Accident Free Download

[Elly Garnand]

Accidentaldescribes what was not planned or intended. It means "happening by accident" or "happening as an accident," as in "an accidental discovery" and "an accidental injury." Incidental typically means "happening as a minor part or result of something else," as in "a chapter that is incidental to the novel's plot." For more information read the full article.

The phrase "an accident waiting to happen" refers to a person or thing that is dangerous or unsafe. For example, a very clumsy person and a rickety ladder might both be referred to as "an accident waiting to happen."

In addition to monthly railroad-reported accidents and incidents, railroads are required to provide FRA with immediate notification of various types of accidents. This notification is routed through the National Response Center, which notifies FRA of such accidents on a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week basis.

Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR Parts 191, 195) requires pipeline operators to submit incident reports within 30 days of a pipeline incident or accident. The CFR defines accidents and incidents, as well as criteria for submitting reports to the Office of Pipeline Safety. The following kinds of information are collected:

Specific information includes the time and location of the incident(s), number of any injuries and/ or fatalities, commodity spilled/gas released, causes of failure and evacuation procedures. The reports are used for identifying long- and short-term trends at the national, state and operator-specific levels. The frequency, causes, and consequences of the incidents provide insight into the safety metrics currently used by PHMSA, state partners, and other pipeline safety stakeholders, including the pipeline industry and general public. PHMSA also uses the data for inspection planning and risk assessment.

The incident/accident report ZIP files listed under the "Related Downloads" section, each contain two files: 1) a file containing a description of the fields/columns, and 2) a file containing the data.

This course is designed to provide training in the principles of investigating workplace accidents and fulfills a training requirement for Safety Committee members. This training is part of the Safety Committee Suite, which also includes Safety Committees and Meetings and Hazard Identification (Espaol) of online courses.

We will cover the three primary tasks of an accident investigation - gathering information, analyzing event facts, and implementing solutions, as well as the steps within each of those tasks such as, collecting information, determining surface and root causes, making recommendations, and writing the accident report. This course also contains true personal testimonials and practice scenarios to help you apply and solidify your learning throughout the course.

This module starts with an overview of Oregon OSHA rules and requirements that apply to accidents and accident investigations. Following that, we dive into the first primary task, gathering information, and its corresponding steps of the accident investigation process and conclude with a practice scenario to apply the information covered.

This module starts with a high-level review of the primary tasks and steps of the accident investigation process, then concludes the course with a quiz, certificate of completion, additional resources, and an optional survey to provide feedback.

An accident is an unintended, normally unwanted event that was not directly caused by humans.[1] The term accident implies that nobody should be blamed, but the event may have been caused by unrecognized or unaddressed risks. Most researchers who study unintentional injury avoid using the term accident and focus on factors that increase risk of severe injury and that reduce injury incidence and severity.[2] For example, when a tree falls down during a wind storm, its fall may not have been caused by humans, but the tree's type, size, health, location, or improper maintenance may have contributed to the result. Most car wrecks are not true accidents; however, English speakers started using that word in the mid-20th century as a result of media manipulation by the US automobile industry.[3]

Physical examples of accidents include unintended motor vehicle collisions, tongue biting while eating, electric shock by accidentally touching bare electric wire, drowning, falls, being injured by touching something sharp or hot, or bumping into something while walking.

It has been argued by some critics that vehicle collisions are not truly accidents, given that they are mostly caused by preventable causes such as drunk driving and intentionally driving too fast, and as such should not be referred to as accidents.[3] Since 1994, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has asked media and the public to not use the word accident to describe vehicle collisions.[3]

Poisons, vehicle collisions and falls are the most common causes of fatal injuries. According to a 2005 survey of injuries sustained at home, which used data from the National Vital Statistics System of the United States National Center for Health Statistics, falls, poisoning, and fire/burn injuries are the most common causes of death.[5]

The United States also collects statistically valid injury data (sampled from 100 hospitals) through the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.[6] This program was revised in 2000 to include all injuries rather than just injuries involving products.[6] Data on emergency department visits is also collected through the National Health Interview Survey.[7] In The U.S. the Bureau of Labor Statistics has available on their website extensive statistics on workplace accidents.[8]

To see if your report is available in our system use 'List Reports on File by Date' to see a list of accidents by the county and date you select (see screenshot example below). The list of accidents will include the plate numbers of the vehicles involved in the accident.

On February 27, 2024, EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan signed the Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention rule, which finalizes revisions to the Risk Management Program to further protect vulnerable communities from chemical accidents, especially those living near facilities in industry sectors with high accident rates. The final rule includes new safeguards such as identifying safer technologies and chemical alternatives, requiring implementation of safeguard measures in certain cases, more thorough incident investigations, and third-party auditing. These updates should benefit nearby communities by reducing the frequency of chemical releases and their adverse effects. This rule makes incremental progress in further protecting vulnerable communities from chemical accidents.

EPA appreciates the robust stakeholder input during this rulemaking process that was vital in helping the agency develop a comprehensive proposal and effective final rule. Final amendments to the rule include:

In January 2017, the RMP Amendments Final Rule issued new requirements for accident prevention, response, and public disclosure of information, but key provisions were paused, and most never went into effect. Instead, in 2019, the RMP Reconsideration Final Rule rescinded or modified some of the measures in the 2017 rule. EPA published the proposed Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention rule in August 2022.

TxDOT is the custodian of crash records for the state of Texas. Texas Transportation Code 550.062 requires any law enforcement officer who in the regular course of duty investigates a motor vehicle crash that results in injury to or the death of a person or damage to the property of any one person to the apparent extent of $1,000 or more, to submit a written report of that crash to TxDOT not later than the tenth day after the date of the crash.

TxDOT collects crash reports from Texas law enforcement agencies for crashes occurring on public roadways and the state highway system. The state retention schedule for crash reports and data is 10 years plus the current year. Data analysis for years outside this retention period is unavailable. However, published annual reports may be available for years outside the retention period.

Texas Transportation Code 550.065 allows for the release of a crash report on written request and upon payment of the required fee to any person directly concerned in the accident or having proper interest therein, including:

(A) Any person involved in the accident

(B) The authorized representative of any person involved in the accident

(C) A driver involved in the accident

(D) An employer, parent or legal guardian of a driver involved in the accident

(E) The owner of a vehicle or property damaged in the accident

(F) A person who has established financial responsibility for a vehicle involved in the accident in a manner described in Texas Transportation Code 601.501, including a policyholder of a motor vehicle liability insurance policy covering the vehicle.

(G) An insurance company that issued an insurance policy covering any vehicle involved in the accident

(H) An insurance company that issued a policy covering any person involved in the accident

(I) A person under contract to provide claims or underwriting to a person described in sections (F), (G) or (H)

(J) A radio or television station that holds a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission

(K) A newspaper that is a free newspaper of general circulation or qualified under Section 2051.044, Government Code, to publish legal notices; published at least once a week; and available and of interest to the general public in connection with the dissemination of news

(L) Any person who may sue because of death resulting from the accident.

(M) An employee or authorized representative of a vehicle storage facility, as defined by Section 2303.002, Occupations Code, that stored a vehicle involved in the accident.

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