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Requested move

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The result of the proposal was Withdrawn Parsecboy (talk) 05:26, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if the page name is American speak, however in Europe the word "accident" suggests that the event was unavoidable. In practice, virtually 100% of chemical incidents could have been prevented Ronhjones (talk) 18:14, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not according to the OED: "Anything that happens without foresight or expectation"; note the current colloquial usage: an accident waiting to happen. n. a situation which is potentially hazardous, esp. one resulting from neglect or carelessness; someone or something considered liable to cause such a situation.

Incident is, by contrast, a bureaucratic euphemism, suggesting that whatever has happened is neither serious nor dangrerous. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:47, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with Pmanderson. Besides, OECD, which is not an American organisation, uses the term accident. older ≠ wiser 19:59, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Accident seems better and wins at Googlefight. Colonel Warden (talk) 22:18, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - as per dictionary usage already explained above. --DAJF (talk) 23:47, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK people. I see your point. Maybe I'm 10 years early with this one. The general public still need to be educated in this. For myself, and others I know in Chemical Safety field, we only use the term "accident" when there is no way the event could be avoided. So in fact no one has "accidents" where I work, we only have incidents - the reporting system insists on cause(s) being identified (mainly because it's the only way that safety can be improved). So if I drop a flask or blow up the lab, it's still an incident - one minor and one major. In deference to your comments, I suggest we kill the move idea. I've made a re-direct of chemical incidents to chemical accidents, so that will do for now. Ronhjones (talk) 20:55, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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