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exact occupant locations were not known for this accident due to the large number of occupants on the bus and the large loss of life. Therefore, a simulated occupant, representing...

The importance of keeping accident records is stressed. Data are given on compensable and fatal accidents by causes and occupations over a period of years.

were conducted to determine the occupant kinematics during the collision. The occupants were first simulated in the restraint condition similar to the accident scenario....

Occupational accidents in the Finnish local government sector in 2004 are analysed by gender, age and occupation class in order to identify particular risk groups. The accident data are compared with data concerning the number of employees, using frequency distributions and accident incidence ...

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

... Sixty-six percent of the occupants involved in major fire accidents were injured as compared to 11% in other types of major accidents. ...

Occupant Kinematics: The occupant kinematics were investigated for all seven occupants representing the bus passengers. Simulations were run to look at the differences...

... response, this occupant option does permit more direct evaluation of accident severity by ... 7. Injury criteria, including spinal forces anti moments ...

... (Author). Descriptors : *MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, DRIVERS( PERSONNEL), CORRELATION TECHNIQUES. Subject ...

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

A study was made of the Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation (MDAI) accident reports to determine the effectiveness of lap belts for rear seated occupants. After a thorough and clinical examination of data on injured occupants, it was found: (1) that ...

...program of collection, compilation, and analysis of occupational safety and health statistics...occupational injuries and illnesses or accidents which, pursuant to statute or Executive...occupational injuries, illnesses and accidents. Note to § 1960.66: The...

The study collected accident data that would allow determination of the relationships between occupant injury and accident severity. The measure of severity most commonly used to characterize an accident is the velocity change experienced by the passenger...

... OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION ...835.1304 Nuclear accident dosimetry...individuals to radiation from a nuclear accident is possible...involved in a nuclear accident to determine...significant exposures to radiation occurred;...

...accident and fire prevention responsibilities of occupant agencies? 102-74.360 Section 102-74...accident and fire prevention responsibilities of occupant agencies? Each occupant agency must� (a) Participate in at...

...accident and fire prevention responsibilities of occupant agencies? 102-74.360 Section 102-74...accident and fire prevention responsibilities of occupant agencies? Each occupant agency must� (a) Participate in at...

The hospitalization rate for injuries varies widely across U.S. Navy enlisted occupations. Logic suggests that this variation is related to occupational demands. Previous research shows that higher accident rates occur in occupations that demand physical ...

The report is a multidisciplinary investigation of an accident involving one car which hit a tree; four occupants, one fatality (driver). (Author)

Contents: General description of accident; Occupant injury pattern; Occupant kinematics; Recommendations for improved road design.

The purpose of this project was to combine presently available advanced computer modeling techniques for reconstructing a crash sequence to the development of methods for determining occupant contact velocities, impact forces and occupant responses in pas...

1. Brazil's recent industrialization has led to the recognition of occupational health nursing as an important, emerging field. 2. Major occupational health concerns in Brazil include occupational illness and accidents, slavery, and child labor. 3. Legislation must be reformed to allow for the expansion of ...

This study involved a census of 4,491 general aviation accident-involved airmen records for the year 1974 to obtain relevant occupation, age, exposure, and other epidemiologic profile information of a descriptive nature. Population comparison data for occ...

Twenty-four serious case accidents involving various makes of motor vehicles and resulting in occupant deaths were studied by an interdisciplinary team composed of physicians and engineers. Damage to vehicles and injury to occupants are reconstructed from...

Jul 12, 2009 ... Responding to Radiological Events: The CITGO Iridium-192 Accident ( not available ). Employee Assistance Program Breakout ...

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

The report updates an earlier report, 'A Preliminary Report on Trucks in Injury-Producing Accidents', (1) and includes data not presented therein. The present report consists of data on 970 occupants in 680 trucks involved in injury-producing accidents du...

The incidence of single vehicle fatal rollover accidents involving utility vehicles was examined from the FARS file using data from years 1978-1980. Vehicle type was separated into 14 categories and the number of fatal accidents and occupant fatalities wa...

The relativity between economic development and occupational accidents is a debated topic. Compared with the development courses of both economic development and occupational accidents in China during 1953-2008, this paper used statistic methods such as Granger causality test, cointegration test and impulse ...

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 ...

This report describes a method of evaluating the real safety of a car or a design feature by correlating data from mathematical simulations and occupant data from accidents. Extensive accident material with a certain car model is used to describe facial injuries for belted drivers in frontal impacts. In a carefully validated model, ...

U.S. Navy occupations with high on-duty accident rates also tend to have high off-duty accident rates. This association has been interpreted as evidence that some occupations attract personnel whose personality profile includes greater than average risk t...

This pamphlet was prepared by the Environmental Health and Safety Department (EH and S) of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) to provide LBL supervisors with a handy reference to LBL's accident investigation program. The publication supplements the Accident and Emergencies section of LBL's Regulations and Procedures Manual, Pub. 201. The ...

The purpose of this paper is to determine the influence of federal mine safety inspections on underground coal mine accidents. An economic incentives model is developed to relate federal enforcement activities to accident rates. The determinants of accident rates are analyzed for 535 coal mines during the period 1973-75. Estimates ...

The purpose of this paper is to determine the influence of federal mine safety inspections on underground coal mine accidents. An economic incentives model is developed to relate federal enforcement activities to accident rates. The determinants of accident rates are analyzed for 535 coal mines during the period 1973-75. Estimates ...

Scuba diving is an occupation with a still growing expansion. Like every sport it has its own specific pathologies. Some accidents can be very serious and life-threatening. We discuss the 3 main groups of accidents: barotraumatism, gas toxicity and accidents related to aquatic environment. The knowledge of the ...

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

The report is a multidisciplinary investigation of an automobile/beverage truck accident in which the automobile occupants were returning to work from a hurried lunch and the inattentive driver turned left in front of an oncoming truck. The severity was f...

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...

Aims to make meat cutters aware of safety and health provisions of the occupational safety and health act which protect them from job related hazards that cost time, money, discomfort, and disability. Describes the five major causes of accidents: lifting,...

The worldwide incidence of military and civilian over-water helicopter accidents and the problems related to survival are described. Typical accident scenarios are reviewed from the moment the occupant steps onboard a helicopter to the pre-flight briefing...

The worldwide incidence of military and civilian over-water helicopter accidents and the problems related to survival are described. Typical accident scenarios are reviewed from the moment the occupant steps on board a helicopter to the pre-flight briefin...

This AGARDograph describes the worldwide incidence of military and civilian over-water helicopter accidents and the problems related to survival. It reviews the typical accident scenario from the moment the occupant steps on board the helicopter and the p...

The purpose of the project has been to improve and document the methodology for investigating real-world accidents, using computerized vehicle crash and occupant motion simulation models with the objective of: improvement of the quality of biomechanics in...

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...

Oct 5, 2010... Recent trauma from an accident or surgery (especially to legs); Decreased oxygen pressure, Oral contraceptives and hormonal replacement. ...

of 18 of those events. Ten airbag-equipped GA airplane accidents involving 25 occupants met the study criteria and were subjected to a full review and analysis by a...

aviation (GA) airplanes equipped with airbags provide additional protection to occupants in accidents involving survivable forward impacts. Airbags are designed to mitigate...

occurred during the first overturn or if at least two overturns were necessary. The occupants were simulated in the restraint condition similar to the accident, all restrained in...

News & Events. Bus Crashworthiness Schoolbus Accidents and Occupant Protection Systems Disclaimer: Simulations presented below used scene and geological surveys, highway design...

Dec 7, 2010 ... Poor sleep habits can lead to stroke, heart attack, congestive heart failure, excessive daytime sleepiness, worksite and driving accidents, ...

... The composite accident criterion was one limitation. Injuries can be intentional. Accidental injury can occur on the job or away from the workplace. ...

... Descriptors : *Safety belts, *Motor vehicle accidents, Drivers(Personnel), Impact, Steering, Test methods, Computerized simulation, Collisions ...

... Six occupants (four fatalities and two injured victims) were involved in one accident and five (two fatalities and three injured victims) in another. ...

... based on site-specific and accident-specific damage ... inward flying shards could injury occupants ... therefore mitigations to prevent injuries to building ...

... Technology Activity, US Army Aviation Systems Command ... occupant survival in aircraft crashes and ... between structural failures, crash forces, fires ...

BACKGROUND: The occurrence of neoplasms in injury scars - as consequence of occupational accidents - may lead to compensation according to the statutory accident insurance regulations. According to newer regulatory attempts in occupational dermatology, certain criteria have to be met before the diagnosis of a ...

The publications contain information valuable to those engaged in research or statistical analysis of occupational safety and health data. In addition to their historic interest, these publications contain the only information about occupational injury ra...

Existing information is compiled which would assist in determining structural and non-structural safety requirements for guardrails used for the protection of employees against occupational hazards. Critical aspects of guardrail safety are identified thro...

The five papers in the volume describe analyses of fatally-injured pedestrians and occupants by age, based on traffic accident data. All five were written between June 1983 and May 1988. The topics addressed included fatality odds when drivers of differen...

There are numerous elements which can be of assistance when considering or making decisions on matters related to occupational risk prevention: facts and figures from various sources such as statistics, accident descriptions, medical reports and scientifi...

In 1982 nine thousand fatalities occurred from accidents in which motor vehicles rolled over. Despite this number of fatalities, little information exists about occupant dynamics during rollover. Most of the information presented in this paper is derived ...

The report describes the results of an investigation into serious lower limb injuries sustained by both unrestrained and restrained vehicle occupants in road accidents. The primary object of the investigation was to determine not only the cause of injury ...

A series of 55 light-airplane accidents was examined in an effort to demonstrate the role of seats in the genesis of injury in seat occupants. Good engineering design of airplane seats is an important related issue which is not treated in this study. Case...

An occupational safety and health program offered by Housatonic Community College is reviewed. The program is designed to qualify students to perform accident investigations, claim investigations, federal and state standards interpretations, fire protecti...

The purpose of this study was to identify and evaluate potential concepts for reducing injuries to highway occupants and train occupants in rail-highway grade crossing collisions. A review of railroad, highway vehicle, and aviation sources was made. The i...

The study examines the manner in which penal and civil liability contribute to the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases and to the compensation of their victims. It surveys the law and practice of countries with different legal systems with r...

...220.16 and 220.17 to determine when the occupational disability ended. Example 1: The claimant sustained multiple fractures to his left leg in an automobile accident which occurred on June 16, 1982. For a period of 18 months...

All deaths from road accidents in certain areas and periods were studied. Analysis of 224 deaths to car occupants from collisions between cars and lorries showed that such accidents were the commonest cause of death for car occupants on motorways and link roads. The impacts were such that relatively poor protection ...

The purpose of this work was to further the knowledge of contexts surrounding accidents on the level in occupational situations with a view to proposing suitable actions for the prevention of these accidents. The study, undertaken at three establishments belonging to a national rail transport company, was based on quantitative and ...

Occupational medicine and occupational health regulations in Belgium are succinctly presented. Since 1970 a minimum level of appropriate training has been required for conferral of a certificate in occupational medicine. At some universities this training is integrated into a larger programme which meets the requirements of EEC ...

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 ...

BackgroundAs a consequence of the disintegration of the state systems and the expansion of the European Union, there have been marked changes in the political and social affiliations of the countries of Eastern Europe. Of the 22 countries in Northeastern, Centraleastern, Southeastern and Eastern Europe, 12 are now members and 10 are "new" neighbours of the European Union. The ...

As a part of the Accident Initiation and Progression Analysis (AIPA) program, calculations were performed of the occupational dose rates and man-rem exposures from gas-borne and plateout activities in a reference 3000-MW(t) HTGR plant. The study included ...

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 ...

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 qualification, poor training, and lack of ...

Occupational accident rates are high in the developing world and they are among the crucial indicators of work life. The data on serious occupational accidents in three years from the Aegean Region of Turkey were analyzed in order to define the working life situation. The data for 1995-97 were obtained from The ...

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is responsibe for conducting research and developing recommended standards for occupational exposures to chemical and physical hazards, including those which arise in newly developing technology. An assessment of the potential deleterious impact on the occupational ...

During the period 1.1.1984-31.12.1986, 77 accidents caused by breakages of hoses or connections in connection with snap-couplings were notified to the Danish Directorate of National Labour Inspection. These consisted of 33 (42.9%) accidents in connection with employment pressurized air hoses, 25 (32.5%) accidents in connection with ...

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

This paper aims at addressing the interest and appropriateness of performing accident severity analyses that are limited to fatal accident data. Two methodological issues are specifically discussed, namely the accident-size factors (the number of vehicles in the accident and their level of ...

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 ...

This paper addresses safety issues associated with High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes constructed along freeway medians, without physical separation from adjacent traffic. Data associated with operation of such an HOV facility in Southern California are analyzed relative to the pattern of accidents on the facility and the potential role of congestion. ...

Although there have been many reports on injuries to occupants of cars in road traffic accidents, there have been few prospective studies of injuries to pedestrians in such accidents. For this reason a two year prospective study of pedestrians in road traffic accidents in the Oxford region was carried out. The ...

Although there have been many reports on injuries to occupants of cars in road traffic accidents, there have been few prospective studies of injuries to pedestrians in such accidents. For this reason a two year prospective study of pedestrians in road traffic accidents in the Oxford region was carried out. The ...

This book presents the papers given at a conference on occupational safety in coal mines. Topics considered at the conference included roof evaluation, accident prevention programs, accident data analysis, electrical safety, fatal accidents, human factors research, training, strata control, supports, and ground ...

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

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

The report details a catastrophe theory model of the accident process with empirical validation. According to the cusp model, two distinct levels of risk can be observed for a distribution of group accident rates, one at 0.0 Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA)-reportable accidents per 100 person-years ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to section sign 202 of the German Social Security Code VII, individuals diagnosed with bladder cancer or renal cell cancer who had been occupationally exposed to carcinogens known to induce cancer in these human tissues must be reported to the statutory accident insurance. In this paper, the course of the administrative procedure, particularly ...

The testimony reports concerns of NIOSH regarding proposed revisions to the recordkeeping guidelines for occupational injuries and illnesses. The OSHA requirement is that within 48 hours of the occurrence of an employment accident which is fatal to one or...

In many maritime countries, the work of sea fishermen is one of the most hazardous of occupations. The number of accidents is much greater than in other occupations on land or at sea, and the accidents themselves are often more serious. When considering the risks and hazards of fishing, one initially thinks of ...

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

The occurrence of complete decapitation as a consequence of car accident is an extremely rare event. This fatality is generally seen in pedestrians run over by trains and also in motorcyclists who impact against the tailboard of trucks. Moreover, complete transection of pedestrians and occupants of cars has been described in road ...

From the aspects of the total quantity of accidents, regional inequality, enterprises scale and environmental pollution accidents, this study makes an analysis of hazardous chemical accidents in China for the period spanning from 2000 to 2006. The following results are obtained: firstly, there were lots of ...

The provisions and the aims of private accident insurance are not comparable to those of the statutory accident insurance. The ear nose throat- (ENT-)specialist is often consulted on the question of a possible causality between an accident and sequelae. Loss of smell, taste disorder and loss of hearing are specified in a table with a ...

The analysis of alcohol-related traffic accidents points to a negative relationship between the average amount of alcohol consumed and the percentage of alcohol-related accidents. The data show that the officially registered problem-rates among drivers under the influence of alcohol depend primarily neither on consumption trends nor on general preventive ...

The report evaluates current and emerging vehicle occupancy data collection methodologies. Five primary methods for collecting vehicle occupancy data were identified: the traditional roadside/windshield observation method, a recently developed carousel observational method, photographic surveillance, mail-out or telephone surveys, and ...

Background:Occupational accidents are a major point of concern in industries. The academic community should take the first step to address the long-neglected concerns of occupational safety.Objective:To assess the prevalence and pattern of occupational accidents.Materials and Methods:A ...