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Accident Rate as a Measure of Safety Assessment in Polish Civil Engineering [PDF]
, 2019 Civil engineering is characterised by high volatility with respect to working conditions, which are the source of many threats to worker life and health and contribute to high accident rates.
Araszkiewicz, Krystyna +2 more
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Learning from accidents : machine learning for safety at railway stations [PDF]
, 2019 In railway systems, station safety is a critical aspect of the overall structure, and yet, accidents at stations still occur. It is time to learn from these errors and improve conventional methods by utilizing the latest technology, such as machine ...
Alawad, H, An, M, Kaewunruen, S
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Adolescents’ psychological functioning and unintentional injuries: motor vehicles and sports accidents [PDF]
, 2017 Adolescence represents a crucial period for psychological development. Adolescents have been shown more prone to injuries than adults have and they are frequently involved in motor vehicle and sports accident.
Ballarotto, Giulia +4 more
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Travel survey data required to inform transport safety policy and practice [PDF]
, 2005 The risk of accidental death per hour spent using the roads in Hong Kong is about I I times the average risk per hour in the rest of everyday life. Other kinds of travel also have risks.
Allsop, RE
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016 This paper investigates cases in which harms are statistically correlated. When parties are risk averse, correlation plays an important role in the choice between liability rules. Specifically, positively correlated harms favor a liability rule that spreads the risk over a multitude of parties, as in the negligence rule.
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, 1979 Aircraft accident investigations are discussed with emphasis on those accidents that involved weather as a contributing factor. The organization of the accident investigation board for air carrier accidents is described along with the hearings, and ...
Brunstein, A. I.
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Home accidents amongst elderly people: A locality study in Scotland [PDF]
, 2007 Aim The aim of this locality study was to collect information on reported and unreported accidents amongst elderly people living in one locality in Scotland.
Banks, P +6 more
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Review of Past Nuclear Accidents: Source Terms and Recorded Gamma-Ray Spectra [PDF]
, 1997 Airborne gamma ray spectrometry using high volume scintillation detectors, optionally in conjunction with Ge detectors, has potential for making rapid environmental measurements in response to nuclear accidents.
Allyson, J.D. +4 more
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The costs of poor safety in the workplace [PDF]
, 1997 Over the last two years we have conducted research on the costs of accidents in the workplace, monitoring 14 firms in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) over a 12 week period in 1995, and 11 firms in Northern Ireland (NI) over a 12 week period in 1996. Using
Jacobson, David, Mottiar, Ziene
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Considerations in relation to off-site emergency procedures and response for nuclear accidents [PDF]
, 2017 The operation of nuclear facilities has, fortunately, not led to many accidents with off-site consequences. However, it is well-recognised that should a large release of radioactivity occur, the effects in the surrounding area and population will be ...
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