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accidentes blancos

English translation: incidents or dangerous occurrences

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Spanish term or phrase:accidentes blancos
English translation:incidents or dangerous occurrences
Entered by: James A. Walsh

10:46 Sep 25, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / public works
Spanish term or phrase: accidentes blancos
"...personas ajenas a la obra en su realidad física o en la sus bienes, sin olvidar por que ello es a su vez inexcusable, los denominados **accidentes blancos**. Por lo expuesto, los objetivos los definimos según los siguiente apartados, cuyo ordinal es indiferente al considerarlos todos de un mismo rango:

this is a Health and Safety Plan and this part of the document is talking about its implementation on a works site and the problems incurred.

it is just "accidentes blancos" that is throwing me / although i do have an idea what it might be i can't be sure. If anyone has heard or seen this term before and knows what it means exactly - please help!

thanks in advance
Michael Boone
Spain
Local time: 10:32
incidents or dangerous occurrences
Explanation:
Have a look at the Spanish definition via the first link below. I'm fairly sure this is how we put it in English, based on that.
You can browse many English examples via the second link.
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James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 10:32
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2incidents or dangerous occurrences
James A. Walsh
3non-dangerous accidents. See below
Jack Ward
3unforeseen accidents
bigedsenior
Summary of reference entries provided
acidente blanco
Lisa McCarthy

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
accidentes blancos
incidents or dangerous occurrences


Explanation:
Have a look at the Spanish definition via the first link below. I'm fairly sure this is how we put it in English, based on that.
You can browse many English examples via the second link.



    Reference: http://campus.usal.es/~retribucionesysalud/ssalud/accid_inci...
    Reference: http://tinyurl.com/cjrc2o5
James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 10:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 80
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mónica Algazi
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Mónica.
agree  Charles Davis: In UK HSE parlance "dangerous occurrence" is the term, I think: a "near miss".
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Charles. Yeah, I remember having to report a few “dangerous occurrences” to the H&S officer in my last office job in London; her favourite line (which always made me chuckle) was “health and safety never takes a holiday, you know!”
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
non-dangerous accidents. See below


Explanation:


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Note added at 37 mins (2012-09-25 11:23:57 GMT)
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non-dangerous accidents/incidents
accidents/incidents in which no harm was suffered by people/workers
accidents/incidents in which no harm was caused to people/workers

En una actividad cualquiera, podemos tener muchos incidentes distintos, pero cuando estos desembocan en accidentes potencialmente lesivos para el operario, entonces, lo consideramos accidente de trabajo.
Un accidente con potencialidad lesiva que no llega a producir un daño se denomina accidente blanco.

It would appear that "accidentes blancos" refer to incidents where there was a potential for harm to be caused to people, but that this was somehow avoided. There were, however, material losses.

Good luck

Jack

Jack Ward
Native speaker of: English
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
unforeseen accidents


Explanation:
see ref


    Reference: http://www.servicios-limpieza.com/noticias-gloserca.php?reco...
bigedsenior
Local time: 01:32
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 1400
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Reference comments


20 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: acidente blanco

Reference information:
•- incidentes: accidentes blancos (exclusivamente daños materiales sin daños a la
salud) o incidentes en los que las lesiones son subsanadas con material de botiquín.

http://uprl.unizar.es/procedimientos/gestionaccidentes.pdf


    Reference: http://uprl.unizar.es/procedimientos/gestionaccidentes.pdf
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 188

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agree  psicutrinius
50 mins
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