Reference
Reference information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_accident
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 of or loss of the life of the employee (the insured).
For qualification as an accident at work to apply, there must be a causal relationship (direct or indirect relationship of cause and effect) between the violent event and the work. Only if the accident is due to "wilful misrepresentation" on the part of the employer or the employer's appointed representative is the employer under an obligation to compensate the victim. Under U.S. law, injured workers are often compensated according to the type of injury, rather than permitting them to sue the employer for the actual damages.
There is a significant proportion of work accidents occurring in the merchant marine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_injury
An industrial injury is any disease or bodily damage resulting from working.
The most usual organs involved are the spine, hands, the head, lungs, eyes, skeleton, and skin.
Common causes of industrial injury are poor ergonomics, manual handling of heavy loads, misuse or failure of equipment, exposure to general hazards, inadequate safety training and clothing, jewellery or long hair that becomes tangled in machinery.
General hazards in a work environment include electricity, explosive materials, fire, flammable gases, heat, height, high pressure gases and liquids, hot gases and liquids, powerful or sharp moving machinery, oxygen-free gases or spaces, poisonous gases, radiation, toxic materials, work on, near or under water, work on, near or under weak or heavy structures.
List of well known industrial injuries:
Air embolism caused by working with compressed air close to cuts in the skin.
Asbestosis caused by working near asbestos.
Decompression sickness caused by working underwater in a high ambient pressure environment
Hand-arm vibration syndrome/HAVS/white finger caused by long-term use of vibrating tools
Phossy jaw caused by chronic exposure to white phosphorus
Repetitive strain injury
Silicosis caused by working in a confined, dusty environment
There are many methods on preventing or reducing industrial injures, including: anticipation of problems by risk assessment, safety training, safety clothing, breathing equipment, safety guards, mechanisms on machinery, and safety barriers. In addition, past problems can be analyzed to find their root causes by using a technique called root cause analysis.
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