Relationships between truck accidents and selected geometric characteristics of interchanges are examined. Datasets containing information on truck accident at interchanges, traffic exposure and selected geometric characteristics are analyzed with an emph...

A study was conducted to (1) determine the frequency and severity of driver/vehicle design mismatch problem contribution to accidents and near accidents, (2) relate driver and vehicle characteristics to severity and frequency of problems experienced by dr...

... Descriptors : *MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, *DRIVERS(PERSONNEL), STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, PERFORMANCE(HUMAN), ATTENTION ...

The report presents results from a survey of power saw accidents in selected States, 1978. The report includes descriptions of the accidents and characteristics of the injured such as occupation, age, and sex.

After some indications on the Chernobylsk power plant and the characteristics of the RBMK series, the scenario of the accident is developed. The immediate consequences and the control of the accident are commented before concluding on more general lessons...

In this report information about the nuclear accident at Chernobyl and the radioactivity burdening of Greece from the radioactive releases of the accident are presented. The main characteristics of the RBMK-1000 reactor and the flow pattern of the radioac...

Vehicle characteristics are of importance in all phases of a road accident. None are however recorded by the police on the road accident registration form in the Netherlands. By linking the vehicle registration file to the road accident file a number of i...

In Belgium, traffic safety is currently one of the govemment's highest priorities. Identifying and profiling black spots and black zones in terms of accident related data and location characteristics must provide new insights into the complexity and causes of road accidents which, in ram, provide valuable input for government actions. ...

Several different factors contribute to injury severity in traffic accidents, such as driver characteristics, highway characteristics, vehicle characteristics, accidents characteristics, and atmospheric factors. This paper shows the possibility of using Bayesian Networks ...

...occurrences and accidents with existing systems and procedures intended to mitigate the release consequences, along with site characteristics, including meteorology, to evaluate the offsite radiological...

Accident reports from hospital emergency rooms were surveyed to determine the probable causes of accidents involving high chairs. Possible test methods for determining the characteristics of the high chairs leading to the accidents were investigated, incl...

The report analyzes the characteristics and attitudes of the population directly involved in the Goiania radiological accident. The inhabitants of the affected area were interviewed in their residence. Factual information about the accidents were given an...

Accident rates vary widely across U.S. Navy enlisted occupations. Incumbents' characteristics may affect rates, but the infrequency of accidents makes it hard to test this hypothesis by studying individuals. The study of aggregates is an alternative ...

The MARCH code, written at Battelle's Columbus Laboratories for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, describes the response of LWR systems to accidents which can result in core meltdown. The calculations are performed from the start of the accident thr...

Contents: Methodology for ranking roadside hazard correction programs; Evaluation of highway safety projects using quality-control technique; Michigan dimensional accident surveillance (MIDAS) model--progress report; Accident characteristics before, durin...

The systematics of the characteristics of twenty-one criticality accidents occurring in nuclear processing facilities of the Russian Federation, the United States, and the United Kingdom are examined. By systematics the authors mean the degree of consistency or agreement between the factual parameters reported for the accidents and the ...

characteristics (reaction time), and accident scenario characteristics (e.g. speed), on collision avoidance for accident avoidance. 3. Traffic safety systems Safety systems can be classified into passive and active, trying to help the driver avoiding an accident, or reducing the consequences of ...

The objective was to identify characteristics commanders can use to select safer drivers from among soldiers. This project involved a literature review on accident predictors, statistical analysis of soldier characteristics and accidents, testing of new m...

Mathematical models are developed to relate the accidents on interstate systems to the geometric and traffic characteristics of the systems. Models were developed for highway elements such as ramps, speed change lanes, etc., and for interchanges such as d...

and chemical characteristics and accidents and incidents. ... experiences in pyrotechnic and related industries, and to analyze this data with parti- ...

The report presents the results of a program to improve the structural crashworthiness of school buses and to evaluate their accident avoidance characteristics.

Design requirements and performance characteristics of fuel pins for LMFBR reactors under accident conditions are discussed.

The medical management of radiation accidents requires intensive planning and action. This article looks at the medical management of recent radiation accidents to derive principles for structuring and organizing the treatment of patients who may have radiation-induced health impairments. Although the radiation accidents in Tokai-mura, ...

This study characterizes burn accidents in the domestic environment and identifies the circumstances of accidents affecting children, adults or elderly people who need supervision or care. Demographic data and burn characteristics of 61 domestic environment burn victims were collected. The family members of 13 children and one aged ...

Over 8,800 returns of a questionnaire, distributed to Canadian pilots, were analyzed. Items were chiefly about life events, hobbies, humour, and characteristics which might bear on susceptibility to "pilot error" accidents. Sets of items were compiled which discriminated whether or not respondents had had an aircraft accident in the ...

Livestock vehicle accidents are rare but involve significant economic, human, and nonhuman farm animal losses. This study obtained information on the characteristics of accidents, the animals involved, and injuries to humans from newspaper reports about livestock vehicle accidents in Spain from January 2000 to ...

A FORTRAN computer program, HAZARD, was written and programmed for the CDC 6600 to calculate infinity does to the thyroid resulting from exposure to a reactor plume following a design basis accident. Using, as input, plant operating characteristics and me...

The study is intended as a pilot investigation aimed at providing information concerning factors related to motorcycle accidents. Information on the motorcycle driving population was collected and compared to the general driving population. The traits and...

The events that originate the Goiania radiological accident involving the rupture of Cesium 137 source, the source characteristics, the medical aspects related to the triage of victims, the medical attendance, and the special measurements of decontaminati...

Helicopter accidents in which the aircraft rolled over laterally are costly in aircraft damage. U.S. Army helicopter accident reports involving lateral rollover for a 6-1/2-year period were analyzed to determine their significant characteristics such that...

This study has identified and quantified the dominant features in motorway accidents involving goods vehicles or public service vehicles in terms of environmental conditions, vehicle movements and driver characteristics. In particular, wet weather conditi...

Police reports of accidents were analyzed in terms of accident characteristics and driver behaviors to determine the problems of drinking drivers. Analyses were conducted to profile the culpable drinkers and to compare them to culpable nondrinkers in term...

The characteristics of the CANDU reactor relevant to severe accidents are set first by the inherent properties of the design, and second by the Canadian safety/licensing approach. Probabilistic safety assessment studies have been performed on operating CA...

The characteristics, detection, and emergency management of nuclear criticality accidents outside reactors has been an important component of criticality safety for as long as the need for this specialized safety discipline has been recognized. The genera...

Amongst the severe accidents with nuclear power plants, a number of scenarios are theoretically possible. These scenarios lead to more or less serious consequences for the environment. Characteristics for the category of accidents was the early breakdown ...

At the present time there is no logically consistent theory of risk of industrial accidents, just as for the risk of other catastrophic phenomena (natural disasters, ecological castastrophes). Moreover, there is no unique interpretation of the term risk itself in application to catastrophic phenomena, and different authors employ the concept of risk arbitrarily, often ...

Estimates of the potential airborne release of radioactive materials in transportation accidents are necessary to compare the safety in various shipping methods. To make such estimates, information is required on various aspects of the accident situation (physical and chemical characteristics of the source materials, forces/conditions ...

According to several studies and statistics approximately 30% of all occupational accidents occur in materials handling. This paper presents a general description of the work system of materials handling and its elements and safety characteristics and offers some examples of accident prevention possibilities. Also presented is a survey ...

This study examines reports on fatal pedestrian accidents which occurred in France between March 1990 and February 1991. 1289 pedestrians were killed in these accidents. The main characteristics of pedestrians were analyzed: age and sex, movements, change of transport mode and alcohol impairment. In order to describe the relationships ...

The objectives of this study were to appreciate the magnitude of work accidents in a building construction sector, to specify their type and characteristics. A retrospective study was undergone in a big building construction industry in Senegal. Data were collected from records of accidents reported to the Social Security ...

While reliable estimates of expected accidents can be achieved by combining observed accidents and accident model predictions using an empirical Bayes approach, there are a number of obstacles to the widespread adoption of the method. This paper concentrates on problems associated with the available predictive models. Of particular ...

Prior studies in the sociology of accidents have shown that different social groups have different rates of accident involvement. This study extends those studies by implementing Bourdieu's relational perspective of social space to systematically explore the homology between drivers' social characteristics and their involvement in ...

At the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (RIAR), complex methods and equipment are created and improved to study fuel element behavior under conditions characteristic of reactor accidents. These methods are considered to simulate some accidents either immediately in irradation (in-pile tests) or in post irradiation examination of ...

... does to the thyroid resulting from exposure to a reactor plume following a design basis accident. Using, as input, plant operating characteristics and ...

... causes (arson, lightning, and accidents), ignition sources (dominant fuel source), climatic and weather influences, land use and wildland management (fuels management) strategies, landscape characteristics...

The impact of the first line supervisor on the accident experience of roofing crews was investigated. An effort was made to identify, evaluate and compare characteristics of behavior, attitude, personality, knowledge, and supervisory style of a sample of ...

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The day after the accident, I was asked to lead the Mishap Investigation Board ... the fairing failed to separate and recommend design and process improvements to ... information on the characteristics of the aluminum used in this component. ...

...provide for safety of flight and to assure that people and facilities are not concentrated in areas susceptible to aircraft accidents; and (2) Desirable restrictions on land use to assure its compatibility with the characteristics,...

Safety Systems, Structures, and Components (SSCs) have been identified from hazard and accident analyses. These analyses were performed to support the Tank Waste Remediation System (TWRS) Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) and Basis for Interim Operation (BID). The text identifies and evaluates the SSCs and their supporting SSCs to show that they either prevent the occurrence ...

The present report of shallow-water plunging diving accidents at ocean beaches in southern California has three principal objectives. These are: (1) to document the frequency and demographic characteristics of such accidents; and (2) to prepare a multidis...

Loss-of-coolant is one of the most severe accidents for a nuclear power plant. To demonstrate inherent safety characteristics incorporated into small High-Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor (HTGR) designs, loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) simulation tests have...

Consideration is given to the instrument requirements for peacetime accidents involving radioactivity. Analysis of the problem is directed at determining the requirements for measuring the radiation field, the contamination level, and personnel exposure. A general description of the characteristics of the various instrument systems used in these ...

The program covers development of safety and safety-related studies to better understand and more accurately define safety characteristics and safety margins of GCRs under postulated accident conditions. The work reported includes core seismic studies, high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) accident initiation and progression ...

The program covers development of safety and safety-related studies to better understand and more accurately define safety characteristics and safety margins of GCRs under postulated accident conditions. The work reported includes core seismic studies, high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) accident initiation and progression ...

The program covers development of safety and safety-related studies to better understand and more accurately define safety characteristics and safety margins of GCRs under postulated accident conditions. The work reported includes core seismic studies, high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) accident initiation and progression ...

The program covers development of safety and safety-related studies to better understand and more accurately define safety characteristics and safety margins of GCRs under postulated accident conditions. The work reported includes core seismic studies, high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) accident initiation and progression ...

Nuclear criticality accident descriptions typically include, but do not focus on, information useful to first responders. We studied these accidents, noting characteristics to help (1) first responders prepare for such an event and (2) emergency drill planners develop appropriate simulations for training. We also provide ...

A study into car accidents was done to determine the relationship between vehicle characteristics and the injury severity of the car occupants. The research is set up as an in-depth study from which the essence is that per accident data were collected by ...

A study into car accidents was done to determine the relationship between vehicle characteristics and the injury severity of the car occupants. The research is set up as an in-depth study from which the essence is that per accident data were collected by ...

This paper discusses a Systematic Functional Task Analysis (SFTA) for control room instrumentation of a nuclear power plant. The methodology systematically reviews the plants worst accident condition, NRC Regulatory Guide 1.97 post-accident monitoring requirements, and multiple failure conditions. Computerized data base management of the analysis is ...

This report provides a description of the operational and physical characteristics of the Nevada railroad system. To understand the dynamics of the rail system, one must consider the system`s physical characteristics, routing, uses, interactions with other systems, and unique operational characteristics, if any. This report is ...

The Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute is proceeding with construction of the High-Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR). Since the HTTR has some characteristics different from light-water reactors (LWRs), the analytical method of radiation exposure in accidents provided for LWRs cannot be applied directly to HTTRs. Therefore an analytical method ...

Three types of containment configurations for large breeder reactors (1000 MWe/2500 MWt) were compared to determine characteristic responses of each type to selected hypothetical accident conditions. The three types of system configurations were the single, double and containment-confinement designs. Two types of postulated hypothetical ...