Comments on: Accident Is the Proper Terminology http://www.safetyxchange.org/financing-safety/accident-is-the-proper-terminology Putting Safety First Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:24:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: rdavila@stillmanseal.com http://www.safetyxchange.org/financing-safety/accident-is-the-proper-terminology/comment-page-1#comment-322 rdavila@stillmanseal.com Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:50:59 +0000 http://www.safetyxchange.org/article.php?id=378#comment-322 Interesting debate that refresh this , I'm from Mexico and had been EHS coordindator for 12 years and I agree we both of you, I looks that I'm confused, but not, because as Greg said that accident (word) is use for some people as justification when the event happen, also incident is use for management people (supervisors, managers, etc) to see the event as low severity or as not important event when injury is not a high severity. So, in the company where I work agreed that accident will be use in every event that result in an injury or material damaged, and incident will be used in every event that this consequence are not present. For our safety culture it worked because attitude does not interfer with the wrong use of words. So, I think that the use of the word has to useful at your company and help your safety prevention program, just has to be clear to all employees at all levels. Rene Davila Okay Interesting debate that refresh this , I'm from Mexico and had been EHS coordindator for 12 years and I agree we both of you, I looks that I'm confused, but not, because as Greg said that accident (word) is use for some people as justification when the event happen, also incident is use for management people (supervisors, managers, etc) to see the event as low severity or as not important event when injury is not a high severity. So, in the company where I work agreed that accident will be use in every event that result in an injury or material damaged, and incident will be used in every event that this consequence are not present. For our safety culture it worked because attitude does not interfer with the wrong use of words.

So, I think that the use of the word has to useful at your company and help your safety prevention program, just has to be clear to all employees at all levels.

Rene Davila
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