Qualification of accidents as man-made emergencies

The article considers various approaches to the classification of accidents as man-made emergencies. It is noted that man-made accidents can be the result of a human factor (errors during operation, lack of maintenance or control). Special attention is paid to catastrophes contained in the global database EM-DAT and Sigma. It is determined that man-made disasters are unplanned, unforeseen events; however, some of them, such as terrorist attacks or acts of willful defacement, are planned.