accident
Let an agent handle accidents by type, cause, response, prevention and reporting, prioritising safety information and first aid.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent handle accidents by type, cause, response, prevention and reporting, prioritising safety information and first aid.
An unplanned, unintended event that causes injury, damage or loss, such as road, workplace, home, mountaineering or firearm accidents.
What it is for: Accidents are events to prevent, respond to and learn from.
It can be respond with first aid and emergency calls; report and investigate it; prevent recurrence; claim insurance or compensation.
Distinguishing features
Unintended
Causes harm or loss
Many are preventable
Reporting duties apply at work and on roads
What it looks like
Varies: collisions, falls, injuries and damaged property.
How it is recognised
Unintended harmful event
Incident reports and statistics
Specific types by setting
Related models
is a kind of - event
produces - harm
is prevented by - controls
is confused with - intentional harm
In practice
Families and kinds
road accidents
workplace accidents
home and leisure accidents
mountaineering and outdoor accidents
firearm accidents
Standards and regulation
Workplace accident reporting law (such as RIDDOR in the UK)
Road traffic law
Accident investigation bodies
Failure modes and hazards
Delayed emergency response
Blaming individuals over systems
Unreported incidents
Also called
+88
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.accident
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Response What to do now.
Immediate response saves lives.
Emergency
Calling help.
Emergency
Emergency response.
- Is anyone injured, and should emergency services be called now? action
- Which number applies? action
First aid
Basic care.
First aid
First aid guidance.
- What first aid is appropriate, according to recognised guidance? action
- Is the scene safe? boundary
Investigation Why it happened.
Causes guide prevention.
Cause
Contributing factors.
Cause
Causes.
- What caused the accident, according to investigation? provenance
- Were systems at fault? boundary
Reporting
Duties.
Reporting
Reporting duties.
- Must the accident be reported, and to whom? boundary
- By when? boundary
Prevention Stopping repeats.
Most accidents are preventable.
Controls
Safety measures.
Controls
Preventive measures.
- Which measures prevent this kind of accident? action
- Who is responsible for them? provenance
Statistics
Trends.
Statistics
Accident statistics.
- What do statistics show? measurement
- From which source? provenance
Aftermath Recovery and compensation.
People need support after accidents.
Support
Recovery.
Support
Support services.
- What support is available for recovery? action
- Including mental health? action
Claims
Insurance and compensation.
Claims
Claims.
- How can compensation be claimed? action
- Within what time? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should accident types be separate entries?
- How should statistics be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases such as shoot-to-kill; should they be removed?