Accidents are caused; they don"t just happen. The reason may be easy to see: an 1 tray, a shelf out of reach, a patch of ice on the road. But more 2 than not there is a chain of events leading up to the misfortune— 3 , tiredness or just bad temper that show what the accident really is, a sort of attack on 4 .
Road accidents, for example, happen frequently after a family quarrel, and we all know people who are accident-prone, so often 5 with themselves and the world 6 they seem to cause accidents for themselves and others.
7 definition, an accident is something you cannot predict and avoid. Most accidents 8 ordinary motorists in a moment of carelessness or thoughtlessness.
It is not always clear, either, what sort of condition made people more likely to have an accident. For instance, the law 9 all factories to take safety 10 , and most companies have safety committees to make sure that regulations are 11 , but still, every day in Britain, some fifty thousand men and women are 12 work due to accidents. These accidents are largely the result of human error or misjudgment—noise and fatigue, 13 or worry are possible factors which 14 this. Doctors who work in factories have found that those who drink too much, usually people who have a high anxiety level, 15 three times the normal risk of accidents at work.