... Descriptors : *AVIATION ACCIDENTS, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, RECOVERY, GREENLAND, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS, DECONTAMINATION ...

In 1898 the compulsory work accident insurance was introduced in the Italian legislation: both public and private organizations could provide insurance to the workers. In 1933 the Cassa Nazionale Infortuni (founded in 1884) was unified to other small public funds in a single body, the Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL). ...

... Furthermore, when cave-in accidents occur, they are much more likely to result in worker fatalities than other excavation-related accidents. ...

Fatal accidents in coal mines of Tennessee are analyzed and pertinent factors are given in tabular and descriptive form, with suggestions to operators, workers, and State Division of Mines for reduction of accidents.

... Accession Number : AD0651098. Title : CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND WORKER PARTICIPATION IN RECOVERY ACTIVITIES,. ...

... Alterations in Cleanup Workers Sampled Years after the Chernobyl AccidentElizaveta Neronova1, Natalia Slozina, Alexey NikiforovAll Russian Centre ... Alterations in Cleanup Workers Sampled Years after the...

... recovery from interruptions. Author Keywords multi-tasking, interruptions, recovery, interviews. ACM Classification Keywords ...

Several major international studies such as those performed on the A-bomb survivors, have shown a clear linkage between the exposure to ionizing radiation and the occurrence of various cancer types including leukemia. While these studies are mostly characterized by high dose rates, studies on populations exposed after the Chernobyl accident are in most cases characterized by ...

A description of the accident at Three Mile Island-2 reactor is presented. Activities related to the cleanup and decontamination of the reactor are described.

"The purpose of our visit here today is to get out and look at some of the debris recovery area. This makes the accident more personal to us and prevents it ...

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A data base and methodology useful for the quantitative estimation of worker hazards in hypothetical technologies is proposed. The hazard to workers is partitioned into categories of accident sources and injury-types. The probability of experiencing a spe...

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Calculation of the radiation doses (207 to 436 r) received by 6 workers exposed during the Vinca (Yugoslavia) reactor accident is discussed. (H.H.D.)

... Descriptors : *RICKETTSIA, RECOVERY, HUMANS, DISEASES, VIABILITY ... ACCIDENTS, CULTURE MEDIA, BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES. ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) on April 26, 1986 was followed by a phase of clean-up and recovery, which lasted till 1990. About 200,000 workers (so called liquidators) took part in cleaning activities around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) in 1986-1987 (the years of largest ...

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 ...

This report desribes an accident in which a 64-year old Hanford nuclear worker was exposed to high levels of americium while working in an americium recovery facility in 1976. As a result of the accident, he was heavily externally contaminated with americium, sustained with a substantial internal deposition of this ...

... have not been quantified adequately. After the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) accident in Ukraine in April 1986, several hundred ... radiation workers (1). The accident at the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) nuclear power p...

The claim of the nuclear industry to have an excellent safety record is examined in terms of health and accident records of workers in the industry. Accidents which have not resulted in harm to the workers' health are not considered. The nuclear industry ...

The report presents the analysis of workers' compensation claims data for 359,765 construction accidents occurring in ten states for the period 1985 to 1988. The data were obtained from the Supplementary Data System established by the Bureau of Labor Stat...

This article was sent into a column of "Library Journal" entitled "How Do You Manage?" Submissions to this column, are based on actual events in libraries across the United States and Canada. This particular piece describes a conversation between two library employees, where one, following a recovery from a devastating auto accident found Jesus, and ...

Three Mile Island (TMI) workers experienced much greater job tension and lower occupational self-esteem (supervisors only) in comparison with workers interviewed at the Peach Bottom Plant. At the time of the accident, TMI workers reported experiencing more periods of anger, extreme worrry and extreme upset, and ...

... deficient, whether by OSHA, ABC Shipyard, or through accident or illness. ... EMR) - A rate developed by worker's compensation insurance carriers to ...

Oct 29, 2010 ... means of insurance, worker's compensation, or the like in the event that ... Notify LaRC and NASA Headquarters officials of accidents and ...

... in terms of lost profits. For too long, the construction industry has largely viewed accidents as the cost of doing business. ...

SPACECRAFT ACCIDENTS: EXAMINING THE PAST, IMPROVING THE FUTURE Hubble Recovery with STS. Bryan Palaszewski. working with the. Digital Learning Network ...

Contents: The investigator; Essentials of good investigation; Preaccident planning; Organization of an investigation; Procedures at the scene of the accident; Wreckage recovery and investigation; Witnesses; Records; and Aero-medical.

Reactor accidents and safety measures at nuclear installations are discussed using information from reports on operational accidents and radiation exposure experience within the USAEC, Japan, and the UK. Accident records with detailed data on reactor sites, radioactive substances, possible cause, physical damages, economical ...

Consistent methodology should be adopted in accident analyses sections of SARs. These accident sections should describe both consequence and risk from potential accidents that could occur in a facility being assessed. These analyses should consider three general classes of accidents; they are process related ...

Clastogenic factors are found in the plasma of persons irradiated accidentally or therapeutically. They persisted in the plasma of A-bomb survivors over 30 years. Clastogenic factors were found in 33 or 47 Chernobyl accident recovery workers (often referred to as liquidators) in a previous study. In the present study, we show that ...

Details are given of more than 1,500 60-day-lost-time accidents and contains 12 tables showing different groupings and classifications of these underground accidents in Pennsylvania bituminous mines during 1939. Segregations reveal types and causes of accidents, groups of workers subjected to greatest hazards, ...

We have revised the latest version of MACCS for use with the calculation of doses and health risks to on-site workers for postulated accidents at the Rocky Flats Plant (RFP) in Colorado. The modifications fall into two areas: (1) an improved estimate of shielding offered by buildings to workers that remain indoors; and, (2) an improved ...

This report describes the 11 year medical course of Harold R. McCluskey, a Hanford nuclear chemical operator, who, at age 64, was involved in an accident in an americium recovery facility in August 1976. As a result of the accident, he was heavily contami...

This report provides an overview of the containers that are currently stored at Pantex and available for use in response to an accident or for use in any other application where a sealed containment vessel and accident resistant overpack may be needed.

The groundwater level of the Tokyo area had declined to about 60 m below the surface because of excess withdrawal of groundwater from various aquifers. Many construction workers died due to oxygen deficiency at construction sites from 1960 to 1980, the period of decreasing groundwater level. The compressed air in pneumatic foundation construction sites passed easily through ...

Spent fuel casks and other large radioactive material packages have been examined to determine whether the designs are adequate to allow the casks to be recovered using conventional recovery methods following a transportation accident. Casks and similar p...

An Accident Recovery Model (ARM) for recreational boating accidents is presented. Its development and application are described. The model is used to estimate the benefits of regulatory programs in four recovery problem areas. Methods and problems in bene...

... for accidental release of large quantities of toxic chemicals and also recovery operations for accidents involving nuclear-powered space devices. ...

A fatal accident in which a steel worker fell into an industrial waste pit in Pennsylvania was investigated. A mobile crane was being used to change a steam operated vertical pump in the pit. The steel worker, a 58 year old man, fell into the waste pit an...

A construction worker was electrocuted when the boom of a crane contacted a 13 kilovolt power line. He had been guiding a load attached to the crane when the accident occurred. The company employed 44 workers and was involved in installation of water, sew...

Common ECS Operator Functions Performed with EMC NetWorker . ...... EMC's NetWorker is a set of three components: Administration, Backup, and Recovery - ...

Recently the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) for the Plutonium Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Technical Area 55 (TA-55) was revised and submitted to the US. Department of Energy (DOE). As a part of this effort, over seventy Process Hazards Analyses (PrHAs) were written and/or revised over the six years prior to the FSAR revision. TA-55 is a research, development, and production ...

Despite the all precautions, underground coal mining is one of the dangerous industries owing to fatal occupational accidents. Accidents are complicated events to which many factors effect on their formation and preventing them is only possible by the analyses of the accident occurred in past and by straight evaluation of the obtained ...

This book is the story of the TMI accident told by those who were there; the scientists and engineers at the utility operating the reactor and at the national laboratories that analyzed the accident. The first section describes the accident; the second focuses on the chemical aspects involved; and the third examines the strategy and ...

Accidents in the chemical industry can have serious consequences for workers, communities, and the environment and are thus highly relevant to public health. This article is the result of an occupational surveillance project involving several public institutions. We analyze 800 work-related accidents that resulted in injuries, ...

Fourteen nuclear criticality accidents that occurred in Russia between 1953 and 1997 are described. These accidents are significant because of the loss of control of special nuclear material and the resultant radiation doses to personnel, potential damage to equipment, and release of radioactive material to the workplace and the environment. A qualitative ...

Fourteen non-reactor nuclear criticality accidents that occurred in Russia between 1953 and 1997 are described. These accidents are significant because of the loss of control of special nuclear material and the resultant radiation doses to personnel, potential damage to equipment, and release of radioactive material to the workplace and the environment. A ...

This descriptive and exploratory study from a quantitative approach aimed to characterize workers who were victims of work accidents related to human body fluids exposure and to evaluate the accident victim care protocol. The population consisted of 48 workers who were victims of work accidents ...

. The WIPP SAR makes extensive use of a non-deterministic approach to accident analyses, whereby frequency to individual site workers from various postulated accidents resulting in the release of respirable TRU estimates and failure rates are used to screen out a number of accidents. The bounding ...

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or students. For example, a principle investigator in charge of a research laboratory or a technician of the workers or students under their direction. Principle investigators are responsible for the safety Policy #7 Safety 7. Accident Investigations The purpose of incident-accident reporting is to prevent

... on-site radiation cleanup workers after the 1986 Chernobyl power plant accident in Ukraine (20�23). Finger- ... occurred, notably from the 1986 reactor accident at Chernobyl (7), atmospheric releases from ...

... A. G. Tsov'yanov. Retrospective Dosimetry of Accident Remediation Personnel at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Seda-Style, Kiev, 1996. Ministry of Atomic Energy of the USSR, Standards of Radiation Safet...

... 2.0.CO;2 Late Effects of the Chernobyl Radiation Accident on T Cell-Mediated Immunity in ... and Belyakov, I. M. Late Effects o...

The case of the electrocution of a worker at a construction site on October 15, 1982 was investigated. The employee at the time of the accident was working for a welding company doing general construction and fabricated steel activities. The victim, a tru...

The purpose of the study was to test data collection procedures and measures for subsequent use in multivariate studies turgid at explaining the impact of cardiovascular fitness on hospital workers' absenteeism, accident incidence and health care utilizat...

There are many tasks in an auto repair and body shop where accidents may occur. A worker is subject to a variety of hazards and is required to exercise caution in performance of his everyday duties in order to prevent accidents. During periods of peak act...

... and Nagasaki (1, 2) and the accidents at Chernobyl (3�9) and Goiania (10�12). In addition, ... in humans exposed to ionising radiation during the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. Mutat. Res 311:39�...

Aviation accidents attributable to coronary artery disease have always generated undue publicity and alarm. Some workers in the field believe that flying (total hours flown) as well as type of aircraft affect the health of the coronary arteries. The prese...

This research was an information gathering effort designed to provide background data on the existing personal protective equipment (PPE) usage patterns in foundries. In addition a set of foundry accident data was evaluated to identify accident/injury tre...

A survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of workers in selected occupations who suffered impact injuries or chemical burns to the eye showed that almost 3 out of 5 were not wearing eye protection at the time of the accident. The typical eye injury was c...

Accidents involving exposure to radiation or radioactive materials may involve an unusual degree of emotional trauma. Methods that may be employed in dealing with such trauma are discussed in relation to a specific accident in which a radiation worker was injured and seriously contaminated with 241Am. PMID:6629780

Accidents involving exposure to radiation or radioactive materials may involve an unusual degree of emotional trauma. Methods that may be employed in dealing with such trauma are discussed in relation to a specific accident in which a radiation worker was injured and seriously contaminated with americium-241.

Apart from the dramatic increase in thyroid cancer in those exposed as children, there is no evidence to date of a major public health impact as a result of radiation exposure due to the Chernobyl accident in the three most affected countries (Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine). Although some increases in the frequency of cancer in exposed populations have been reported ,these ...

Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health studied mining accidents that involved a worker entangled in, struck by, or in contact with machinery or equipment in motion. The motivation for this study came from the large number of severe accidents, i.e. accidents resulting in a fatality ...

... Workers' compensation is the government-mandated insurance program that provides ... only a small part of the true costs of accident- related injuries ...

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 ...

Workers close to the reactor could be affected by External exposure to highly radioactive materials within the reactor External contamination by radioactivity released and...

Jun 16, 2011 ... Description: Logging accidents are costly. They may bring pain to injured workers , hardship to their families, and higher insurance premiums ...

... a lack of knowledge about the reasons workers do not have health insurance. ... the uninsured most often are for maternity cases and accidents (see p ...

In the text that follows, the major hazards to residents of the farm community will be presented. Farm accidents, toxic chemicals, gaseous hazards, physical and environmental hazards, zoonoses, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, other respiratory hazards, and ...

Especially traumatic are incidents resulting from a suicide, deliberate injury, or an accident. Co-workers will have an especially difficult time coping if ...

A study of records for 1 large U.S. company revealed that employees with positive drug screens were fired, whereas workers who self-disclosed drug/alcohol problems remained employed. Both groups were offered substance abuse intervention, and some previously fired workers were rehired after they received treatment. Accident results ...

... Cost of a New Lost-Time Case Under Three Different Workers' Compensation Insurance Programs ... Notes: Accident year dates are as follows: ...

The study is concerned with the problem of securing the participation of the survivors of a nuclear attack in an organized recovery effort. It describes the potential effects on motivation and organization of the different localized perspectives in which ...

The assistance of farm owners, managers, agricultural workers, and equipment manufacturers in the prevention of electrocutions while moving metal grain augers was requested by NIOSH. A total of five fatalities occurred in two accidents while farm workers ...

Communicate to eligible employees that failure to accept a modified duty assignment opportunity may result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attachment1 USM POLICY ON ACCIDENT LEAVE FOR EXEMPT AND NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES of Personnel Services (301) 405-0193 Employee Relations Office (Jennifer Smith) #12;Workers' Compensation Program

This overview of worker health & safety issues for automotive workers from the International Labour Organization contains helpful information including accident, physical, chemical, and biological hazards. There are preventative measures, and specialized information including definitions, equipment, and references.

This project has established the techncal merit and feasibilty of using ultrasonic technology in developing electronic safety devices, to protect constrction workers from two of the major construction worksite accidents: (1) 'struck-by', 'struck-against',...

This paper presents qualitative results from interviews with knowledge workers about their recovery strategies after interruptions. Special focus is given to when these strategies fail due to the nature of the interruption and existing computer support. P...

The functional-and-metabolic status of neutrophil granulocytes was studied in liquidators of consequences of the accident (LCA) at the Chernobyl nuclear power station (CNPS) by using the nitroblue tetrazolium test (NTT). Tests, involving the recovery of nitroblue tetrazolium in both spontaneous and stimulated variants, were made in LCAs and the obtained ...

dismantlement. As part of the plutonium recovery process, workers use hydrogen instead of nitric acid to convert the nuclear pit into plutonium oxide, completely eliminating...

A data base and methodology useful for the quantitative estimation of worker hazards in hypothetical technologies is proposed. The hazard to workers is partitioned into categories of accident sources and injury-types. The probability of experiencing a specified rate in each category is estimated from data on a selected group of ...

This report discusses the CONTAIN/SR computer code, developed at the Savannah River Technology Center and Sandia National Laboratories for Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) applications, which is used to analyze K Reactor plant conditions following a design basis earthquake to assist post-accident recovery planning. The postulated event, a ...

This report discusses the CONTAIN/SR computer code, developed at the Savannah River Technology Center and Sandia National Laboratories for Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) applications, which is used to analyze K Reactor plant conditions following a design basis earthquake to assist post-accident recovery planning. The postulated event, a ...

The groundwater leve in the Tokyo area had declined to about 60 m below the surface because of excess withdrawal of groundwater from various aquifers. Many construction workers died due to oxygen deficiency at construction sites from 1960 to 1980, the period of decreasing groundwater level. The compressed air in pneumatic foundation construction sites passed easily through the ...

The case of a 52 year old male maintenance worker who died after falling headfirst into a sawdust silo was examined. He worked for a furniture manufacturer which employed 275 full time workers including six maintenance workers. The company had a written s...

There is a need for pre-disaster recovery planning. The Department of Defense has recognized that need by strongly emphasizing recovery planning and coordination in its CSEP program. CSEPP is the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program. It was d...

It is important to understand and model the chemical and physical behavior of vapor iodine species in containment environments for the following reasons: This behavior can contribute significantly to severe accident source terms; the development of accident mitigation or management strategies (e.g., an effective filter system); for long-term clean-up and ...

The global mining industry keeps expanding, and projects are often started in areas previously considered too remote. Due to worker beliefs about safety, and the diversity of cultures in remote projects, the measurement and management of human fatigue is complex. This paper reports on five studies from companies in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, where ...

A computer modeling code, CRIT8, was written to allow prediction of the radiological doses to workers and members of the public resulting from these postulated maximum-effect accidents. The code accounts for the relationships of the initial parent radionuclide inventory at the time of the accident to the growth of radioactive daughter ...

In order to assess the impact of the accident at the Three Mile Island (TMI), telephone interviews were conducted six months later with 324 nuclear workers assigned to TMI and 298 workers assigned to a comparison plant at Peach Bottom (PB). Examination of PB-TMI differences, stratified by supervisory status, revealed the following: ...

In order to assess the impact of the accident at the Three Mile Island (TMI), telephone interviews were conducted six months later with 324 nuclear workers assigned to TMI and 298 workers assigned to a comparison plant at Peach Bottom (PB). Examination of PB-TMI differences, stratified by supervisory status, revealed that: (1) TMI ...

Due to accident severity and the extent of claim payments commuting accidents are a significant expense factor in the German industry. Therefore the aim of the present study was the identification of risk factors for commuting accidents in a German chemical company. A retrospective analysis of commuting accidents ...

Spent fuel casks and other large radioactive material packages have been examined to determine whether the designs are adequate to allow the casks to be recovered using conventional recovery methods following a transportation accident. Casks and similar packages are typically designed with, and handled by, trunnions that support the package during ...

Spent fuel casks and other large radioactive material packages have been examined to determine whether the designs are adequate to allow the casks to be recovered using conventional recovery methods following a transportation accident. Casks and similar packages are typically designed with, and handled by, trunnions that support the package during ...

Agriculture is one of the most accident-prone industries in the United States. In 1990, the occupational injury incidence rate per 100 full-time workers in production agriculture was 12.3 on farms employing 11 or more workers, compared with 8.3 for all in...

The role of a biology and health physics organization in the development and operation of a nuclear power program is indicated. Maximum permissible doses for workers are discussed. Dosages received by workers at AECL for normal operation and for the NRU Reactor accident are summarized. Decontamination of buildings and ...

On May 4, 1985 at 12:30 p.m. a 28-year-old workman for an outdoor advertising company was in the process of changing the ad on a billboard when the accident occurred. The worker had finished work on the bottom of the billboard and was attempting to place ...

Accidental exposures to blood and biological material were the most frequent and potentially serious accidents in healthcare workers, reported in the Prevention of Occupational Risks Unit within 2002. BACKGROUND: Evaluate the biological percutaneous accidents decrease after a progressive introduction of safety devices. Biological ...

This study highlights the most typical accidents encountered by assembly workers employed in a variety of different workshops at a large automobile and truck factory in Sweden. Following site visits and the collection of data from accident registers, statistics on 28 accident characteristics were compiled on the ...

In 2000 in Italy about 470,000 workers found jobs provided by Temporary Work Agencies, i.e., more than twice the number in 1999. Temporary Work is an expanding phenomenon since it well suits the flexibility requirements of business: 77% of Temporary Work is in the manufacturing industry, involving mostly unskilled workers. The young age, low level of ...

The US Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to construct and operate the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The goals of the NIF are to (1) achieve fusion ignition in the laboratory for the first time by using inertial confinement fusion (ICF) technology based on an advanced-design neodymium glass solid-state laser, and (2) conduct high-energy-density experiments in support of national security and ...

The prevention of accidents at work in Italy is a target still to be reached for the safety of workers in workplaces, despite the innovative provisions introduced by the Legislative Decree 81/08 and the decrease of the number of total and fatal accidents occurred in the period 2001-2008, as reported in the statistics of the Italian ...

The major Columbia recovery efforts in East Texas required a cast of ... Ed Mango, who served as recovery director for about three and a half months. ... Space program workers said their service in the field was a life-altering experience. ...

Data and cost figures indicate clearly that the accident incidence in West Virginia is entirely too high and that state officials, mine managements, and coal-mine workers must cooperate to reduce the exceptionally high accident rate, which on a man-hour basis is about twice that of the neighboring state of Pennsylvania; operating ...

The fatal accident circumstance and epidemiology report on an incident involving an electrocution is presented. A construction company was in the process of laying sections of concrete water pipe in the Arizona desert when the fatal accident occurred. The...

This article reviews the April 26, 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. The information presented was gathered through talks between the author and scientists, citizens, and hospital workers in Belarus and Ukraine, as well as from library research. What is currently believed to have occurred at the time of the accident is related. The short and long term ...

Widespread use of radionuclides in medicine and industry poses the possibility of radiation accidents. The authors describe such an occurrence involving three industrial workers. The accident resulted from careless handling of a Cs-137 source. Evaluation of the Cs-137 whole body burden was carried out using stationary and scanning ...

An accident is described, involving the explosion of an ion-exchange column containing about 100 g of /sup 241/Am. A chemical operator was injured in this accident, receiving acid burns and superficial cuts on the upper part of his body. From 1 to 5 curies of /sup 241/Am is estimated to have been deposited on the injured worker and on ...

An accident is described which involved the explosion of an ion-exchange column containing about 100 g of 241Am. A chemical operator was injured in this accident, receiving acid burns and superficial cuts on the upper part of his body. From 1 to 5 Ci of 241Am is estimated to have been deposited on the injured worker and on his ...

The severity of occupational accidents suffered by construction workers at different hours of the day is analyzed in this study. It may be seen that the interval of time between 13:00 and 17:00 has incomprehensibly high rates of severe and fatal accidents in comparison with any other. We associate this higher ...

Half of all Swedish forests are owned by private individuals, and at least 215,000 people work in these privately owned forest holdings. However, only lethal accidents are systematically monitored among self-employed forest workers. Therefore, data from the registries of the Swedish Work Environment Authority, the Labor Insurance Organization and the ...

Accident Prevention Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Underground Storage Tanks Resource and Conservation Recovery Act Superfund Within EPA's waste and cleanup...

... fatigue, unit recovery from fatal training accidents, mass casualty stress on a military hospital staff, military teens in Europe, role of alcohol abuse in ...

Accident Prevention Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Underground Storage Tanks Resource and Conservation Recovery Act Superfund Additional OUST Information: OUST Web...

Accident Prevention Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Underground Storage Tanks Resource and Conservation Recovery Act Superfund Additional FFRRO Information: FFRRO...

Following the Colombia accident, the Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMU) onboard ISS were unused for

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 Administration between 1994--1996. ...

BackgroundIn 1992 a cargo aircraft crashed into a residential area of Amsterdam. A troublesome aftermath followed, with rumors on potential toxic exposures and health consequences. Health concerns remained even though no excess morbidity was predicted in retrospective risk evaluations. This study aimed to assess to what extent the rescue workers attribute long-term physical ...

A Worker Safety Assessment Methodology has been developed to assess the risks to workers from radiological accidents at non-reactor nuclear facilities. The methodology utilizes Process Hazards Analysis, proposed risk goals, and Quantitative Risk Analysis. The first phase of a trial application of the methodology to a nuclear facility ...

An essential part of Integrated Safety Management is the identification of hazards in the workplace and the assessment of possible consequences of accidents involving those hazards. The process of hazard classification suggested by the DOE orders on Safety Analysis is the formalization of this identification and assessment for hazards that might cause harm to the public or ...

Several workers were moving scaffolding when it contacted a 13,750 volt overhead powerline, killing two of the workers and injuring five others. The victims worked for a general contractor with no written safety policy or established safety program. On th...

A sanitation worker died when he fell from the loading step of a trash collection vehicle, and the vehicle ran over him. The 41-year old man had been employed as a sanitation worker by the city for 23 years. The victim was assigned to accompany a coworker...

The case of a construction worker who died when she fell from a high rise office complex was examined. The worker was employed by a multistate multidivisional corporation employing 14,000 workers in its construction division. There was a comprehensive wri...

OBJECTIVES--To describe the nationwide occurrence of work related musculoskeletal injuries among all home care service workers in Sweden, and to identify relative risks and risk factors of the injuries. METHODS--The study was based on work related injuries reported to the Swedish occupational injury information system in 1990-1. The work related musculoskeletal injuries were ...

An accidental critical excursion took place in the plutonium recovery plant of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory on Dec. 30, 1958. The average whole-body dose in the lethal caee wse estimated at between 3900 and 4900 rads, with the incident dose to the upper abdomen calculated to be approximately 12000 rads of neutrons plus gamma radiation. Two other ...

This paper presents the methods for developing accident categories and accident frequencies for internally initiated accidents at hazardous waste storage facilities (HWSFs) at US Department of Energy (DOE) sites. This categorization is a necessary first step in evaluating the risk of accidents to ...

An investigation was carried out into the causes of accidents to farm workers operating post-driver fencing machines. The approach included analysis of HSE accident reports plus observation of post-drivers in action followed by discussions with the operators. A number of causes of accidents were highlighted, the ...

The Edge Hill railway accident occurred on Sunday 9 May 1999 in Liverpool, England. An Engineers' scrap train struck a plant quality supervisor. This paper presents the results of a systemic analysis of the accident. The methodology has been to compare the features of the Edge Hill accident with the structural organization (i.e. ...

The accident analysis of the upgrade uranium recovery system indicated three potential hazards: (1) criticality, (2) toxic fumes from nitric acid solutions, and (3) release of toxic uranyl nitrate solutions. Any of these are capable of causing the death o...

Emergency planning for an unintended release of chemical agent from the nation's chemical weapons stockpile should include preparation for. the period following implementation of immediate emergency response. That period -- the recovery, reentry, and rest...

The health status of some 6,000 workers from Latvia who went to clean-up the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (CNPP) site following the explosion on 26 April 1986 has been analyzed. The data on these workers have been recorded in the Latvian State Register of Occupational disease patients and people exposed to ionizing radiation due to Chernobyl NPP ...

The Chemical Technology Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory has prepared a set of documents that evaluate a Partitioning-Transmutation (PT) fuel cycle relative to a Reference cycle employing conventional fuel-material recovery methods. The PT cycle uses enhanced recovery methods so that most of the long-lived actinides are recycled to nuclear ...

The present study is based on an analysis of routinely submitted reports of occupational accidents experienced by the workers of industrial enterprises under the jurisdiction of Kagoshima Labor Standard Office during a 5-year period 1983 to 1987. Officially notified injuries serious enough to keep employees away from their job for work at least 4 days were ...

Waste management workers are required to participate in special training mandated by a variety of Federal laws and DOE Orders; these include the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act (SARA) as implemented ...

No one, including OSHA, was responsible for collecting information on the total number of response and recovery workers deployed to the Gulf Coast in response to Hurricane Katrina and no one collected it, but 10 federal agencies provided estimates showing...

The study examined the effect of exposure to autopsy workers to formaldehyde using urinary mutagenicity testing with Salmonella typhimurium. A matched control group was also studied. Additional studies including the recovery of histidine from urine sample...

Regarding the seriousness of work-accident in Gorizia district, various organizations as ASL 2 "Isontina" (local health agency), INAIL of Friuli Venezia Giulia (National Institute for occupational accident insurance), trade unions and trade associations created a organization called "Observatory for Working-accidents and Professional ...

Except for infectious diseases all the main occupational hazards affecting health workers are reviewed: accidents (explosions, fires, electrical accidents, and other sources of injury); radiation (stochastic and non-stochastic effects, protective measures, and personnel most at risk); exposure to noxious chemicals, whose effects may be ...

The health problems of maquiladora workers were explored in a sample of 497 workers of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The workers were interviewed using a structured questionnaire containing four sections: a sociodemographic profile, occupational history, working conditions, and a health profile. Overall, 12.6 percent of the ...

This report summarizes the findings of the Accident Investigation Team (Team) assembled in response to a request from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG and E) to the US Department of Energy (DOE) to understand the events surrounding the electric shock of a worker at the PVUSA site in Davis, California and to provide recommendations to prevent such ...

This article reviews the literature on mental health of volunteers after working in disasters. When mobilized they often are a community's major source for rescue and recovery. PsychINFO, PubMED, and Web of Science were searched for relevant articles published until October 2009. Of 448 articles screened, only 9 articles fulfilled our inclusion criteria. They examined the ...

One method used by the Department of Energy (DOE) to promote worker safety is through the Department`s accident investigation program. The objectives of the program are, among other things, to enhance safety and health of employees, to prevent the recurrence of accidents, and to reduce accident fatality rates and ...