WHAT IS AN ACCIDENT?

Accidents are unplanned.

An accident is the final event in an unplanned process that results in injury(ies) to any vulnerable individual and possibly property damage (s). It is the final result or effect of a number of surface and root causes.

An "event," occurs when one "actor" (one person/thing) performs an "action" (does something).A person or thing (equipment, tools, materials, etc.) will do something that results in a change of state. An accident may be the result of many factors (simultaneous, interconnected, cross-linked events) that have interacted in some dynamic way.

 Accidents and Incidents

Workplace accidents are part of a broad group of events or occurrences leading to a physical or psychological injury. Workplace incidents adversely affect the completion of a task but do not result in an employee's injury(ies). 

 The Common sense excuse for accidents infers the employee is "the problem." To prevent accidents, an employee must work more safely. Thinking that accidents are due to a lack of common sense which results in short-term fixes that are inefficient, ineffective, and in the long run more expensive to implement and maintain.