Unforeseen, unintended event that takes place at the worker’s job site. Also known as workers’ compensation injury .
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Social security case law definition: an accident arising while he is doing what his contract obliges him to do, and because of the risk created by what his contract obliges him to do. The accident must therefore be one which happens while he is within what has been called the scope or ambit of his work. An electrician injured while driving to work was held not to have had an industrial accident. An employee who has suffered an industrial injury does not have to satisfy the national insurance contributions for statutory sick pay and benefits.