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Accident A railing accident at a Texas Longhorns college football game, spilling fans onto the sidelines. An accident, also known as an unintentional injury, is an undesirable, incidental, and unplanned event that could have been prevented had circumstances leading up to the accident been recognized, and acted upon, prior to its occurrence.
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Disaster A disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.
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Causes and effects essay: What cause traffic accidents? Causes and effects essay: What cause traffic accidents? An accident is defined as a traffic accident if it occurs on a road or in a place to which the public have access. This can include footpaths and bridleways.
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What is a disaster? Text size: -A A +A. A disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources.
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INEVITABLE ACCIDENT • INEVITABLE ACCIDENT (noun) The noun INEVITABLE ACCIDENT has 1 sense: 1. a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events. Familiarity information: INEVITABLE ACCIDENT used as a noun is very rare. Dictionary entry details.
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accident Accident is not always a precise legal term. It may be used generally in reference to various types of mishaps, or it may be given a technical meaning that applies when used in a certain statute or kind of case. Where it is used in a general sense, no particular significance can be attached to it.
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- Definition of bruise. 1a : an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusionb : a similar injury to plant tissue. 2 : abrasion, scratch.
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What is INJURY? What is INJURY? Any wrong or damage done to another, either In his person, rights, reputation, or property. Parker v. Griswold, 17 Conn. 298, 42 Am. Dec. 739; Woodruff v. Mining Co., 18 Fed. 781; Hitch v. Edgecombe County, 132 N. C. 573, 44 S. E. 30; Macauley v. Tierney, 19 R. I. 255, 33 Atl. 1, 37 L. R. A. 455, 61 Am. St. Rep. 770.
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incident Definition of incident for English Language Learners : an unexpected and usually unpleasant thing that happens : an event or disagreement that is likely to cause serious problems in relations between countries
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- When classifying a plane crash, the FAA refers to it as either an Accident or an Incident. An Accident is when there is major damage to an airplane and/or injury or death. …An Incident only involves minor damage to the airplane or a few minor injuries. Recommend the FAA or the NTSB website.
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casualty casualty - Legal Definition. n. 1  An individual or property that has been destroyed, injured, lost, or otherwise made ineffective. 2  The harm to an individual or property as a result of a sudden, unexpected, or unusual event.  An accident, especially one that is fatal or serious.
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accident In its most limited sense, the word accident is used only for events that occur without the intervention of a human being. This kind of accident also may be called an act of God. It is an event that no person caused or could have prevented—such as a tornado, a tidal wave, or an ice storm.
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ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND REPORTING Army Accident. An unplanned event or series of events that results in injury/illness to. either Army or non-Army personnel, and/or damage to Army or non-Army property as a result of. Army operations caused by the Army. (1) Class A Accident. An Army accident with resulting total cost of property damage of $2,000,000 or more; or an injury and/or occupational illness that result in a fatality or permanent total disability. (2) Class B Accident. An Army accident with resulting total cost of property damage of
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casualty 1 An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life. 2  One who is injured or killed in an accident: a train wreck with many casualties.  One who is injured, killed, captured, or missing in action through engagement with an enemy: Battlefield casualties were high.
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- With regard to incidence and near hits and near misses there are some differences in the safety field. Incident: An unplanned, undesired event that hinders completion of a task and may cause injury, illness, or property damage or some combination of all three in varying degrees from minor to catastrophic. Unplanned and undesired do not mean unable to prevent.
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accident Managed care An event that is unforeseen, unexpected, and unintended. Neurology See Cerebrovascular accident. Public health An unintentional and/or unexpected event or occurrence that may result in injury or death. RTAs/MVAs are the most common cause of accidental death in developed countries.
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- It is when the operator makes a bad decision, ignores directions, becomes distracted or does something out of character while operating a machine or system and causes a mishap or accident. A car accident caused by the driver is caused by operator error.A more thorough definition for operator error is using it as a concept that explains an accident that occurs when operating a device or system where the error the error that caused it occurred due to the uninfluenced actions of the human operator.t is when the operator makes a bad decision, ignores directions, becomes distracted or does something out of character while operating a machine or system and causes a mishap or accident. A car accident caused by the driver is caused by operator error.
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Incident Investigation What is an accident and why should it be investigated? The term accident can be defined as an unplanned event that interrupts the completion of an activity, and that may (or may not) include injury or property damage.
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Topamax If I've had an allergic reaction to a sulfa-drug for antibacterial uses some years ago, would I likely be allergic to Topamax? I've read that there is a difference in how the two types of drugs are constructed.f you have an allergy to Sulfa, DO NOT TAKE TOPAMAX unless you are very closely monitored, which you likely will not be.
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Insurance Glossary - Understanding Common Terms A form of health insurance against loss by accidental bodily injury. Injury to the body as the result of an accident. A benefit in addition to the face amount of a life insurance policy, payable if the insured dies as the result of an accident.
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Collision A collision or crash is an event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other for a relatively short time. Although the most common colloquial use of the word collision refers to incidents in which two or more objects collide, the scientific use of the word collision implies nothing about the magnitude of the force.
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accident [ak′sidənt] Etymology: L, accidere, to happen. any unexpected or unplanned event that may result in death, injury, property damage, or a combination of serious effects. The victim may or may not be directly involved in the cause of the accident.
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Definitions &Translations Casualty(noun) any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty. Casualty(noun) numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion.
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- The Presidential Veto and Congressional Veto Override Process Center for Legislative Archives National Archives and Records Administration www.archives.gov/legislative Congress cannot vote while in adjournment a pocket veto cannot be overridden. 42% of all Presidential vetoes from 1789-2004 have been pocket vetoes.
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Glossary of Insurance Terms Accident Insurance - insurance for unforeseen bodily injury. Accident Only - an insurance contract that provides coverage, singly or in combination, for death, dismemberment, disability, or hospital and medical care caused by or necessitated as a result of accident or specified kinds of accident.
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Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860 Aircraft Accident means an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and when all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage. For the purposes of this chapter, parachuting activities which result in death or serious injury also constitutes an accident. Fatal injury means an injury which results in death within 30 days.