Accident Control

Aircraft Accident Prevention: Loss-of-Control Analysis

The majority of fatal aircraft accidents are associated with ‘loss-of-control’. Yet the notion of loss-of-control is not well-defined in terms suitable for rigorous control systems analysis. Loss-of-control is generally associated with flight outside of the normal flight envelope, with nonlinear influences, and with an inability of the pilot to control the aircraft. The two primary sources of n...

Single-control, accident-proof, manometer tap systems.

,The need has already been discussed for the careful design of control tap arrangements used in the clinical investigation of intravascular pressures (Hepburn, I967). The risk of accidents has been increased by the considerable number of centres introducing such techniques. Because it was considered ,urgently necessary to reduce these risks, an inexpensive tap system was developed (Hep,burn, I9...

Does the Fault System Optimally Control Primary Accident Costs?

Safety Locus of Control and Accident Involvement Among Army Aviators

Accident prevention--injury control--injury prevention--or whatever?

The launch of a new international journal on injury prevention offers a unique opportunity to open up a debate on terminology. Over the last 30 years or so there has emerged a number of terms which may or may not be compatible. In North America there now appears to be a strong consensus on the use of the term injury control."2 In the UK the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) ...