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A work accident in a mine

An accident at work is defined as an external, sudden, unexpected, unintended, during the execution of work or arising out of it, which may lead to an industrial injury and /or fatality and /or material and /or environmental damages.The accident 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 industrial disasters[1]

See also

References

  1. Work accident related blog
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