A incident it is what happens in the course of an issue and that has the force, due to the implications that it entails, to completely change its course and of course hinder the situation from developing normally as it had been doing.
Event that modifies the normal course of events
Among the most common incidents we can cite a fight or fight between two or more people, or failing that, groups, who clash because they do not agree on something and then such confrontation leads to verbal or physical violence, or both.
Also those unexpected events such as a fire or earthquake can be considered as incidents that change the plane of the normal course of things and of course cause severe damage and dire consequences.
Depending on the severity of the incident, it will be necessary to reschedule the activities that were developed or to start everything new ...
Then, incidents can occur in various contexts and situations, one of the most common is the scope of work that will occupy us in this review.
Event that is not sought but that happens in the development of a work task and produces slight consequences to the worker's health
Meanwhile, in the work environment, a work incident It is an unwanted event or caused during the normal performance of the work activities that are normally carried out and that could lead to physical damage, an injury, an occupational disease, of the worker in question.
It is because of this situation that workplace incidents are often referred to as near misses or white accidents, because they do not produce a specific injury or illness in the worker as it does in the case of the work accidentsTo put it in clearer terms, in the work incident all the circumstances were combined so that the event ends in an accident but this finally does not happen and there are no very serious and irreversible damages for the worker such as death or the inability to work in for life.
Difference with the work accident
On the other hand, the work accident is an event that alters the normal operation of the company and causes specific injuries to the workers. It may be the result of human error, for example, the worker was carrying several glass boxes in his hands and did not see a step on the road and trips over it, dropping the contents of the boxes completely on his legs, which causes several cuts in them. Or, failing that, it may be a mechanical error, that is, a structural or functional deficiency in a machine that causes an employee accident. The fastener of a metal curtain is released and it falls on a worker causing him several cuts.
In some way, we could say that the work incident is a call for attention so that security measures are taken to the extreme and so that workers and employers become aware of the risks of the work.
We must say that beyond the risks and dangers that each activity may imply, which exist and cannot be erased no matter how security precautions are taken, we must say that having the proper security measures and instruments that serve to alleviate a incident, obviously will reduce the possibility of incidents, and if they occur, their consequences can be minimized without a doubt.
Extreme security
Given the seriousness that an occupational accident can have and also to prevent an incident from becoming an accident, the same companies, government agencies and other specialized agencies in the subject have been dedicating themselves especially in recent years to the development of measures effective prevention, which include training and improvements in working conditions to eradicate this type of event outright and obviously a lot of control in the workplace to determine effectively and in situ if the safety protocols that each activity displays are followed.
Obviously an office worker will not be subjected to the serious dangers that a construction worker is usually affected by.
The latter may suffer more incidents due to the risky activity it displays.
Those who are sitting in an office carrying out administrative tasks only will of course not have so many risks to suffer a priori.
