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What (who) is by accident - definition

UNANTICIPATED INTERACTION OF MULTIPLE FAILURES IN A COMPLEX SYSTEM
System Accident; Normal accident

Work accident         
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OCCURRENCE DURING WORK THAT LEADS TO PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HARM
Industrial accident; Workplace accident; Occupational accident; Work accidents; Industrial accidents; Workplace accidents; Occupational accidents; Workplace death
A work accident, workplace accident, occupational accident, or accident at work 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.
Accident (fallacy)         
INFORMAL FALLACY
Fallacy of the accident; Fallacy of the Accident; Fallacy of accident; Fallacia accidentalis; Accident fallacy; A dicto simpliciter ad dictum secundum quid; Noncentral fallacy; Accident fallacies
The fallacy of accident (also called destroying the exception or a dicto simpliciter ad dictum secundum quid) is an informal fallacy and a deductively valid but unsound argument occurring in a statistical syllogism (an argument based on a generalization) when an exception to a rule of thumb is ignored. It is one of the thirteen fallacies originally identified by Aristotle in Sophistical Refutations.
Accident analysis         
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PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OR CAUSES OF AN ACCIDENT OR SERIES OF ACCIDENTS SO AS TO PREVENT FURTHER INCIDENTS OF A SIMILAR KIND
Accident Analysis; Accident investigation; Tin-kicker; Tin kicker
Accident analysis is carried out in order to determine the cause or causes of an accident (that can result in single or multiple outcomes) so as to prevent further accidents of a similar kind. It is part of accident investigation or incident investigation .

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System accident

A system accident (or normal accident) is an "unanticipated interaction of multiple failures" in a complex system. This complexity can either be of technology or of human organizations, and is frequently both. A system accident can be easy to see in hindsight, but extremely difficult in foresight because there are simply too many action pathways to seriously consider all of them. Charles Perrow first developed these ideas in the mid-1980s. William Langewiesche in the late 1990s wrote, "the control and operation of some of the riskiest technologies require organizations so complex that serious failures are virtually guaranteed to occur."

Safety systems themselves are sometimes the added complexity which leads to this type of accident. Maintenance problems are common with redundant systems. Maintenance crews can fail to restore a redundant system to active status. They are often overworked or maintenance is deferred due to budget cuts, because managers know that they system will continue to operate without fixing the backup system.

Examples of use of by accident
1. Nofziger said this came about almost by accident.
2. He claims Lana Clarkson killed herself by accident.
3. Roberts did not become an administration lawyer by accident.
4. Instrumental reason threatens to make us all Ethiopians by accident.
5. A few, by accident or design, return deeply transformed.