Disabling accidents

A further study analysed both fatality and disabling injury rates across all mines in the period 1973-75 and found that when other relevant factors were controlled both of these indicators were inversely related to the frequency of inspection. The study s author concluded that increasing inspections by 25 per cent would have produced a 13 per cent decline in fatal accidents and an 18 per cent decline in disabling accidents (Boden 1985, p. 497). 

External events are accident initiators that do not fit well into the central PSA structure used for "internal events." Some "external events" such as fire due to ignition of electrical wires, or flood from a ruptured service water pipe occur inside the plant. Others, such as earthquakes and tornados, occur outside of the plant. Either may cause failures in a plant like internal events. External initiators may cause multiple failures of independent equipment thereby preventing action of presumably redundant protection systems. For example, severe offsite flooding may fli 1 the pump room and disable cooling systems. An earthquake may impede evacuation of the nearby populace. These multiple effects must be considered in the analysis of the effects of external events. 

She is disabled from a previous accident she is married, has 6 children, and runs her own business she does not drink alcohol and smokes one to two packs of cigarettes per day. 

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the injury frequency rate for all manufacturing companies rose from 11.8 in 1960 to 15.3 in 1970. The National Safety Council estimates that there are around 15,000 job-related deaths each year and another 2,300,000 workers suffer disabling injuries. The total cost associated with these accidents is nearly 9,500,000,000/yr. 14 These figures are conservative,... 

Stroke A transient ischaemic attack or cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion (blockage) of blood vessels supplying an area of the brain. The subsequent nerve cell death may result in major disability. 

Because information on possible long-term effects of the other irritant chemicals used in the Edgewood tests is sparse, this chapter focuses on the effects of mustard gas and two lacrimators, CS and CN. Information on the potential long-term adverse effects of these chemicals is derived from several sources first, observation of long-term disabilities in soldiers who were exposed to a single (in most cases) toxic concentration of irritant during World War I and in persons exposed in peacetime accidents or riot-control procedures second, studies of morbidity in workers chronically exposed to chemical irritants during their manufacture and third, studies in which experimental laboratory animals were exposed to selected chemicals by topical application, injection, or aerosol inhalation. 

The lower estimate by Leger accounted for those vehicle accidents occurring during the maximum hours of sleepiness 02 00-07 00 hr and 14 00-17 00 hr. For 1988, 36.1% of fatal accidents (17,689 deaths) and 41.6% of total accidents (resulting in 769,184 disabling injuries) occurred during the hours of maximum sleepiness. This yielded a cost of 29.2 billion. 

According to the higher estimate, 54% of total vehicle accidents occurred at night, which represented 998,460 disabling injuries. Therefore, the total cost estimate was 37.9 billion. 

In 1988, the total cost of work-related accidents of 47.1 billion was based on 10,600 deaths and 1,800,000 disabling injuries. Included in the estimate of work-related accidents attributable to sleepiness were (a) motor-vehicle accidents due to shift work and on-the-job motor vehicle accidents (35.0% of total work-related accidents), (b) falls during work caused by sleepiness or inattention (12.6%), and (c) water and transportation accidents (4.8%). Therefore, of all work-related accidents, about 52.5% might potentially be related to sleepiness and then, accounting for 5565 fatalities and 945,000 disabling injuries, resulted in a cost of 24.7 billion. 

Falls accounted for 4100 deaths, or 22.8% (524,400) of the 2,300,000 disabling injuries, or 2.5 billion of the 10.9 billion cost of accidents in public places. Using the lower cost estimate of 41.6% of total accidents (218,150 disabling injuries) that occurred at maximum hours of sleepiness and 36.1% of fatal accidents (1480 fatalities) accounted for a cost total of 1.04 billion. The higher estimate of 54% of total public accidents was due to nocturnal sleepiness, which yielded 283,176 disabling injuries at a total cost of 1.34 billion. 

Therefore, the total estimated cost of accidents related to sleepiness was the sum total of all component costs. Thus, the lower estimate of cost related to sleepiness includes 1,907,072 disabling injuries and 24,318 fatalities, creating a cost of 43.15 billion in 1988. The higher estimate accounted for 2,474,430 disabling injuries, at a total cost of 56.02 billion (rounding would give a total of 43.2 billion and 55.9 billion, respectively). 

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. 

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Disability insurance A type of health insurance that provides monthly income to the policyholder if he or she becomes unable to work because of an illness or accident. 

Accident cause No analysis of disabling Effective analysis by In addition to effective Accident causes and injuries... 

Brain damage and dysfunction from any cause, including accidents and illness, frequently produce helplessness and denial, but only in psychiatry is damage and dysfunction used as treatment to produce these disabling, spellbinding effects. 

The accident happened when the plant had to replace one of six reactors and rushed to refit the plant to bypass the disabled reactor. Scaffolding was jerry-rigged to support a 20-in. pipe connecting reactor four with reactor six, which violated industry and the manufacturer s recommendations. The reactor that failed showed stress crack corrosion. The only drawings for the repair were in chalk on the machine shop floor. Both ends of the 20-in. 

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