... Descriptors : (*AUSTRALIA, ACCIDENTS), (*ACCIDENTS, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS), MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE ...

Page 1. Guidance for Industry Errors and Accidents Regarding ... 1 GUIDANCE FOR INDUSTRY1 Errors and Accidents Regarding Saline Dilution of Samples Used for ...

... face. This may be the result of a motor vehicle accident, industrial accident, recreational/sports injury, or other accident. ...

Shows the value of supervisors investigating accidents in the mining industry, to enlighten them to the various kinds of accidents, their causes, and prevention.

... Accession Number : ADD344507. Title : Accidents in Industrial Radiography and Lessons to be Learned; IAEA Safety Report,. Corporate Author : ...

... ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS, INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE, SAFETY, INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE, PREVENTION, RADIATION HAZARDS, CASE ...

The author reviews previous research published in the area of industrial accidents. The review is limited to those studies which have established some behavioral cause in the impact of accidents. The effect of individual differences of the employee as a c...

Accident Insurance allows compensation in the form of a life .... necessary according to the Law on Industrial Accident Insurance ...

Accidents in Utah coal mines are considered in comparison with morbidity rates for typhoid and smallpox.

... Title : A Causes-and-Effect Analysis of Industrial Robot Accidents from Four Countries. Descriptive Note : Conference paper,. Corporate Author : ...

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.

The radioisotope or ionizing radiation medical or industrial use may generate accidents where human beings are exposed to very high doses. The accident frequency is increasing quickly because of the industrial source use development. The accidents don't c...

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 ...

... Accession Number : ADP003312. Title : Relationships of Biorhythms and Categories of Industrial Accidents on an Air Force Installation,. ...

... Insurance carriers assign to these ... substantiated by the findings of Morris D. Schulsinger who analyzed 27,000 industrial accidents and concluded ...

... INDUSTRY, ORIFICES, ACCIDENTS, SKIN DISEASES, INDUSTRIAL PERSONNEL, PLUGGING, OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES, CYSTS, ACNE ...

... used in battery operations, blindness ... ACCIDENTS, *PRIMARY BATTERIES, MAINTENANCE ... STATES, INDUSTRIES, HAZARDS, CHEMICALS ...

... Descriptors : *BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS, *CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, ACCIDENTS, PAPER INDUSTRY, THESES, DATA ...

After describing the socio-economic background of the 18th and early 19th centuries, this article explains the parliamentary initiatives undertaken by the newly-independent Belgian state. The Industrial Accidents Act was passed in 1903, together with other social legislation and created a new area of law, separate from the civil law. In the course of the ...

The summary includes descriptions of serious accidents for l959 and 1960, AEC industrial injury frequency rates, criticality accidents, radiation exposures, accidents involving radioactive materials in AEC activities during 1959 and 1960, and accidents involving fatalities in AEC ...

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 emergency management is examined. The roles played by ...

Pertinent statistical information, including distribution, causes, and costs of accidents in petroleum industry of Oklahoma in 1937 are tabulated and analyzed; record is compared with that of 1923 for purpose of gaging effectiveness of industry's safety activities.

Why worry about accidents? Gore Commission Recommendation 1.1 - Government and industry should establish a national goal to reduce the aviation fatal ...

... nuclear industrial accidents, such as the 1986 nuclear reactor accident at a power station in Chernobyl, Ukraine. ... All rights reserved. A single copy of these materials may be reprinted for noncommercial personal use only. " ...

... as auto accidents, drownings, home Iand industrial accidents, heart attacks ... the standards advanced by the American Insurance Association which ...

This study by the Steel Industry Safety and Health Commission was made within the context of the application by undertakings of the principles of accident and disease prevention previously adopted by the said Commission. It puts forward recommendations fo...

To begin a zero accident campaign for industry, the first thing is to estimate the industrial accident rate and the zero accident time systematically. This paper considers the social and technical change of the business environment after beginning the zero accident campaign ...

The 1999 accident at the Tokaimura nuclear fuel processing plant near Tokyo is the context for a student discussion on nuclear power and the consequences of a nuclear accident. The case covers issues ranging from chemical process safety to risk management of chemical industries to the ethical responsibilities of the chemical engineer.

The Bureau of Mines manual is oriented to the technical needs of an investigation of fire or explosion accidents and includes various practical and theoretical information that is needed in analyzing accidents or evaluating conditions that might lead to a...

The ultimate goal of this research effort was to gather information on the costs of marine accidents and to estimate the share of those costs that might be avoided (i.e., benefits gained) through implementation of proactive accident prevention programs by...

Cheap and clean energy can be supplied with nuclear power plant whose accident probability is very low comparing with that of the other industrial facilities. However, the consequences of severe accident of nuclear power plant may result in a critical imp...

Regulation applicable to industries wherever they employ insured persons who are subject to the effect of noise are presented. Noise in the sense of this accident prevention regulation is sound (din) which can damage the hearing or result in special accid...

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 U.S. Bureau of Mines report identifies and evaluates factors responsible for dump-point accidents involving mobile mining equipment. Information regarding the occurrence and severity of the accidents, the industries affected, the types of equipment in...

Our Programs Our Partners Information Sources Accident Epidemiology and the RMP Rule: Learning from a Decade of Accident History Data for the U.S. Chemical Industry Report...

The research for this study is based on interviews with personnel from OSHA, the maritime trade association, union representatives, managers of longshoring establishments, and longshoremen. accidents statistics and man-hour data, almost 7000 accident repo...

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 provide guidance to the ...

In October 1894 was held in Milan the III Congr�s International des Accidents du Travail et des Assurances Sociales. 747 delegates participated, coming from 16 nations. In this Congress the theme of a special medical assistance in the industrial accidents was approached for the first time in Italy. In March, 1895 also the Milanese ...

Results are provided of a Japan-wide survey of 190 industrial plants which use robots in the production process. The primary purpose is to give, for the first time, a true picture of the incidence and nature of injurious accidents involving robots. A cons...

Statistical techniques are developed to estimate the progress made by the nuclear industry in learning to prevent accidents. Learning curves are derived for accident occurrence rates based on acturial data, predictions are made for the future, and compact...

Job-site accidents take a serious toll on the $300 billion-a-year United States construction industry. Work-related injuries and illnesses in construction occur at a rate that is 54% higher than the rate for all industries, making it one of the most dange...

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

... in the following areas: health effects of exposure to radiation, possible consequences resulting from accidents, and nuclear nonproliferation. ...

... events have fortunately occurred infrequently as compared to accidents and natural ... Terrorism Risk Modeling for the Insurance Industry: The RMS ...

Preliminary figures for 1933 are given on fatal and nonfatal accidents in the coal, metal, and nonmetallic mineral, quarrying, and petroleum industries.

Psychophysiological factors are not uncommon terms in the aviation incident/accident investigation sequence where human error is involved. It is highly suspect that the same psychophysiological factors may also exist in the industrial arena where operator personnel function; but, there is little evidence in literature indicating how management and ...

... of self- defense best practices in the shipping and insurance industries. ... coast in April 2009 illustrate a pattern of similar accidents which continues. ...

The NASA plan for meeting the national safety goal is to develop technologies that reduce aircraft accident, fatality, and injury rates. ...

... use outdated and obsolete technology, warn that ... of adequate new technologies and the ... major industrial accidents and their transboundary effects. ...

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 ...

... potential hazards involved with industrial robots and the need for safety requirements. But a minimum record of accidents caused by robot makes it ...

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

Industrial espionage. Modes of Attack. " Impersonation. - Hijacking (devices, sessions, authenticators). - IP spoofing. " Denial of service. Accidents ...

... ACCIDENTS, UNITED STATES, INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, INDUSTRIES ... CASUALTIES, PERSONNEL, WORK, MORTALITY RATE, AGRICULTURE. ...

The video is designed to deal with the skill and knowledge necessary to recognize hazards in the workplace and to promote practices that will help prevent injuries and accidents related to the carpenter in the longshore industry.

... INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE, ORAL INTAKE, RABBITS, WHITE(COLOR), ACCIDENTS, CONVULSIVE DISORDERS, DERMATOLOGY, NEW ZEALAND. ...

Are natural disasters and industrial accidents that involve hazardous substances becoming more frequent and severe This is one of the questions researchers at Resources for the Future attempted to answer by developing a database on natural disasters and industrial accidents that occurred worldwide during the years ...

In the UK a number of high severity rail accidents, combined with structural change in the rail industry led to the need for revised accident investigation procedures. The revised procedure addressed identified issues with accident investigation, but to ensure maximum benefit in terms of identification of ...

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 ...

Some suggestions to revitalize the US coal industry are put forward. These include improving and refining the regulatory process and reducing accidents in coal mines.

This publication is designed to encourage electronics industry employers to review and strengthen overall safety and health precautions to guard against workplace accidents, injuries, and illnesses. It contains discussions of the various hazards in the in...

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 ...

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) is the development of ...

Risks associated with power generation must be identified to make intelligent choices between alternate power technologies. Radionuclide air stack emissions for a single coal plant and a single nuclear plant are used to compute the single plant leukemia incidence risk and total industry leukemia incidence risk. Leukemia incidence is the response variable as a function of ...

Multi-media Compliance Assistance Guide for the Ammonia Refrigeration Industry Both EPA and the Wharton School of Business have analyzed EPA = s Risk Management Plan (RMP) data on the chemical accident history of different industries. Nationally, the industry that was found to ...

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. The nuclear industry is considered to include all work with ionizing radiations and radioactive materials,...

The Savannah River Site (SRS) Safety Analysis Report (SAR) covering K reactor operation assesses a spectrum of design basis accidents. The assessment includes estimation of the dose consequences from the analyzed accidents. This report discusses the methodology used to perform the dose analysis reported in the SAR and also includes the quantified doses. ...

The Bureau of Mines manual is oriented to the technical needs of an investigation of fire or explosion accidents and includes various practical and theoretical information needed in analyzing accidents or evaluating conditions that might lead to an accident. It is applicable to accidents in the chemical, mining, ...

The objective of this report is to provide an assessment of the current light water reactor experience regarding accident management programs and associated technology developments. This assessment for light water reactor (LWR) designs is provided as a resource and reference for the development of accident management capabilities for the production ...

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 or permanent ...

This paper examines the statistical properties of estimates of fatal accident rates, mean fatalities per accident, and fatality rates when these estimates are based on past accident data. The statistical properties are illustrated by two long-term transport fatal accident datasets from Great Britain, the principal ...

In response to the chemical accident that occurred in Bhopal, India, in 1984, and a series of large chemical accidents in the United States in the late 1980s, the U.S. Congress passed a series of laws intended to minimize the likelihood and consequences o...

Information is presented on accidents andd incidents occurring during 1961 and 1962 in plants owned and operated by the AEC. Revised reporting requirements established by the AEC in April 1962 are outlined. Data are summarized on radiation exposure of AEC contractor personnel, accidents involving radioactive materials, andd ...

Severe-accident management is one of the important safety concerns of the nuclear industry and regulatory organizations. Mitsubishi Atomic Power and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan have developed a severe-accident simulator with the ability to display plant thermal-hydraulic behavior visually in order to ...

Almost all nuclear facilities have the potential to generate aerosols. Obvious sources include normal industrial processes such as cutting, grinding, and welding operations, and industrial accidents such as fires, chemical explosions, transportation accidents, etc. In addition, potentially large aerosol releases ...

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 ...

Accident statistics in the mining industry are reviewed. It is considered the most hazardous of major industries of the United States. Accident rates indicate definitely that safety conditions in mining have been improving slowly but steadily in spite of fact that coal mines of this country have much poorer rate ...

Because the goal of emergency preparedness for both chemical and nuclear hazards is to reduce human exposure to hazardous materials, this paper examines the interchange of lessons learned from emergency planning and accident experience in both industries. While the concerns are slightly different, sufficient similarity is found for each to draw ...

In the frame of the Accidental Risk Assessment Methodology for Industries (ARAMIS) project, this paper aims at presenting the work carried out in the part of the project devoted to the definition of accident scenarios. This topic is a key-point in risk assessment and serves as basis for the whole risk quantification. The first result of the work is the ...

The author considered medical consequences of radiation accidents on Industrial Association "Mayak" (radioactive waste discharge into Techa river and accident in 1957). Results of longstanding observations helped to evaluate health state of people exposed to radiation and their descendants. PMID:16381478

An unusual case of homicide is reported. A driver of an excavator killed his foreman by using the scoops of his machine and tried to feign an industrial accident. The man was convicted by the autopsy findings because his testimony could not explain the severe injuries. PMID:1482230

Soon after the Space Shuttle Columbia accident occurred last year, a group of CFD analysts from NASA centers and private industry was organized to help determine the cause of the accident. This group was under the direction of the Applied Aeroscience and ...

still harbor for Exxon 15 years after an accident where the oil tanker Valdez precipitated one, but Exxon (now ExxonMobil) was and is heavily criticized for both the accident and its handling of it. Consequently, and despite its unequivocal corporate success in the oil and gas industry, the Exxon brand

The purpose of the symposium was to discuss with railroad, rail transit industries, and government agencies, their roles in accident investigations conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board. The symposium included presentations covering the Sa...

Psychophysiological factors are not uncommon terms in the aviation incident/accident investigation sequence where human error is involved. It is highly suspect that the same psychophysiological factors may also exist in the industrial arena where operator...

Many accidents occur in the mining industry as a result of the instability of material during handling and processing operation. Accidents due to dump point instability at stockpiles, and at spoil or waste piles, for example, occur with alarming frequency...

Practices employed in the oxygen systems maintenance programs to minimize both accident probabilities and conse-quences of accidents and/or incidents are described. Appropriate sections of the operations department and industrial gas operating manuals are...

Dr. Bennett Ramberg discusses the nuclear plant safety attitude leading to the Chernobyl accident, he reviews the accident and its immediate impact, and he then considers its long-term impact on the nuclear power-generating industry worldwide. This paper ...

Industrial accidents triggered by natural events (NaTech accidents) are a significant category of industrial accidents. Several specific elements that characterize NaTech events still need to be investigated. In particular, the damage mode of equipment and the specific final scenarios that may ...

The railroad industry's overall safety record has improved over the last decade and most safety trends are moving in the right direction. However, significant train accidents continue to occur, and the train accident rate has not shown substantive improve...

Accidents at grade crossings continue to be the leading cause of fatalities in the railroad industry. A large proportion of these accidents are the result of driver error. The purpose of this report is to review research that addresses driver behavior at ...

Two explosions, one immediately following the other, in Unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union signaled the worst disaster ever to befall the commercial nuclear power production industry. This accident, which occurred at 1:24 a....

and articles which deal with robot safety and robot accidents, ...... Carlson, J . Industrial Robots and Accidents at Work TRITA-A06-0004. (Sweden), ...

A set of candidate accident management strategies, whose purpose is to prevent or mitigate in-vessel core damage, were identified from various NRC and industry reports. These strategies have been grouped by the challenges they are intended to meet, and as...

The Environmental Protection Agencys (EPAs) Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office(CEPPO) leads the effort to deal with chemical accidents. The Agency began its chemical accident prevention program in 1986. To identify the steps that could be taken by industrial fa...

An analysis is presented of the environmental effects of the most serious radiation accident recorded after Chernobyl, which occurred in the formerly secret town of Tomsk-7 in Siberia, Russia, on 6, April 1993. Fortunately, it appears not to have become a major industrial crisis or disaster. The causes of the accident are described. It ...

An analysis is presented of the environmental effects of the most serious radiation accident recorded after Chernobyl, which occurred in the formerly secret town of Tomsk-7 in Siberia, Russia, on 6, April 1993. Fortunately, it appears not to have become a major industrial crisis or disaster. The causes of the accident are described. It ...

The author studied causes of industrial injuries in meat industry of Saratov region. Findings are that frequent causes of accidents include psychophysiologic features of victims and work conditions resulting in fatigue. PMID:15581091

We study the pattern of concentration of industries in EU countries and regions between 1972 and 1995. We find that changes in concentration levels were mainly due to industry mobility rather than historical accidents and past levels of concentration as often argued by the New Economic Geography literature.

These guidelines focus on the environment impact of industrial and technological processes of the chemical industry. They identify the major issues which need consideration when formulating strategies and policies and therefore endeavor to act as a cataly...

INTRODUCTION: The rate for work related accidents in the Spanish mining sector is notably higher than in other countries such as the United States. It produces a very negative impact on the mining industry. This paper is the report of a study on serious and fatal accidents in Spanish mining from 1982-2006. It is based on the reports of ...

The report describes a computer-based model for estimating the tangible costs of injuries and deaths from work-related accidents in underground coal mines. The study undertook to identify and quantify the elements of accident costs, including field visits to coal mines, insurance carriers, and public agencies. The mathematical models developed for each ...

The report presents an abbreviated summary of the accident information developed for the Inherently Safe Mining System (ISMS) project. The objective of the report is to provide information on accidents to individuals in the bituminous coal mining industry in a form it is believed is not currently available from other sources. The hope ...

This work analyses the labour accidents in the greenhouse-construction industry of SE Spain for the period 1999-2007 through a sample of 180 accident reports. The accidents were characterised by studying 5 variables in order to know the day of the week in which the accident occurred, the hour ...

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, ...

This book examines what the author calls �normal� accidents � those that arise in high�risk technological systems from seemingly innocent mishaps � in order to illuminate the nature of the flaws in such systems� design and the need for improved risk assessment. The book begins with a chapter addressing the 1979 severe crisis at the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear ...

A critical review of 34 published severe radiological accidents in industrial gamma radiography, that happened in 15 countries, from 1960 to 1988, was performed. The most frequent causes, consequences and dose estimation methods were analysed, aiming to s...

This book is a comprehensive analysis of occupational stress and accidents among personnel working in the European offshore oil and gas industry. Identifies sources of stress and predicts stressor outcomes. Examines job dissatisfaction, mental well-being and their relation to accidents. Also explores the differences within occupational ...

Japan has the largest world market share of industrial robots and also two fatal accidents due to robots. Ergonomics points of view should be applied to robotics to prevent new types of accidents. The concern of this paper is to explain Japan's situation concerning the installation of robotics and current safety regulations. Three ...

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 ...

Jul 28, 2010 ... When Delta Flight 191 crashed in Dallas, Tex., in early Aug. 1985 killing 135 people, it sparked a government-industry-academia partnership ...

... Symposium - Industry [I World Congress on Chemical and Biological Terrorism ... accident, providing early effective care to victims depends on the ...

... The Air Force footprint in Europe had already ... expansion is intended to improve security in ... natural disasters, industrial or ecological accidents'.] Yes ...

... The Great Midwest Floods in 1993 affected nine states and caused numerous industrial accidents, such as the inundation of water treatment plants ...

The report performs an overview on how to reduce the number of accidents and injuries within plants and gives guidance on how a firm can set up a safety audit program.

... Heinrich, Peterson, & Roos, 1931) axioms of industrial safety, to Bird's (1974) �Domino theory� and Reason's (1990) �Swiss cheese� model of ...

May 13, 2003... response to deaths occurring on center (deemed not to be from natural causes e.g. suspected suicide; industrial or vehicular accident). ...

... industrial accidents; or through terrorist attacks using a radiation dispersal device ... DTPA are usually administered into the blood stream, however in ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 maintains an operational passive midwave/longwave airborne spectrometer system. This system provides near-real-time information on hazardous chemical releases (e.g., chemical constituents, column density and direction) for emergency personnel responding to industrial accidents. ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 maintains an operational passive midwave/longwave airborne spectrometer system. This system provides near-real-time information on hazardous chemical releases (e.g., chemical constituents, column density and direction) for emergency personnel responding to industrial accidents. ...

... Descriptors : *SAFETY, *MOTORCYCLES, SYMPOSIA, MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, MEDICINE, CRASH INJURIES, PROTECTION, TRAINING ...

This report summarizes the 1981 experience and activities of the Monsanto Research Corporation relative to the control of ALO property damage from fires and other accidents.