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An accident is a specific, identifiable, unexpected, unusual and unintended external event which occurs in a particular time and place, without apparent or deliberate cause but with marked effects. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies Fans in Little Italyjpg|thumb|right|Fans in Little Italy Manhattan celebrating the victory of the Italian association football team after the 2006 FIFA World Cup]][[Image Wm-oly-de-cr In Philosophy, events are objects in Time or instantiations of properties in objects It implies a generally negative probabilistic outcome which may have been avoided or prevented had circumstances leading up to the accident been recognized, and acted upon, prior to its occurrence. In Theology and Philosophy, probabilism (from Latin probare, to test approve holds that in the absence of certainty Probability Attendant circumstance (sometimes external circumstances) is a legal concept which Black's Law Dictionary defines as the " Facts

Narrowly defined, the designation may refer only to the event, while not including the circumstances (facts surrounding) or results of the event; i. Generally a fact is defined as something that is true something that actually exists or something that can be verified according to an established standard of evaluation A result is the final consequence of a Sequence of actions or events (broadly incidents and accidents expressed qualitatively or quantitatively being a loss injury disadvantage e. , ‘accident’ is constrained to an immediate incident, the occurrence of which results in an unplanned outcome. Constraint in Information theory refers to the degree of statistical dependence between or among variables In common use, however, ‘accident’ may include the entire interacting circumstantial framework (chance, pre-existing, or uncontrolled dynamically developing conditions; commonplace actions; random time and place; participants; etc. ) leading up to, including, and resulting from, the accident's immediate occurrence. Experts in the field of injury prevention avoid use of the term "accident" because they look at these incidents from the perspective of epidemiology - predictable and preventable. Injury prevention are efforts to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries caused by external mechanisms such as Accidents before they occur Epidemiology is the study of factors affecting the Health and Illness of populations and serves as the foundation and Logic of interventions made in the

Accidents of particularly common types (auto, fire, etc. ) are investigated to identify how to avoid them in the future. This is sometimes called root cause analysis, but does not generally apply to accidents that cannot be deterministically predicted. Root cause analysis ( RCA) is a class of Problem solving methods aimed at identifying the Root causes of problems or events Determinism is the philosophical Proposition that every event including human cognition and behaviour decision and action is causally determined For example, a root cause of an uncommon and purely random accident may never be identified, and thus future similar accidents remain "accidental. A root cause is an initiating Cause of a Causal chain which leads to an outcome or effect of interest Randomness is a lack of order Purpose, cause, or predictability "

Physical examples include, e. g. , unintended collisions or falls, being injured by touching something sharp, hot, or electrical, or ingesting poison. Non-physical examples are, e. g, unintentionally revealing a secret or otherwise saying something incorrectly, forgetting an appointment, etc.

The informal term "freak accident" typically refers to an unfortunate and improbable event that seems exceedingly unlikely to happen by chance. In extreme contexts, the term may also imply doubt, ambiguity or suspicion about an accident event's cause.

Colloquially considered negative, 'happy' accidents with positive results are also possible. A colloquialism is an expression not used in formal speech, writing or Paralinguistics.

The injury prevention community strongly discourages use of the word "accident" to describe events that cause injury in attempt to highlight the predictable and preventable nature of most injuries. Injury prevention are efforts to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries caused by external mechanisms such as Accidents before they occur Preferred words are more descriptive of the event itself rather than of its unintentional nature (e. g. , crash, collision, incident, drowning, fall, etc. A collision is an isolated event in which two or more bodies (colliding bodies exert relatively strong forces on each other for a relatively short time Drowning is Death as caused by suffocation when a liquid causes interruption of the body's absorption of oxygen from the air leading to Asphyxia. Autumn (also known as fall in North American English) is one of the four Temperate Seasons Autumn marks the transition from Summer )

See also

• Accident proneness
• Air safety
  • Accidents and incidents in aviation
  • List of aircraft accidents
• Aisles: Safety and regulatory considerations
• Bike
  • Bike accident
  • Bicycle safety
• Car
  • Car accident
  • Car safety
• Explosives safety
• List of rail accidents
• List of nuclear accidents
• Risk management
• Road safety
• Sailing ship
  • Sailing ship accidents
• Safety
• Safety engineering
  • fail-safe
  • fail-secure
  • Poka-yoke
• Swiss Cheese model
• Tram accident
• Work accident
• Workplace safety
  • Material safety data sheet
  • Protective clothing
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Criticality accident
• Accident Analysis

External links

• Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe (CARE)
• GotSafety (Safety Tips and Information)
• Car-Accidents.com (Thousands of Photos, and Info on Types of Accidents. Accident-proneness is the conception that some people have a predispositions to be more likely to have Accidents such as Car crashes and Industrial injuries Air safety is a term encompassing the theory investigation and categorization of flight failures, and the prevention of such failures through regulation as well as through An aviation accident is defined in the International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13 An aviation accident is defined in the International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13 An aisle is in general a space for walking with rows of seats on either side or with rows of seats on one side and a wall on the other Bicycle safety is the use of practices designed to reduce risk associated with Cycling. Bicycle safety is the use of practices designed to reduce risk associated with Cycling. Explosives safety originated as a formal program in the US in the aftermath of World War I when several ammunition storage areas were destroyed in a series of This article covers notable accidents involving nuclear devices and radioactive materials For non-business risks see Risk or the disambiguation page Risk analysis. Sailing ship is now used to refer to any large Wind -powered Vessel. Sailing ships were (and are frequently put in the way of difficult conditions whether by storm or combat and the crew frequently called upon to cope with accidents ranging from the parting Safety is the state of being "safe" (from French sauf) the condition of being protected against physical social spiritual financial political Safety engineering is an applied science strongly related to Systems engineering and the subset System Safety Engineering Fail-safe or fail-secure describes a device or feature which in the event of failure, responds in a way that will cause no harm or at least a minimum of harm Fail-safe or fail-secure describes a device or feature which in the event of failure, responds in a way that will cause no harm or at least a minimum of harm ( is a Japanese term that means " fail-safing " "Foolproof" or "mistake-proofing" &mdash avoiding ( yokeru) inadvertent errors ( A tram accident is generally an Accident in which a Tram is involved ( see a tram in ''picture 1''. An accident at work is defined as an external sudden unexpected unintended and violent event during the execution of work or arising out of it which causes damage to the Health Workplace safety is a category of Management responsibility in places of employment A material safety data sheet ( MSDS) is a form containing data regarding the properties of a particular substance Personal protective equipment (PPE refers to protective Clothing, Helmets, Goggles, or other garment designed to protect the wearer's body or Occupational safety and health is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the Safety, Health and welfare of people engaged in A criticality accident, sometimes referred to as an excursion or a power excursion, occurs when a Nuclear chain reaction accidentally occurs in Fissile Accident Analysis is carried out in order to determine the cause or causes of an accident or series of accidents so as prevent further incidents of a similar kind )