Pressing safety measures

The Munich taxicab experiment attracted a great deal of attention, not only in professional circles but also in the popular press. Newspapers carried articles about it and Bavarian Television wanted to show the viewers what had happened. As the experiment had already been completed, they decided to re-enact the experimental manipulation and the way the drivers had responded. Airing of this documentary added further to the popular debate. The results of this experiment were also discussed by a group of international experts from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, commonly abbreviated as OECD. In their final report, these experts from 16 different countries stated that behavioural adaptations of road users which may occur following the introduction of safety measures in the transport system are of particular concern to road authorities, regulatory bodies... 

In other cases, experienced personnel may have become sloppy as a result of the eventless daily routine. Very often, it was then tried to improve the production procedure by accumulating more explosive material than allowed on the workbench in order to increase the daily up output [44]. These actions may double-cross available safety measures and result in fire and blast effects. Figure 18.24 shows a press photograph taken from the demolished MJU 7 assembly box at Kligore/Toone facility [45]. 

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Press Releases, New advice warns farmers to use sheep dips properly Certificate of Competence for all sheep dips further safety measures for sheep dips. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London, 1998. 

Two members of the Engineer s staff added liaison with the Safety Officer to their other duties. They discuss safety measures with him and press for action on potential hazards that arise. Regular... 

The purpose of this paper is to consider the other end of the spectrum, namely, to look at cases where traceability links are essential to the success of the application. From a societal point of view, some of the most pressing applications have to do with food safety, clinical laboratory results, and protecting the quality of the environment. Traceability of measurements to those of a national laboratory is of great importance to these latter applications. 

Beji, T., Zhang, J., and Delichatsios, M. Soot formation and oxidation in fires from laminar smoke point measurements. Fire Safety Science—Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium, 2008 (in press). 

Patients have become more involved in their own healthcare decisions, and economic considerations have increased in importance. All have contributed to the movement to extend outcomes measured beyond the traditional clinical outcomes associated with pharmaceutical research. Healthcare decision makers are pressed to know more than simply the safety and efficacy parameters of an intervention. It is important for them to know how a specific intervention will impact budgets and use of other resources, and how it will impact the patient from the patient s perspective. 

Carmon B, Eliah Y. 1980. A relatively fast assay of Sr-90 by measuring the Cherenkov effect from the ingrowing Y-90. In , ed. Radiation Protection A systematic approach to safety Proceedings of the 5th congress of the International Radiation Protection Society, Jerusalem, March 1980. New York, NY Pergamon Press, Vol. 2, 889-1142. 

A hydrogenation autoclave must be fitted with a manometer, a safety valve, and a valve through which additional hydrogen can be pressed in during an experiment. The temperature must be measured in the interior of the autoclave, either by a built in thermoelement or by a thermometer placed in a sheath that reaches into the interior. 

Ahmad, K. and Gibb, A. (2004) Towards effective safety performance measurement evaluation of existing techniques and proposals for the future. In S. Rowlinson (ed.). Construction Safety Management Systems, pp. 424-42. Spon Press, London. 

The BMD approach has been put forward as an alternative to the no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) and lowest-observed-adverse-effect level (LOAEL) approach for health effects because it provides a more quantitative alternative point of departure for the first step in the dose-response assessment (International Programme on Chemical Safety, in press). The BMD approach is based on a mathematical model being fitted to the experimental data within the observable range and estimates the dose that causes a low but measurable response (the benchmark response) typically chosen at a 5% or 10% incidence above the control. The BMD lower limit (BMDL) refers to the corresponding lower limit of a one-sided 95% confidence interval on the BMD. Using the lower bound takes into account the uncertainty inherent in a given study and assures (with 95% confidence) that the chosen benchmark response is not exceeded. 

Tarrants, W.E. 1980. The Measurement of Safety Performance. New York Garland STPM Press. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2010. http //www.bls.gov/news.release/osh.niO.htm. 

Huseby, A. B., Eide, K. A., Isaksen, S. L., Natvig B. Gasemyr, J. 2008. Advanced discrete event simulation methods with application to importance measure estimation. Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis. Theory, Methods and Applications, volume 3. London CRC Press. 1747-1753. 

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