An accident is defined in different ways
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meaning of ‘accident’ is an unexpected event or mishap. It is defined as an
event that is not expected, intended or imagined. It refers the event not the
result or effect.
An
accident is an unplanned event that interrupts the completion of an activity
and that may (or may not) cause damage to person, property or environment.
Unintentional
injury is the preferred term for accidental injury in the public health
community. It refers to the result of an accident.
An
accident is unintended, unplanned event or its sequence caused by unsafe
condition(s) or/and unsafe act(s) and may result in immediate or delayed
undesirable effects.
An
accident is an unplanned and uncontrolled event in which the action or reaction
of an object, substance, person, or radiation results in personal injury or the
probability thereof.
It is also defined
as an unexpected, unintended or unforeseen event that causes injury, loss or
damage.
An
accident is any unplanned, sudden event, which causes or is liable to cause or
is liable to cause an injury to man materials (including plant) or environment.
An
accident is any occurrence that interrupts or interferes with the orderly
progress of the activity which causes or likely to cause injury with or without
damage to property or environment.
An
accident is the result of carelessness, casualness or any fault known or
unknown.
An
accident is an unwanted transfer of energy beyond the threshold limits. In case
of accident to a person, physiological energy loss is an accident while in
other cases it may be an energy loss from material.
It
is an event, which is unexpected, unavoidable, unintentional act resulting from
the interaction of host (accident victim), agent (injury deliverer) and
environmental factors within situations, without involve risk taking and
perception of danger – Suchman.
An
accident is an unexpected, unplanned event which has a probability of causing
personal injury or property damage or both. It may result in physical harm
(injury or disease) to person(s), damage to property, loss to the company, a
near miss or any combination of these effects including delayed effect.
An accident is an
unexpected, unplanned event in a sequence of events, that occurs through a
combination of causes, it results in physical harm (injury or disease) to an
individual, damage to property, equipment, building etc., a near miss, loss to
the company, or any combination of these effects.
An accident is an
unplanned, not necessarily injurious or damaging event that interrupts the
completion of an activity. It is invariably preceded by an unsafe act or an
unsafe condition or their combination.
An industrial
(occupational) accident is also defined a san undesirable event that result in
a certain length of disability and stoppage of work and time loss due to the
effect of a production-related dangerous factor or a combination of such
factors.
An occupational
accident is presently regarded as an index or a symptom of dysfunction in a
system formed by a production unit, such as a factory, a workshop, a shift or a
workplace.
Occupational
accident is also defined as “any organic or functional injury or damage to
body, limbs or health or psychic disorder due to an external, sudden or violent
cause occurring during work or due to work itself and resulting in death or
total or partial, permanent or temporary incapacity for work” Fata accident or
death from accident is an accident that results in one or more deaths within
one year from the date of accident.