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Aberfan 138, 140–141, 153, 262, 293–294

acceptable risk see risk

accident: axiom 62–63, 65, 91, 255; blame xix, 4, 13, 34, 60, 131, 162, 177, 194, 215, 254, 271, 280, 291; cost 18, 31, 39–40, 59–60, 62, 82, 86, 103, 119, 134, 224, 279, 296; credible 183, 193; definition 127; domino 245, 275; fatal 70, 192, 210, 286, 288; investigation 17, 65, 84, 88, 116, 123, 161, 258; John 50; lost-time 43, 73; major (industrial) 8, 38, 40, 44–45, 50, 89, 96, 110, 115, 138–142, 150–151, 158, 163–169, 173, 179–181, 188, 197, 210, 237, 244, 245–251, 255–260, 266–267, 272–275, 279, 289–290, 294, 296–298; mechanism 40, 86, 90, 103; mining 4; near xix, 86, 148; non-fatal 38; nuclear 159; number of xviii, 43, 47, 63, 87, 103, 245; occupational 1