... USASC DATA A review of US Army Safety Center accident data of IFR accidents since FY80 provided the basis for the following results. ...
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Mar 8, 2000 ... some industrial accident or something, that in fact, with the number of people down ... There was a restructuring of the management down ...
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... Descriptive Note : Final rept.,. Corporate Author : NAVAL SURFACE WEAPONS CENTER WHITE OAK LAB SILVER SPRING MD. ...
Aug 30, 2005 ... The purpose of this handbook is to provide policies and procedures to guide fleet management activities at all NASA Centers. It allows staff to ...
...FEDERAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS AVIATION...39-INTERAGENCY FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 39.4-Accidents and Claims § 101-39...pertaining to the accident and its investigation...servicing GSA IFMS fleet management center. The...
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... Accession Number : ADP013382. Title : The Role of National Poison Control Center in Organisation and Management of Mass Ammonia Accident. ...
In 1990, the Safety Analysis Group at the Savannah River Site (SRS) began development of an Accident Management program. The program was designed to provide a total system which would meet the Department of Energy (DOE) Safety Performance Criteria, in reg...
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... ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS, SAFETY, AVIATION ACCIDENTS, PREVENTION, MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, RISK MANAGEMENT. ...
Serious accidents and incidents occurring within the Department of Energy (DOE) will be investigated by committees including DOE trained investigators. A part of the investigation includes evaluation of management systems as they relate to the accident. The purpose of this guide is to outline, for general ...
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Page 1. Naval Health Research Center Intelligence and Accidents: ... Accidents and Intelligence Intelligence and Accidents: A Multilevel Model ...
...39-INTERAGENCY FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 39.4-Accidents...Interagency Fleet Management System (IFMS...furnished to the manager of the GSA IFMS fleet management center which issued...after the actual time of...
... Descriptors : *DECISION MAKING, *SAFETY FACTOR, *ACCIDENTS, *MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, MILITARY PERSONNEL, MANAGEMENT ...
Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report ... On April 15, 2008, the NASA Strategic Management Council (SMC) met at Stennis Space Center and heard from ...
Aug 30, 2005 ... The operator will also notify his/her immediate supervisor, the GSA Accident Management Center (AMC), and the CTO as soon as possible. ...
This book contains the proceedings on medical management of radiation accidents. Topics covered include: Fundamentals of radiation accidents, Emergency room management of radiation accidents, and Special aspects of nuclear power.
about homeland security research. Browse these EPA Emergency Response subtopics Accidents Accident Preparedness, Accident Prevention, Chemical Accidents, Radiation Accidents...
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NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER OCCUPATION, PERSONALITY, AND ACCIDENTS: ... Page 2. Occupation, Personality, and Accidents: ...
Accident management is a concept commonly misunderstood, frequently confused with accident treatment. The situation in the Sinai and the Red Sea makes a broad definition of the term "management" necessary. Management encompasses the whole spectrum: from recognition of the need for a hyperbaric ...
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in risk management is common sense. Try to prevent accidents. If something you are about to do seems risky with a sports or outdoors component.) Try to arrange your program's activities so that you don't have to rely
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The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAB) determined that organizational and management issues were significant contributors to the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia. In addition, the CAIB observed similarities between the organizational and management...
The Army Safety Center has teamed with several other agencies to address the problem of power management. Through an accident recreation you will hear lessons learned delivered by the pilot in command and safety professionals who investigated the mishap. ...
The fundamental objective of the accident management program is to assure, in the event of a severe accident at a nuclear plant, that the effectiveness of personnel and equipment is maximized in preventing or mitigating the consequences of the accident. T...
Accident management is examined from several related perspectives. The emphasis is on the role of the operating crew and the technical support provided to them before, during, and after an accident. The relationship among accident management, risk managem...
... Descriptors : *ARMY PERSONNEL, *MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, COST ANALYSIS, MILITARY VEHICLES, SAFETY, AVIATION ACCIDENTS ...
In recent years, the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center of the University of Pennsylvania has worked under a cooperative agreement with EPA to carry out a program of basic and applied research into chemical facility risk management. Thi...
In 1990, the Safety Analysis Group at the Savannah River Site (SRS) began development of an Accident Management program. The program was designed to provide a total system which would meet the Department of Energy (DOE) Safety Performance Criteria, in regard to severe accident management, in the most effective ...
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Severe accident management can be defined as the use of existing and/or alternative resources, systems and actors to prevent or mitigate a core-melt accident. For each accident sequence and each combination of severe accident management strategies, there ...
... Radiation on Behavior and the Brain; Nuclear Weapons Accident Response Procedure; Management of Radiation Accidents; Medical Operations ...
Annually, the U.S. Army Safety Center (USASC), Fort Rucker, Alabama, analyzes approximately 20,000 reports of accidents to identify cause factors, develop countermeasures and evaluate effectiveness of fielded countermeasures. Efficient analysis of such ma...
This paper will review the modern concepts and systems approach to the management of multiple organ systems trauma. This type of trauma usually results from blunt impacts, such as those associated with vehicular accidents and with falls from great heights...
Accident management is examined from several different perspectives. The emphasis is on the role of the operating crew and the technical support provided to them before, during, and after an accident. The relationship among accident management, risk management, and ...
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The Chemical Manufacturers Association has established the Chemical Transportation Emergency Center (CHEMTREC), which provides free 24 hr service to anyone who needs information about chemicals involved in spills, leaks, fires, exposures, or accidents. The center has telephone numbers which permit contact in Washington, DC, the ...
ORNL's Advanced Neutron Source (ANS) will be a new user facility for all kinds of neutron research, centered around a research reactor of unprecedented neutron beam flux. A defense-in-depth philosophy has been adopted. In response to this commitment, ANS Project management has initiated severe accident analysis and related ...
ORNL`s Advanced Neutron Source (ANS) will be a new user facility for all kinds of neutron research, centered around a research reactor of unprecedented neutron beam flux. A defense-in-depth philosophy has been adopted. In response to this commitment, ANS Project management has initiated severe accident analysis and related technology ...
The experience on accident management on French PWRs is described. Figs and tabs. (Atomindex citation 24:067281)
... The chief executive is responsible to ensure that each manager is provided with a periodic summary of his unit's safety performance. The Accident ...
... Accession Number : ADA143667. Title : Accident Management Orientation Guide. Descriptive Note : Final rept.,. Corporate ...
... Accession Number : ADP004472. Title : Accident Management Orientation Guide,. Corporate Author : SCS ENGINEERS RESTON VA. ...
Devices (IND) Categories of Medical Effects More... Nuclear Reactor Accidents About Nuclear Reactor Accidents Initiate Radiation Medical Management Transportation Accidents...
Effective planning for the management of severe accidents at nuclear power plants can produce both a reduction in the frequency of such accidents as well as the ability to mitigate their consequences if and when they should occur. This report provides an ...
A strategy has been developed for systematically addressing and handling the hazards posed by a transportation accident involving hazardous materials. The Accident Management Orientation Guide presents this system as a logic sequence of events in a color-...
This paper addresses the need for a management program for nuclear power accidents. According to the author, the tools and technology for severe accident management exist. The need for a clear, realistic definition of nuclear accident program requirements is discussed.
SPACECRAFT ACCIDENTS: EXAMINING THE PAST, IMPROVING THE FUTURE Apollo 13. Bryan Palaszewski. working with the. Digital Learning Network ...
Aircraft accidents. � Wildfires. � Oil spills. � Hazardous materials spills ..... JDP-1004 Launch Accidents. - Toxic Plume Protection ...
emergencies, and aircraft accidents. The majority of technological emergencies will .... such as HAZMAT releases, aircraft accidents, hurricane operations, ...
The use of NUREG-1150 and similar Probabilistic Risk Assessments in NRC and industry risk management programs is discussed. ''Risk management'' is more comprehensive than the commonly used term ''accident management.'' Accident management includes strateg...
The management of severe accidents in light water reactors is receiving much attention in several countries. The reduction of risk by measures and/or actions that would affect the behavior of a severe accident is discussed. The research program that is being conducted by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission focuses on both in-vessel ...
In support of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accident Management Research Program, the availability of instruments to supply accident management information during a broad range of severe accidents is evaluated for a Boiling Water Reactor with a M...
The management of severe accidents in light water reactors is receiving much attention in several countries. The reduction of risk by measures and/or actions that would affect the behavior of a severe accident is discussed. The research program that is be...
Results accomplished by safety work at one mine where management decided that avoidable accidents must be prevented and that essentially all accidents are avoidable are shown.
Chapter 5 -THE CONTRIBUTING CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT The decision to launch the ... of the engineers at Thiokol after the management reversed its position. ...
Aug 30, 2005 ... NASA Official Fleet Management Handbook. Driver's Handbook. Summary of Accident Procedures. The following process will be followed for ...
of organizational accidents and to illustrate both effective and ineffective application of safety ..... Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents, by ...
... and their employees from accidents have two options: (1) insurance, and (2) accident prevention programs (Pate-Cornell, 1996). ...
... Radiation Accidents and the Radiology Department. ... Local -ROSENBERG RD, UNM Radiation Accidents Management Course Lecture, and Workshops 1986, 87, 88, 89 ...
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The paper describes the implementation of the data-sensor fusion and sensor management technology for accident management through simulated severe accident (SA) scenarios subjected to study. By means of accident management the appropriate prompt actions t...
Guidance for Radiation Accident Management Introduction Basics of Radiation Detection Measurement Safety Around Radiation Sources Types of Radiation Exposure Managing Radiation...
A NASA Ames Research Center analysis of rotorcraft accident data identified safety issues that could lead to a reduction in accidents. The primary source of data was summaries of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident reports. Lower cost hel...
The Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan (FRERP) calls for the Department of Energy to establish a Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC) immediately following a major radiological accident to coordinate all federal off-site monitoring efforts in support of the State and the Cognizant Federal Agency (CFA) for the facility or ...
This report examines five topical areas of concern to severe accident management. These areas are as follows: Human Factors, Accident Management During Shutdown, Information Needs, Long-term Implications, and Uncertainties. The objective of this report is to assist the NRC in performing its research function and to ...
Development Center Geospatial Management Center Information Technology Center Plant Materials Centers Soil Survey Center Water & Climate Center Water Management Center West...
A traffic accident on a major freeway snarls traffic. While the cars involved in the accident appear to have sustained significant damage, the incident has not yet been reported to local police or emergency medical services and, consequently, no response vehicles are on the scene to reroute traffic or treat any potential injuries. However, traffic cameras ...
Identification of vessel failures provides operators and technical support center personnel with important information to manage severe accidents in a nuclear power plant. It may be very difficult, however, for operators to identify a reactor vessel failure simply by watching temporal trends of some parameters because they have not ...
Countermeasure is the official safety magazine for Army Ground Risk- Management. It is published monthly by the U.S. Army Safety Center, Fort Rucker, AL 36362-5363. Information is for accident prevention purposes only and is specifically prohibited for us...
This document is designed to provide a means for accident/incident prevention by familiarizing managers with management-related accident/incident causal factors which have been revealed in Department of Energy (DOE) supported accident investigation research. It also helps to prepare ...
William R. Bibb, MD is the director of research and waste management at a unique facility that deals exclusively in radiation accidents-the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site(REAC/TS) in Oak Ridge, Tenn. REAC/TS is housed in the 400-bed Oak Ridge Methodist Medical Center. It was instituted seven ...
There is a recognized need to provide nuclear power plant technical staff with structured guidance for response to a potential severe accident condition involving core damage and potential release of fission products to the environment. Over the past ten years, many plants worldwide have implemented such guidance for their emergency technical support ...
Serious accidents and incidents occurring within the Department of Energy (DOE) will be investigated by committees including DOE trained investigators. A part of the investigation includes evaluation of management systems as they relate to the accident. T...
After a brief recall of French safety rationale, the reactor operation and severe accident management is given. The research and development aimed at developing accident management procedures and emergency organization in France for the case of a NPP acci...
The importance of accidents as a cause of death and morbidity in childhood is realized in the countries of the so-called "western" world and in developing countries. The increasing recognition of accidents as a problem has led to paediatricians playing a greater part in accident management and prevention. ...
One of the most important uses of dose assessment models in response to accidents at nuclear facilities is to help provide guidance to emergency response managers for identifying, and mitigating, the consequences of an accident once the accident has been ...
A method of caring for patients who have been exposed a peacetime nuclear accident has been described. It show be apparent that the preparation for such an accident and experience of the medical team, if such an accident should occur, would better prepare the medical profession to occur with problems resulting from a nuclear ...
A fundamental element in a comprehensive, modern safety program is the thorough investigation of accidents and incidents. This manual provides usable guidelines for investigation of all accidents or incidents, and guidance for preparing for accident manag...
Prior to the accident at Three Mile Island, little attention was given to the development of procedures for the management of severe accidents, that is, accidents in which the reactor core is damaged. Since TMI, however, significant effort has been devoted to developing strategies for severe ...
Developments in system analysis and simulation are described which cover the application to training, uncertainty determination, survivability and accident management. 6 refs., 7 figs.
Managing the Risks of. Organizational Accidents. Jim Reason. Professor Emeritus. University of Manchester, UK. RMC V, Cleveland, October 27 2004 ...
weapon involved in a transportation accident would, or could, detonate in a nuclear fashion. Most nuclear weapons will contain conventional high explosives in varying amounts up...
The document describes the IAEA Programme on Nuclear Reactor's Accident Management, and analyses the safety assessment of the PWR type reactor. (Atomindex citation 24:067123)
Detailed investigative philosophy, management techniques, and report preparation are presented for both general and radiation accidents. Figures and examples are liberally used. (PCS)
This paper describes accident analysis approaches (or strategies for success) for a postulated full-building fire affecting a large radiological laboratory building at Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC) at Savannah River Site (SRS). SRTC management and the SRS Department of Energy (DOE) field office (the "owners" of the facility ...
Accidents, injuries, and deaths sustained via all-terrain vehicle (ATV) use are on the rise. In addition to safe and proper ATV operation, accident-related risk factors include operator controllable behaviors such as helmet use, alcohol use, and deciding whether or not to carry a passenger. What the operator has little or no control over, however, is the ...
... from, or copies of, limited use accident investigation reports or Class AC general use reports be referred to US Army Safety Center (USASC) for a ...
... Accession Number : ADA373207. Title : Preventing Army Motor Vehicle Accidents. Corporate Author : ARMY SAFETY CENTER FORT RUCKER AL. ...
Abstract: ... tool for addressing loss-of-control accidents, including applications to pilot training, accident reconstruction, and advanced control system ...
B. Number of Reportable Motor Vehicle Accidents - show actual number of vehicle accidents for the Month and the Year to date. A reportable ...
We had several accidents. As a matter of fact, we've lost more astronauts in airplane ... There were several accidents that happened, unfortunately, ...
Mar 30, 2011 ... Sequence of Major Events of the Challenger Accident. Image library of the STS- 51L Challenger mission at Johnson Space Center. ...
Reducing the risk from potentially severe accidents by appropriate accident management strategies is receiving increased attention from the international reactor safety community. Considerable uncertainty still surrounds some of the physical phenomena likely to occur during a severe accident. The USNRC, in ...
Brookhaven National Laboratory, under the auspices of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is investigating accident management strategies which could help preserve containment integrity or minimize releases during a severe accident. The strategies consi...
The Accident Management Orientation Guide identifies the guidelines needed for mitigating the hazards associated with a hazardous materials (HM) in-service railroad derailment and a HM yard accident. The guide addresses all phases of on-scene emergency re...
"Freestanding" radiation decontamination units including surgical capability can be developed and made operational in small/medium sized community hospitals at relatively small cost and with minimal plant reconstruction. Because of the development of nuclear power plants in relatively remote areas and widespread transportation of radioactive materials it is important for hospitals and physicians ...
Freestanding radiation decontamination units including surgical capability can be developed and made operational in small/medium sized community hospitals at relatively small cost and with minimal plant reconstruction. Because of the development of nuclear power plants in relatively remote areas and widespread transportation of radioactive materials it is important for hospitals and physicians to ...
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is conducting an accident management research program that emphasizes the use of severe accident research to enhance the ability of plant operating personnel to effectively manage severe accidents. Hence, it is necessary to ensure that the plant ...
In anticipation of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission generic letter regarding accident management, the Boiling Water Reactor Owners' Group (BWROG) has commissioned the development of Accident Management Guidelines (AMGs). One outgrowth of the industry performance of individual plant examinations (IPES) ...
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 ...
Summarizes efforts to identify, acquire, and organize a standards collection, with emphasis on provision of information services to staff and clientele of the Forensic Engineering and Science Center, Triodyne, Inc., who provide expert testimony in court cases involving accidents caused by defective products and equipment failures. References are provided. ...
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employee in a quarter. Electrical, Automotive, Preventive Maintenance and Zone 1 reported no accidents HVAC for Automotive and Preventive Maintenance, and Joey Johnson accepts for Zone 1. David Hillard accepts for General being repaired for the Civil Engineering Environmental Laboratory was done properly. It was very
Contents: Task allocation problems in human-centered automation systems; Use of a questionnaire for the modelization of trust in a man-machine system; Human reliability in civil aviation; Towards a method to analyze cognitive errors during accident manage...
The accident that occurred on board the offshore platform Piper Alpha in July 1988 killed 167 people and cost billions of dollars in property damage. It was caused by a massive fire, which was not the result of an unpredictable act of God' but of an accumulation of errors and questionable decisions. Most of them were rooted in the organization, its structure, ...
A Five-step methodology has been developed to evaluate information needs for nuclear power plants under accident conditions and the availability of plant instrumentation during severe accidents. Step 1 examines the credible accidents and their relationships to plant safety functions. Step 2 determines the information personnel involved ...
In support of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accident Management Research Program, the availability of instruments to supply accident management information during a broad range of severe accidents is evaluated for a Boiling Water Reactor with a Mark I containment. Results from this ...
This reports documents work performed the NRC/RES Accident Management Guidance Program to evaluate possible strategies for mitigating the consequences of PWR severe accidents. The selection and evaluation of strategies was limited to the in-vessel phase of the severe accident, i.e., after the initiation of core ...
Employee Development Center Geospatial Management Center Information Technology Center Plant Materials Centers Soil Survey Center Water & Climate Center Water Management Center...
The National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) collects motorcycle accident statistics as a component of both the National Accident Sampling System (NASS) and Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS). At present there is no mechanism for collecting ...
This document reports the results of testing of the Hanford Personnel Nuclear Accident Dosimeter (PNAD) during a criticality accident dosimeter intercomparison exercise at the CEA Valduc Center on October 13, 14, and 15, 2009.
The U.S. Army Safety Center (USASC) has undertaken a comprehensive program of technical studies to develop effective procedures for reducing accidents/injuries and improving accident prevention. Included in this effort is an in-depth analysis of combat ve...
... Abstract : Effective communication is key for the successful management of chemical or biological accidents or threats (terrorism). ...
... Descriptors : *NUCLEAR ENGINEERING, LESSONS LEARNED, SAFETY, SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS, ACCIDENTS. ...
