fue que el reportar mayor cantidad...fuera visto

20:29 Mar 12, 2021 

Barbara, with or without qualifier you do not wish to accept the obvious distinction. Now one more link, from Spain:
http://oa.upm.es/10673/1/080509_L2_SEGURIDAD_Y_SALUD_EN_MINE...
SEGURIDAD Y PREVENCIÓN EN EXPLOTACIONES MINERAS
(...)
9. DEFINICIÓN DE ACCIDENTE
Se diferencia del incidente en que el accidente causa daños físicos a las personas. Así, se denomina accidente blanco o incidente cuando no ha habido lesiones, aunque hayan existido pérdidas materiales. Como casos extremos, se ha entendido y descrito como un incidente al fallo del reactor nuclear de
Harrisburg, porque no hubo víctimas, y como un accidente al fallo de Chernobil porque si las hubo.

I just hope this suffices for you to believe that this distinction does exist and is relevant.

20:28 Mar 12, 2021 

En referencia a la seguridad laboral, la diferencia entre los términos incidentes y accidentes es importante. Un incidente es un "casi accidente". Cuantos más incidentes se reporten, mayor número de accidentes laborales se pueden evitar.

20:21 Mar 12, 2021 

I agree that the terms are not the same. But as one can see, with the qualifier of "mining", it seems that the most appropriate term is "accident".

20:14 Mar 12, 2021 

Read the source carefully. The authors are using two different terms: "cuando se reportaban mayor número de incidentes, era un síntoma de la posible ocurrencia de mayor cantidad de accidentes". And later: "el cambio de paradigma que se produjo, fue que el reportar mayor cantidad de incidentes(...).
To me it is obvious that both terms are not interchangeable.

20:06 Mar 12, 2021 

19:49 Mar 12, 2021 

https://conserve.com.au/difference-between-accident-and-inci...–%20an%20unexpected%20event%20which,also%20result%20in%20property%20damage.&text=Incidents%20–%20an%20instance%20of%20something,may%20result%20in%20property%20damage.
Defining Accidents and Incidents
On the surface, they can seem to be describing the same thing, but they are, in fact, quite different. To understand the differences, first, you need to review the definition of accidents and incidents, but also the concept of a ‘near miss’:
Accidents – an unexpected event which results in serious injury or illness of an employee and may also result in property damage.
Near miss – a narrowly avoided accident.
Incidents – an instance of something happening, an unexpected event or occurrence that doesn’t result in serious injury or illness but may result in property damage.

19:45 Mar 12, 2021 

This is UK terminology, you can find US, Australian, etc. sites and documentation confirming this difference.
https://croner.co.uk/resources/managing-health-safety/differ...
What is the difference between accident and incident?
The reason the two terms confuse people is due to the fact they’re regularly used interchangeably.
But they shouldn’t be.