Injury

Physical harm or damage to the body resulting from an exchange, usually acute, of mechanical, chemical, thermal, or other environmental energy that exceeds the body's tolerance. (NSC1)

Any physical damage or harm to a person. There are no thresholds. All injuries are reported. (FTA2)

Any physical damage or harm to a person requiring medical treatment, or any physical damage or harm to a person reported at the time and place of occurrence. For employees, an injury includes incidents resulting in time lost from duty or any definition consistent with a transit agency's current employee injury reporting practice. (FTA1)

1) Bodily injury resulting from a motor vehicle accident. To qualify as an "injury," the injured person must require and receive medical treatment away from the accident scene. 2) Harm to a person resulting from a single event, activity, occurrence, or exposure of short duration. (FHWA2) (FHWA4) (FRA2)

An injury involving lost time or other than on-site medical treatment. (AGA1)

See also, Accident, Casualty, Collision, Crash, Derailment, Event, Fatality, Incident.

In U.S. law, a finding by the International Trade Commission that imports
are causing, or are likely to cause, harm to a U.S. industry. An injury
determination is the basis for a Section 201 case. It is also a
requirement in all antidumping and most countervailing duty cases, in
conjunction with Commerce Department determinations on dumping and
subsidization.