Injury prevention overview

Stevenson, M., Segui-Gomez, M., Lescohier, I., Di Scala, C., McDontild-Smith, G. (2001). An overview of the injury severity score and the new injury severity score. Injury Prevention, 7,10-13. 

Chapter 1, an overview of ZIO, comments on all the provisions in the standard. Chapter 3 on Serious Injury Prevention gives substance to the position that adopting a different mind-set is necessary to reduce serious injury potential. Other chapters give implementation guidance with respect to the standard s principal provisions and to serious injury prevention. 

FIGURE 22.2 Overview of key stakeholders in road safety policy. (Adapted from Peden, M. et al. 2004. World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention. Geneva World Health Organization.)... 

Overview. The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) became effective January 1, 1977. Its major goal is to prevent unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment from exposure to chemical substances. It has been said that TSCA is the most powerful, wide-ranging environmental law in the world. Prior to its enactment, there had been extensive public discussion about the possible harmful effects to workers and the general public from the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, and disposal of chemicals. 

Alcoa Work hard to prevent all accident (Health Safety Overview 2008). 1. HSE rules and criterion. 2. Believe that safety is primarily about cultural change, the ultimate objective is to institutionalize effective safety management. 3. Safety plan and behavior. 4. Indoctrinating culture of zero injuries and illnesses. 

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