Accident: an accident is an unplanned event that may happen all of a sudden and may lead to unwanted or unprecedented results/outcomes.
Or
It can be defined as an unfortunate incident that occurs unintentionally causing hazardous result or injury or unwanted results.
Types of Accidents:
Accidents may be of following types : -
Accidents at workplace : Slips and fall accidents, fire
- Industrial disease/illness -
Road traffic accidents -
Clinical Accidents -
Sports related accidents
Handling Accidents: Accidents must be handled carefully.
The accident should be handled compassionately without assigning blame on others.
- Every organization must follow SOP for accident handling
- Safety measures must be placed to prevent workplace accidents
- Immediately call the medical team for any injury
- Stay alert - Pay attention to and follow emergency drills
Emergency
Any unexpected situation that needs immediate attention and action.
An emergency situation might pose a sudden risk to life, property health etc. and needs intervention to prevent deteriorating results/ hazards.
An emergency situation is one that:
● threatens the employees, customers or the public
● disrupts or shuts down the operations
● causes physical or environmental damage
Emergency Types :
- Chemical spills
- Extreme heat waves
- Droughts
- Pandemics
- Terrorist attack
- Fire
- Floods
- Thunderstorms
- Leakage of some hazardous gas/ chemical