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Theoretically it is possible to achieve a "zero accident rate" however, there are two siginificant factors that must considered and accepted. First, the risk involved in everything we do is never zero. It might be really low, but the fact remains that it is always a positive number. As a direct result of never achieving zero risk, the accident rate can never be zero either. The accident rate may get very low but it will still not equate to zero. Some mathematicians may argue that the number can be driven down so low that it is virtually indistinguisbale from zero. That is true however, as is the case with many accident types, we are not there yet! The financial cost of accident prevention is the second factor that affects a zero accident rate. Preventing accidents has a cost, and that cost increases as the accident rate gets lower. Many organizations are just not prepared to invest in accident prevention at the same monetary level when they see diminishing returns in terms of damage and injury reducion as the rate gets lower.

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