Accidents can occur at any hour of the day and more often than not, they will not have a huge impact on your own or anybody else's life.
However, there will be times when an accident occurs that can have an impact on people around you.
It is important to watch out for accidents and to react quickly to them but it is easy to see how things can occur which may not seem serious at first but can have a big impact later on.
An example of this would be someone in work spilling a glass of water.
The water may not have gone over the person nor thankfully on any electrical equipment, it may just have fallen on the floor.
This is an inconvenience for the person who was going to drink that water but in the greater scheme of things there is no harm done.
However, if the person does not properly clean up the spilled water or goes away to get a cloth to properly clean it up, bigger accidents can occur because of that spillage.
Someone may be walking across the area where water was spilled and if they are not paying attention, they may slip on the wet surface.
A failure to clean the spillage up properly or mark out the area where a spillage has happened has directly led to someone slipping on a wet floor.
The fall may not have been serious but there is the potential for someone to seriously injure themselves on contact with the floor.
There is also the added issue that this person may have been carrying a drink and if it was a hot tea or coffee, they may have scalded themselves if the hot drink fell upon them when they landed.
The initial spillage of water may not have had any impact at first but it is easy to see how events can unfold that lead to a person being seriously injured in the workplace.
Accidents at home work or in the street can be very serious and can have a huge impact on a person's health and how they feel about themselves.
Some people may be forced to miss work, which could have a financial impact upon them or they could lose confidence, making them less likely to leave the home or experience a change in their mood or temperament.
Accidents can affect people in different ways and some people can be very badly affected by it.
It is important for people to be aware of how easily accidents can occur and to do their best to prevent them from happening.