During four days of snow and ice in which more than 70% of pavements in the Cardiff area were covered by slippery hard snow and ice the number of patients who attended the accident and emergency department at this hospital with fractured bones increased 2.85 times as compared with those who attended during four control days with comparable hours of sunshine and four control calendar days a year...

This investigation has been carried out under a contract awarded by the Netherlands Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (RLD), contract number LI/99.121/2. Summary Previous research has suggested that cargo operators suffer a disproportionally high number of accidents. The degree of unsafety could however not properly be quantified due to lack of data. The objective of the underlying study wa...

For the first time, real-time high-fidelity spatiotemporal data on the transportation networks of major cities have become available. This gold mine of data can be utilized to learn about the behavior of traffic congestion at different times and locations, potentially resulting in major savings in time and fuel, the two important commodities of the twenty-first century. According to FASANA Moti...

levels in accident and emergency departments. In our own group-though at present the junior medical staffing is relatively satisfactory for the two major departments which provide a continuous casualty service-there have been occasions over the past nine months when the service has been maintained only by the employment of locum tenens, clinical assistants, or by the payment of extra duty allow...

All patients undergoing amputation at the Royal Victoria Hospital from August, 1969 to July, 1975 have been included. The 286 amputations were performed by the casualty, general, orthopaedic and vascular surgeons. They were divided into minor and major; minor amputations being the loss of one or more digits and major amputations those at a more proximal level. The causes were classified as civi...

Traditionally, companies have improved their safety performance by investing in new technologies, procedures, training, and management systems. But in the past decade, many companies that have continued to invest in building leading-edge safety programs have reached a performance plateau. Since 1982, there have been no sustained reductions in major-accident rates in U.S. industry. European regu...

In 2000, the accident rate for escalator riding was about 0.815 accidents per million passenger trips through Taipei Metro Rapid Transit (MRT) heavy capacity stations. In order to reduce the probability and severity of escalator riding accidents and enhance the safety of passengers, the Drury and Brill model [Drury, C.G., Brill, M., 1983. Human factors in consumer product accident investigation...

conclusions during car crashes, especially car rollover, unbelted occupants are more likely to sustain multiple severe injuries and death. law enforcement of the seat belt usage for all occupants (front and rear seat) is obligatory to reduce severe injuries sustained as a result of car accidents, especially in vehicles with low safety. results a total of 560 patients used seat belts (68.1%). th...