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CONCEPT:
► It can be defined as a higher than average susceptibility to accident, which arises from psychological factors and tends to be permanent, if not cured timely.
► Old theory of accident proneness or accident susceptibility is derived from many accident case studies and personal factors for its causation.
► Age, sex and experience, physical condition, emotional instability, use of alcohol and attitude toward organization are main factors.
► Other factors such as height, weight, eye sight, distance and method of travel to work, medical history, talkativeness, smoking, loneliness, less interest, temperament etc may also provide ground for accident proneness.
► According to Old concept, some people are so constituted that their very nature causes them to bring about accidents and so to injure themselves and so others.
► Such individuals are known as accident-prone or accident susceptible persons.
► People differ in degree to which they are accident prone in the same way that they differ with respect to their traits.
► Accident prone persons are not necessarily accident repeaters.
► They may or may not repeat the accidents depending upon their experience, learning, training and improvement in health and other personal factors.
► Accident prone people do not mean a fixed group responsible for all accidents every time.
► Accident proneness is a variable qualitative factor and any man can accident prone at any time depending upon personal factors developed in him
