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26-473: Work accidents (described as when the insurance holder is at the workplace, in another area working under an elephant, in another area allocated for breastfeeding as per labor legislation, or in a vehicle provided by an employer while en route from work to home or vice versa) "causes, at short notice or later, physical or mental handicap in the insurance holder." SSI mandates such accidents be reported by employers to "local law enforcement agencies immediately and to

52-481: A hard floor and the user can fall. According to the Health and Safety Executive, employers who implement suitable measures to prevent accidents in the workplace could reap a number of benefits. As well as reducing the number of injuries at work, managers could also: During the 2015 shooting of the movie Resident Evil: The Final Chapter , stuntwoman Olivia Jackson had her arm amputated after her motorbike crashed to

78-431: A male insurance holder working on service contract or who receives income or pension caused by the pregnancy or maternity status. Maternity insurance "starts from the date of pregnancy up to the first eight weeks or, in case of multi-delivery, up to the first ten weeks following delivery." They are also eligible for Temporary Incapacity Allowance. Old age insurance is a mandatory social insurance contribution that allows

104-716: A metal camera arm during a high-speed chase. Matilda Rapaport died from an avalanche while filming an advertisement for the 2016 video game Steep . Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Injury Injury is physiological damage to the living tissue of any organism, whether in humans , in other animals , or in plants . Injuries can be caused in many ways, including mechanically with penetration by sharp objects such as teeth or with blunt objects , by heat or cold, or by venoms and biotoxins . Injury prompts an inflammatory response in many taxa of animals; this prompts wound healing . In both plants and animals, substances are often released to help to occlude

130-425: A minimum 60% earning power in their profession due to work accident or occupational disease), they may be eligible for a pension or lump-sum payment dependent on other factors such as how long they have held insurance. Survivors' insurance is a compulsory and contributory insurance "which provides a monthly pension to survivors including spouse, children and parents in case the insurance holders become deceased due to

156-604: A paper cut or scratch, others can have more serious – and potentially fatal – consequences. For instance, there are some industries in which individuals are more exposed to occupational hazards than others, such as the construction trade. This had the highest rate of fatal injuries out of all other industry sections in 2011/12. During this period, falls accounted for 51% of construction injuries resulting in death, demonstrating that builders are more likely to fall from height than those who work in less dangerous locations, such as an office. An independent watchdog –

182-435: A reason other than work accident and occupational diseases. The rights provided under survivors’ insurance are survivors’ pension, death grant, marriage allowance for the girls who are receiving monthly pension and funeral allowance." A pension is dependent on other factors such as how long they have held insurance and if they received disability or old age insurance. Marriage benefit "shall be payable in advance, for once, at

208-454: A result of an exposure over a period of time to risk factors arising from work activity" (e.g., miner's lung ). Incidents that fall within the definition of occupational accidents include cases of acute poisoning , attacks by humans and animals, insects etc., slips and falls on pavements or staircases, traffic collisions , and accidents on board means of transportation in the course of work, accidents in airports, stations and so on. There

234-501: A vehicle or moving object , were the reasons for the majority of fatalities to British workers. It was also revealed that slips, trips or falls were responsible for more than 50% of serious injuries to employees. Furthermore, the majority of incidents that resulted in employees taking more than three days off work – or affected their ability to perform their usual duties over this period – were caused by handling accidents. Although some accidents at work can have minor effects,

260-492: Is a "discrete occurrence in the course of work " leading to physical or mental occupational injury . According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), more than 337 million accidents happen on the job each year, resulting, together with occupational diseases , in more than 2.3 million deaths annually. The phrase "in the course of work" can include work-related accidents happening off

286-425: Is dedicated to the treatment of injuries. The World Health Organization has developed a classification of injuries in humans by categories including mechanism, objects/substances producing injury, place of occurrence, activity when injured and the role of human intent. In addition to physical harm, injuries can cause psychological harm, including post-traumatic stress disorder . In plants, injuries result from

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312-665: Is defined as an accident which leads to the death of a victim. The time within which the death may occur varies among countries: in Netherlands an accident is registered as fatal if the victim dies during the same day that the accident happened, in Germany if death came within 30 days, while Belgium , France and Greece set no time limit. Where the accidents involve multiple fatalities, they are often referred to as industrial disasters . Although many workplace accidents have relatively minor repercussions, which could result in just

338-510: Is no consensus as to whether commuting accidents (i.e. accidents on the way to work and while returning home after work) should be considered to be work accidents. The ESAW methodology excludes them; the ILO includes them in its conventions concerning health & safety at work , although it lists them as a separate category of accidents; and some countries (e.g., Greece ) do not distinguish them from other work accidents. A fatal accident at work

364-476: Is sometimes defined as mechanical damage to anatomical structure, but it has a wider connotation of physical damage with any cause, including drowning , burns , and poisoning . Such damage may result from attempted predation , territorial fights, falls, and abiotic factors. Injury prompts an inflammatory response in animals of many different phyla ; this prompts coagulation of the blood or body fluid, followed by wound healing , which may be rapid, as in

390-404: Is the safety climate or safety culture of an organization. Safety culture concerns how workplace safety is managed, consisting of the shared attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, and values among employees. Faulty equipment can also cause serious personal injuries, a common example being accidents from faulty ladders. If the rubber feet are absent, the base of the aluminium stile can slip suddenly on

416-601: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) – aims to reduce the number of work-related fatalities and injuries within Great Britain, publishing statistics that show the different – and most common – types of reported workplace injuries across a range of sectors. For example, the HSE reported that, between 2011 and 2012, incidents such as falls from height, becoming trapped by a falling structure, and being struck by

442-489: The cnidaria . Arthropods are able to repair injuries to the cuticle that forms their exoskeleton to some extent. Animals in several phyla, including annelids , arthropods, cnidaria, molluscs , nematodes , and vertebrates are able to produce antimicrobial peptides to fight off infection following an injury. Injury in humans has been studied extensively for its importance in medicine . Much of medical practice, including emergency medicine and pain management ,

468-517: The HSE statistics revealed that more than 27 million working days were lost between 2011 and 2012 due to occupational illness or personal injury , proving that these incidents can have serious repercussions. In 2019, construction employment climbed to 11.4 million workers. There are online guides that provide information on how to deal with an injury at work. In 2019, construction employment climbed to 11.4 million workers. Accidents arise from unsafe behavior and/or unsafe conditions. An important factor

494-545: The SSI no later than three workdays after accident occurs." If the insurance holder is self-employed, they must contact the Institution directly with work accident and occupational disease notification "within 3 working days after their health status are good enough to report, provided that this recovery period does not exceed one month." An occupational disease refers to a temporary or permanent disease caused by "the quality of

520-620: The amount of two years of pension or income they receive, upon marriage and request of the daughters, whose income or pensions should be terminated due to marriage." Funeral benefit "shall be payable to the right holders of the insurance holder who deceased when receiving permanent incapacity income due to work accident or occupational disease, invalidity, duty disability or old-age pension or when minimum 360 days of invalidity, old-age and survivors insurance premiums are notified" for themselves. Work accident A work accident , workplace accident , occupational accident , or accident at work

546-543: The company's premises, and can include accidents caused by third parties, according to Eurostat . The definition of work accident includes accidents occurring "while engaged in an economic activity, or at work, or carrying on the business of the employer" according to the ILO. The phrase "physical or mental harm" means any injury , disease , or death. Occupational accidents differ from occupational diseases as accidents are unexpected and unplanned occurrences (e.g., mine collapse ), while occupational diseases are "contracted as

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572-423: The damaged area, by producing antimicrobial chemicals, and in woody plants by regrowing over wounds. Cell injury is a variety of changes of stress that a cell suffers due to external as well as internal environmental changes. Amongst other causes, this can be due to physical, chemical, infectious, biological, nutritional or immunological factors. Cell damage can be reversible or irreversible. Depending on

598-428: The eating of plant parts by herbivorous animals including insects and mammals , from damage to tissues by plant pathogens such as bacteria and fungi , which may gain entry after herbivore damage or in other ways, and from abiotic factors such as heat, freezing, flooding, lightning, and pollutants such as ozone. Plants respond to injury by signalling that damage has occurred, by secreting materials to seal off

624-510: The insured to have an old age payment when they reach a specific age. Payment is available in pension and lump-sum form. Invalidity insurance is a mandatory social insurance (with premiums) "that allows insurance holders to have invalidity pension provided that the status of invalidity is determined and certain conditions, are met." If the insured person is determined by the ISS Health Committee to have lost working power (or

650-401: The work carried out by the insurance holder or by working conditions ." Sickness "refers to discomfort causing the incapacity of the insurance holders, who work on service contract and on their own name and account, due to the reasons other than work accident or occupational disease." Maternity insurance refers to the sickness and invalidity statuses of an insured woman or the spouse of

676-424: The wound, limiting loss of fluids and the entry of pathogens such as bacteria. Many organisms secrete antimicrobial chemicals which limit wound infection; in addition, animals have a variety of immune responses for the same purpose. Both plants and animals have regrowth mechanisms which may result in complete or partial healing over the injury. Cells too can repair damage to a certain degree. Injury in animals

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