The performance metric for tank cars and other hazardous materials vehicles involved in accidents has generally been conditional probability of release given involvement in an accident. This metric considers the probability of a release event occurring but does not take into account the quantity of product lost in a release incident. In this paper, a new metric termed “release risk” is introduc...

The occurrences of accidents on the railways are inevitable in today’s world and the factors which may cause it, except the atmospheric and accidental ones, are identified and preventable as well. Therefore, these factors can be investigated and useful actions can be performed in order to reduce these accidents. The main impetus of the present research is the statistical analysis of the causes ...

This article highlights some of the causes underlying differences in disability allowances by sex and race. Among the causes are differences in labor-force patterns, the educational background, and the age distributions of the insured and applicant populations. More than half of the differences between the black and white applicants in the proportion of claims allowed is explained by difference...

background: it is believed that improved safety culture/climate is a fundamental element to accident prevention. therefore, development a scale to assess safety climate is a step towards accident control. the purpose of this study was to construct a persian safety climate questionnaire. methods: the study took place in tehran and esfahan oil refineries in iran in 2010. an initial questionnaire ...

original article   various aspects of work and occupational diversity and the complexity of the nursing profession have a significant impact on the incidence rate of unsafe acts and consequences of accidents. in this regard, safety attitude will have a significant impact on occupational accidents among nursing personnel. the aim of this study was to assess safety attitude among nurses and its r...

The introduction of advanced Air Traffic Management (ATM) functionality is often heralded as a safety improvement. On the whole, the introduction of advanced ATM functionality will probably reduce the likelihood of an accident. However, its introduction may also entail new sources of safety risk that need to be carefully weighed against the safety benefits of advanced ATM functionality. Many ne...

The Intercollegiate Board for Training in Intensive Care Medicine (IBTICM) and the Royal Colleges have issued a joint statement supporting the development of the specialty of intensive care medicine (ICM) to allow dual accreditation with anaesthesia, medicine, surgery or accident and emergency (A&E) medicine. The aims of this article are to review the benefits and current practicalities of dual...

General practice secondments are being increasingly undertaken by specialist registrars in accident and emergency (A&E) medicine. This paper describes how two A&E trainees arranged general practice secondments and the experiences gained. There follows a discussion ofthe benefits to the general practice and trainees involved, together with a contemporary consideration of the interaction between ...

General practice secondments are being increasingly undertaken by specialist registrars in accident and emergency (A&E) medicine. This paper describes how two A&E trainees arranged general practice secondments and the experiences gained. There follows a discussion of the benefits to the general practice and trainees involved, together with a contemporary consideration of the interaction between...

The UK External Vehicle Speed Control (EVSC) project has made a prediction of the accident savings with intelligent speed adaptation (ISA), and estimated the costs and benefits of national implementation. The best prediction of accident reduction was that the fitting on all vehicles of a simple mandatory system, with which it would be impossible for vehicles to exceed the speed limit, would sav...