2S1-1 Industrial accidents related to use of Roll Box Pallets

1 1 Box plots : use and interpretation

Abox-and-whisker plot, often referred to as a box plot, was developed by John Tukey.1 It is a convenient graphic tool in descriptive analysis to display a group or groups of numerical data through their medians, means, quartiles, and minimum and maximum observations. A box plot is useful to display the distribution of data, examine symmetry, and indicate potential outliers and can also be used ...

[Prevention of accidents related to alcohol drinking].

In its first part the article questions the notion of alcohol-related accidents. It is stressed that the rates of alcohol-related accidents are influenced by changes of the public consciousness of problems. In the second part the share of alcohol involvement in accidents of various nature is shortly indicated. Finally, in the third part, the effect of primary and secondary prevention is discuss...

Trend of Elevator-Related Accidents in Tehran

Background:   Elevator-related accidents are uncommon, but can cause significant injury. However, little data exist on these types of accidents. To compile and analyze accident data involving elevators in an effort to eliminate or at least significantly reduce such accidents. Methods: In this retrospective study we investigated 1,819 cases of elevator-related accidents during a four-year period...

[Fractures of the toe in industrial accidents].

Anthropotechnological analysis of industrial accidents in Brazil.

The Brazilian Ministry of Labour has been attempting to modify the norms used to analyse industrial accidents in the country. For this purpose, in 1994 it tried to make compulsory use of the causal tree approach to accident analysis, an approach developed in France during the 1970s, without having previously determined whether it is suitable for use under the industrial safety conditions that p...