definition of injury
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Injury or illness: definition Injury or illness: definition. Coordinators. OSHA. An injury or illness is an abnormal condition or disorder. Injuries include cases such as, but not limited to, a cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation. Illnesses include both acute and chronic illnesses, such as, but not limited to, a skin disease, respiratory disorder, or poisoning. [29 CFR 1904.46]
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- Serious injury means any of the following: 1  Any physical harm that carries a substantial risk of death. 2  Any physical harm that involves a permanent incapacity, either partial or total; or a temporary substantial incapacity. 3  Any physical harm that involves a permanent disfigurement, or a temporary serious disfigurment.
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injury Damage or harm done to or suffered by a person or thing: escaped from the accident without injury; a scandal that did considerable injury to the campaign. 2. A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss: a leg injury.
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trauma 1. injury. 2. psychological or emotional damage. adj., adj traumat´ic. birth trauma. an injury to the infant during the process of being born. 2. in some psychiatric theories, the psychic shock produced in an infant by the experience of being born.
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- bodily injury coverage. Definition. An insurance policy that pays for injuries caused to other individuals in the event of a motor vehicle accident. Described by the notation a/b where a is the dollar amount in thousands of coverage per person, and b is the dollar amount in thousands of coverage per accident.
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Injury Wound, an injury in which skin is torn, cut or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin.
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wound Full Definition of WOUND. 1. a: an injury to the body (as from violence, accident, or surgery) that typically involves laceration or breaking of a membrane (as the skin) and usually damage to underlying tissues b: a cut or breach in a plant usually due to an external agent.2. : a mental or emotional hurt or blow. 3.. a: an injury to the body (as from violence, accident, or surgery) that typically involves laceration or breaking of a membrane (as the skin) and usually damage to underlying tissues b: a cut or breach in a plant usually due to an external agent. 2.
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- Sprain (Definition) 1  A sprain is an injury that results from excessive stretching of a ligament, which is a tough band that connects bone to bone and holds joints in place. Rapid swelling and pain are the primary symptoms. ...Read more. 2  X-ray: Get an x-ray.
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Dictionary Definition Damages - legal term referring to the financial compensation recoverable by reason of another's breach of duty; the money paid or awarded to a plaintiff Workers' compensation, to protect employees who have incurred work-related injuries. Example is the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Remuneration, such as a wage or salary to pay people for their work
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trauma trauma in Medicine. trauma trau·ma (trô'mə, trou'-) n. pl. trau·mas or trau·ma·ta (-mə-tə) A serious bodily injury or shock, as from violence or an accident. An emotional wound or shock that creates substantial lasting damage to one's psychological development, often leading to neurosis.
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- This definition consists of: Potentially severe physical injury caused by an external source (fall, auto crash, farm or industrial accident, knife or gunshot wound, etc.) that requires emergency medical intervention to attempt to prevent loss of life or limb or substantial, permanent physical impairment.
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- ACCIDENT - an unplanned event that causes personnel injury or illness, or property damage. ARMY ACCIDENT - an accident that results in injury / illness to either army or non-Army personnel, and/or damage to Army or non-Army property as a result of Army operations (caused by the Army).
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- an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease. a similar injury to the tissue of a plant. an injury or hurt to feelings, sensibilities, reputation, etc. to inflict a wound upon; injure; hurt.
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Definition of 'accident' 1. countable noun. An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage. She was involved in a serious car accident last week. Six passengers were killed in the accident. Synonyms: crash, smash, wreck, collision More Synonyms of accident.
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Strain (injury) A strain is an injury to a muscle in which the muscle fibers tear as a result of overstretching. A strain is also colloquially known as a pulled muscle or torn muscle. The equivalent injury to a ligament is a sprain.
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- Definition of wound. 1a : an injury to the body (as from violence, accident, or surgery) that typically involves laceration or breaking of a membrane (as the skin) and usually damage to underlying tissuesb : a cut or breach in a plant usually due to an external agent.
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hurt hurt means the act of damaging something or someone; a damage or loss; feelings of mental or physical pain; psychological suffering; the death of his wife caused him... more.
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Accident Definition: The word accident is not a technical legal term with a clearly defined meaning. Speaking generally, but with reference to legal liabilities, an accident means any unintended and unexpected occurrence which produces hurt or loss.
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accident Definition of accident for English Language Learners. : a sudden event (such as a crash) that is not planned or intended and that causes damage or injury.
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injury Injury, hurt, wound refer to impairments or wrongs. Injury, originally denoting a wrong done or suffered, is hence used for any kind of evil, impairment, or loss, caused or sustained: physical injury; injury to one's reputation. Hurt suggests especially physical injury, often bodily injury attended with pain: a bad hurt from a fall. A wound is usually a physical hurt caused by cutting, shooting, etc., or an emotional hurt: a serious wound in the shoulder; to inflict a wound by betraying someone's trust.
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- legal injury. Property damage, bodily harm, or violation of a right for which law provides specific remedy (damages).
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Bodily Injury bodily injury, sickness or disease sustained by a person, including death resulting from any of these at any time. Note that bodily injury includes illness and disease as well as physical injury. It also includes death, if death results from bodily injury, sickness or disease. Death that results from unexplained causes may not qualify as bodily injury. Mental Injuries. Some general liability policies contain a broader definition of bodily injury than the one found in the ISO CGL.
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Medical Dictionary Definition of Head injury. Head injury: Damage to any of the structures of the head as a result of trauma. While the term head injury is most often used to refer to an injury to the brain, head injuries may also involve the bones, muscles, blood vessels, skin, and other organs of the face or head. A head injury does not always mean that there is an associated brain injury.
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Sports injury Sports injuries are injuries that occur in athletic activities or exercising. They can result from accidents, poor training technique in practice, inadequate equipment, and overuse of a particular body part. In the United States there are about 30 million teenagers and children alone that participate in some form of organized sport. About 3 million avid sports competitors 14 years of age and under experience sports injuries annually, which causes some loss of time of participation in the sport. The leading cause of death involving sports-related injuries, although rare, is brain injuries.
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damage Definition of damage for English Language Learners. : 1  physical harm that is done to something or to someone's body. : 2  emotional harm that is done to someone. : 3  problems that are caused by a mistake, wrong action, etc. : bad or harmful effects on a situation, a person's reputation, etc.
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INJURY blunt trauma - injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car) harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.