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An incident
- is defined as, an undesired event, which may result in:
- * harm to people
- * damage to environment
- * damage to property or process loss
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an accident
is defined as, an undesired event resulting death, injury, damage to health, damage to environment or property or other form of loss.
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a near miss
is defined as an undesired event, which under slightly different conditions could have resulted in an accident
a near miss is often referred to as 'hazardous occurrence'
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pollution
is defined as the release of any substance to the environment, which can result in harm to the environment
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