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Work accident

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A work accident in a mine


An accident at work is defined as an external, sudden, unexpected, unintended, d
uring the execution of work or arising out of it, which may lead to an industria
l injury and /or fatality and /or material and /or environmental damages. The ac
cident is a preceding "event" while the resulting damage, be it injury, fatality
, material or environmental damages are all consequences of this event.
Where the accidents involve multiple fatalities they are often referred to as in
dustrial disasters.[1]

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