While cotton, from the cotton plant, and linen, from the flax plant, are both natural plant fibers (cellulose), there are many differences between them. The term Linens can colloquially refer to any household good, but this should not be confused with linen fabric.
In Part 830, the NTSB defines an accident as: 1  an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and when all such passengers have disembarked, 2  in which any person suffers death or serious injury,
Near Miss: A subset of incidents that could have resulted in injury, illness or property damage, if given a different set of circumstances, but didn't. Accident: Definition is often similar to incident, but supports the mindset that it could not have been prevented. An accident is the opposite of the fundamental intentions of a safety program, which is to find hazards, fix hazard, and prevent incidents. When we accept that accidents have no cause, we assume that they will happen again. Pam Ferrante, CSP, CHMM, is president of JC Safety & Environmental, Inc. of Pittsburgh, PA.