (1) (2) Systems/Equipment Potential Severity LevelVessel Type Involved Casual/ContributingBusiness Class Personnel Type FactorsLocation on Vessel (1) (2) Environmental Conditions Root CauseFOGHORN 26'