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Posted By Paul McDemott
I've been tasked with doing a presentation on this subject and wondered if anyone had any experience of the concept or could give me appropriate pointers in terms of reference info. My initial net trawl has not thrown up anything of any use.
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Posted By fats van den raad
Have heard that noise is sometimes referred to as a "slow accident" as the effect takes time to manifest itself as an injury. In that respect, I suppose one can term any occupational hazard that has a long term accumulative effect such as respiratory hazards (dusts etc.) and even manual handling as a "slow accident"
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Posted By Mark Morgan
Upper limb disorders are gradual. Often employers ask employees to report their accidents and near misses. Yet aches and pain to fall through the net and often H&S staff only get notified after they have taken time off and the injury has worsened.
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Posted By Alan Haynes
The concept of the 'slow accident' is something that I increasing come across these days.
The best definition I have is that a slow accident occurs when the 'cause' of an injury or illness does not manifest an immediate 'effect', but one that grows over a long time as the 'cause' continues. Therefore, I would suggest that the following are examples of 'slow accidents'
- RSI
- Vibration White Finger
- Noise Induced Deafness
- Asbestosis
Hope this helps
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Posted By Laurie
Unless, of course, you are referring to the "slow roll-over" accident, in which, under certain dynamic conditions, a vehicle will roll on a bend even though it is being driven slowly, and there are no external factors such as wind or adverse camber
Laurie
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