ACCIDENT THEORIES

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ACCIDENT
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Topics:-
 What is an Accident?
 Causes of Accidents
 Theories of Accident Causation
 Accidents and Their Effects
 Accident Costs

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Accident, Injury and Incident
 An accident is something that is unplanned,
uncontrolled and undesirable that results in fatal
injury or non fatal injury.
 An injury is defined as a harmful condition sustained
by the body as the result of an accident.
 An incident is defined as an unexpected, unplanned
event in a sequence of events, that occurs through a
combination of causes, which results in physical
harm, injury or disease to an individual, damage to
property, a near miss a loss or a combination of these
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Causes of Accidents
 Overexertion
 Impact and collisions
 Slips and falls
 Chemicals and chemicals reactions
 Poisoning
 Drowning
 Fire
 Extreme heat and temperatures
 Exposure to radiation
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Theories of Accident Causation
 Domino Theory
 Human Factor Theory
 Accident/ Incident Theory
 Epidemiological Theory
 Systems Theory
 Combination Theory

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Accidents and Their Effects
 Death
 Costs of accidents
 Bodily harm and injuries
 Burn injuries
 Loss of company image, reputation and
competitiveness

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ACCIDENT COSTS
 INSURED COSTS
Insurance premiums, training costs, prevention
costs, inpection costs, hospitalization, medical
costs
 HIDDEN OR UNINSURED COSTS

Product damage, production delays, legal,

facilities damage, cleaning costs, replacement
costs, loss of expertise, machinery damage.
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