The word accident is used in the ACT in the popular and ordinary sense as denoting an unlocked for mishap or and outward event which is not expected or designed. The word is employed in contradistinction to the expression "willful misconduct" or "willful disobedience". Therefore am injury by accident includes any injury not expected or designed by the injured workmen himself irrespective of weather or not it was brought about by the willful act of someone else. The statue contemplates injuries not expected or designed by the workmen himself. It should be noted that the language of the ACT is not personal injury by an accident but personal injury by accident. This means "Personal Injury" not by design, but accident, be some mishap unexpected: Accidental Personal Injury.
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