Sherritt records significant potential incidents �SPIs� � defined as actual or near�hit incidents that� under different circumstances� could have reasonably resulted in at least one fatality � in conformance with our standard� There were �� SPIs reported in ����� which represents an increase from nine SPIs reported in ����� The SPIs were investigated to identify the cause�s� of each incident� and actions to prevent recurrence were identified and implemented� The most common types of SPIs in ���� continued to be related to heavy mobile equipment� process releases� and light vehicles� As a result� we are focusing on efforts to identify� strengthen and implement further critical controls in these areas at all of our operating sites� The people who do the work usually know how best to solve the problems they encounter every day.