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Because of the estimating procedure the National Safety Council statistics may undercount U.S. workplace fatalities. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has also calculated worlq>lace fatality rates since the late 1930s but the scope of their survey has changed so dramatically that one cannot use the BLS data to identify a time trend. Nevertheless, the BLS s most recent data collection effort creates the most reliable source of information on fatal workplace accidents in the United States. 1 The BLS conducted a census of fatal occupational injuries for 1992 using data from death certificates, workers compensation claims, medical examiners records, autopsy reports, motor vehicle accident records, and OSH A and Mine Safety and Health Administration fatal injury reports. The BLS estimated Ae average worker in the United... 

Non-compliance with safety regulations relating to driver qualifications, driving of motor vehicles, accident reporting and vehicle inspection and repair. 

Official statistics fortunately show that reported occupational accidents have been on the decrease since several years. The National Safety Council (USA) reports that "between 1912 and 1984, accidental work-related deaths per 100.000 inhabitants decreased by 76 per cent, from 21 to 5. In 1912, an estimated 18.000 to 21.000 workers lives were lost. In 1984, in a work force which had more than doubled in size and which had increased by more than a factor of ten, only 11.500 work-related deaths were reported." (National Safety Council, 1985). This quite satisfying result can be attributed to measures taken in the areas of safety technology, education and law. The problem of occupational accidents - as well as of accidents involving motor vehicles and home accidents - has, however, not become less serious. In the USA today, a fatal accident occurs every 6 minutes,... 

GHB can be formed from GABA and is found naturally in human tissues. In non-GHB users, however, GHB is usually not detected in blood or urine samples. Also, since GHB appears to form in blood postmortem, a finding of GHB is not indicative of use unless there is evidence of oral intake. Because of its short half-life, GHB is not found in blood 8 hours after use or in urine after 24 hours. However, lack of GHB after these intervals is not indicative that GHB was not used in an alleged rape. There are many reports of GHB being involved in overdoses, motor vehicle accidents, and deaths. 

Alprazolam has no significant anticholinergic or cardiovascular effects, but in almost all studies reporting adverse effects, alprazolam-induced sedation was comparable with or greater than that of the tertiary amine TCA. In one comparison with desipramine, drowsiness led to motor vehicle accidents in 2 of 16 outpatients taking alprazolam and required discontinuation in another 3 (212, 213). 

The results of sleep deprivation have been linked to motor vehicle accidents, major industrial accidents such as the Exxon Valdez, and Three Mile Island, and the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (2). The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in 1999 estimated that 56,000 police-reported crashes and 4% of all traffic crash fatalities (1550 cases) involved drowsiness and fatigue as principal causes (3). Sleepiness was a probable cause in about one third of all fatal-to-driver motor vehicle accidents involving commercial truck drivers (4). 

Damien Leger developed a special report for the National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research (NCSDR). He estimated that the total cost of accidents attributable to sleepiness in 1988 was between 43.15 billion and 56.02 billion dollars (5). He reported that in 1988, the costs of all motor vehicle accidents ( 70.2 billion), work-related accidents ( 47.1 billion), home-based accidents ( 17.4 billion), and public accidents ( 10.9 billion) were 143.4 billion. Any duplications between work-related and motor-vehicle accidents and home-based and motor-vehicle accidents were eliminated in the total by the author. Thus, the total amount was less than the sums. 

Dr. Wilse Webb performed a different analysis from Leger s using the data of fatal and total motor-vehicle accidents as reported by the National Safety Council in 1988 (6). He proposed a conservative estimate of 1225 fatalities, 45,000 disabling injuries, and 1.75 billion in total cost from these accidents. 

Webb cited data from the CARfile study of the U.S. Department of Transportation in 1985, which reported 1.4% of total accidents and 1.75% of fatal accidents were directly related to sleepiness (7). Lavie and Pollack studied 13,152 reports by the Israeli Police Department of hourly distribution of sleep-related motor vehicle accidents for 8 years, and found 390 injuries directly attributable to sleepiness (8). A special examiner at the scene assigned the reason for the accident. Lavie reported a highest yearly estimate of 1.0% motor vehicle accidents attributable to sleepiness (personal communication to Webb). 

Mostly older data suggested daytime impairments similar to the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. A Gallup poll in 1991 found subjects with insomnia complained more of lack of concentration, memory impairment, and difficulty enjoying family and social relationships compared to those without insomnia (59). The Gallup poll also found that 5% of insomniacs, compared to 2% without insomnia, reported a motor-vehicle crash related to fatigue at some time in their lives. Balter and Uhlenhuth in 1992 reported that insomniacs before treatment were more than four times as likely as controls to report a motor-vehicle accident or other serious accidents within the past year (60). 

US Department of Transportation, National Highway Safety Administration. 1972. Societal Costs of Motor Vehicle Accidents. Preliminary report. Washington GPO. 

A hard-working, well-respected employee just finished his fifth anniversary with the company. When he started, he went through a similar screening process that everyone else does. At the time, he had no violations on his motor vehicle report but he did admit to his future supervisor that he had a couple of accidents... 

Most published data from international sources exclude the category of motorcycles when they report the number of registered motor vehicles in different countries. This in fact will make little difference for HDCs where motorcycles account for only a small percent of all vehicles on the roads, but in countries such as Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia where they have a high rate of motorcycles (more than 50%), this exclusion makes the internationally published accident rates less accurate. In this study, the total number of vehicles in use was taken as the sum of cars, buses, lorries and motorbikes. 

In addition, make sure all dates of employment, traffic violations, and accident data (if any) match state motor vehicle records (MVRs) and pre-employment screening reports (from any credit-reporting agency used by the organization). 

National Safety Council (NSC) For several decades, the National Safety Council (NSC) has compiled data on accidents, incidents, injuries, illnesses, and deaths. An annual publication provided detailed analysis of the data. For many years the publication title was Accident Facts. More recently, the title is Injury Facts. This publication breaks down data and analysis into three groups occupational, motor vehicle, and home and community. Also the publication now reports information on intentional injuries, such as assaults and self-harm. Data come from a variety of sources. 

In addition, studies have revealed several other facts about motor vehicle accidents, injuries, and deaths. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 2013 there were 4,628 work-related fataUties." Of those, 1,740 (38%) were transportation-related cases. Of the transportalion fatalities, 57% were roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles, while the remainder involved off-highway, farm, and other kinds of vehicles. As a result, work-related transportation accidents are the leading cause of workplace injuries and deaths. The... 

If an on-the-job accident occurs, resulting in the death of an employee or the hospitalization of three or more employees, all employers are required to report the accident in detail to the nearest OSHA office within eight hours (29 CFR 1904.8). The employer must file a report by telephone or in person to the OSHA area office or state plan office. A motor vehicle accident occurring on a public highway, not in a construction zone, does not need to be reported. 

Ten per cent of all reported accidents involving cyclists occur at roundabouts of these 11% are serious or fatal and more than 50% involve a motor vehicle entering the roundabout colliding with a cyclist using the circulating carriageway. 

Do I have to report the fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye if it resulted from a motor vehicle accident on a public street or highway If the motor vehicle accident occurred in a construction work zone, you must report the fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye. lif the motor vehicle accident occurred on a public street or highway, but not in a construction work zone, you do not have to report the fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA. However, the fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye must be recorded on your OSHA injury and illness records, if you are required to keep such records. 

To verify the accuracy of the company s accident register, the safety investigator will review the accident data the FMCSA has on file for the company. Whenever an accident meeting the FMCSA s definition of an accident occurs, the officer investigating the accident is supposed to report it to the FMCSA. This is accomplished by the officer checking federally reportable on the police accident report (PAR). The PAR is then forwarded by the state involved to the FMCSA, who records it in their data system, the Motor Carrier Management Information System, or MCMIS. All accidents that the company has been involved in involving one of the company commercial vehicles is in MCMIS. 

Pelvic fractures account for 3% of all skeletal injuries and are associated with a substantial mortality, with reported figures varying from 5% to 60% [1-21]. Mechanisms for pelvic fractures include motor vehicle accidents (57%), pedestrians hit by motor vehicles (18%), motorcycle accidents (9%), falls (9%), crush injuries (4%), and sports/recreational mechanisms (3%) [22]. Pelvic fractures are grouped based on the direction of the causative force. These forces include lateral compression, anteroposterior compression, vertical shear, and combinations of these three [23]. Most injuries to the infrarenal aorta are caused by seat belts compressing the lower abdomen in the anteroposterior aspect during car accidents. 

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