CLASSIFICATION OF ACCIDENTS
There is no single classification for the types of accidents in workplaces. The statistics, according to their characteristics, accidents classified by type according to their objectives.
In any case it should be noted that the type of accident can be defined by saying “that is the way in which contact occurs between the injured and the agent.”
1 .- Accidents in which the material goes to the man:
For once.
Entrapment.
By contact.
2 .- Accidents in which the man goes to the material:
By hitting against.
Through contact with.
For grafts.
For fall level (by materials dumped in the hallways, floor damaged, oil stains on the floor, improper footwear).
For drop to drop (from ladders or scaffolds).
By imprisonment.
3 .- accidents involving the relative motion is indeterminate:
From overexertion.
Exposure.
The advantage of knowing the type of each accident is that it will correspond to each type of specific prevention measures.