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There are a just as many causes of industrial accidents as there are types of industrial accidents. The broad category of industrial accidents covers anything from small cuts and bruises to huge disasters that affect a large population of people. Approximately 120 million industrial accidents occur in the work place world wide each year. Approximately 210,000 of these accidents result in fatality. The industries which have the highest rate of accidents are the mining, construction, transportation, and agricultural industries. Construction accidents account for fifteen percent of all accidents and thirty percent of all fatalities in industrial work environments.

Causes of industrial accidents can be broken down into two broad categories: unsafe conditions and unsafe acts. The causes of industrial accidents that pertain to unsafe conditions can include insufficient workspace lighting, excessive noise, slippery or unsafe flooring, extreme temperature exposure, inadequate protection when working with machinery or hazardous materials, unstable structures, electrical problems, machine malfunction or failure, and more. The causes of industrial accidents that involve unsafe acts can include actions or failures to act which result in injury. This can be a result of employee negligence but employers, organizations, and product manufacturers can also be liable for the causes of industrial accidents.

The causes of industrial accidents can occur in the environment around the workplace or within the work environment. External causes of industrial accidents may include fires, chemical spills, toxic gas emission or radiation. The causes of industrial accidents in these cases might include organizational errors, human factors, abnormal operational conditions, natural forces, software or component failures, and outside interference. Internal causes of industrial accidents can involve equipment or other work related tangibles, harmful materials, toxic chemicals, and human error.

There are several ways that a worker can be injured in the work environment. Injuries that result from the causes of industrial accidents can include any one or combination of the following occurrences: falls, being struck by objects in motion, slides and cave ins, structure collapse, being trapped in or by an object, overexertion or strenuous physical actions, exposure to temperature extremes, electrical accidents, radiation exposure, and the inhalation, ingestion, or absorption of harmful substances. These industrial accidents can result in a number of injuries including superficial injury, fractures, sprains and strains, amputation, concussion, internal injury, poisoning, infection, and death.

The causes of industrial accidents are numerous. There are several cases where employee negligence is a factor in industrial accidents. As a general rule, worker''s compensation laws protect employers from lawsuits brought by injured employees. There are cases where an employer can be held liable for worker injuries if they had knowledge of unsafe conditions and failed to act in order to prevent injury. Injured workers may also be able to seek compensation for their injuries from the makers of faulty or dangerous industrial products. Victims of industrial accidents greatly benefit from consulting a personal injury lawyer who can advise them of their rights and options in a case.

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