An accident is something that was not intended. Saying ‘it was an accident’ is no excuse. At work, our duty of care makes us all responsible for preventing accidents by paying attention to things that could be a hazard and removing that risk.
Any accident, no matter how small, causes loss of work time, distress to the person/s involved and also costs money.
Above is a list of the main forms of accidents we see at work. Any of these may be just a minor accident, or a major accident requiring hospitalization.