Accounting for Accidents: Social Costs of Personal Injuries

Accidents in history: injuries, fatalities and social relations

Through the eyes of some of the women-and many of their accounts are available-she shows how the medical consequences developed and the attitude of employers towards the accumulating weight of medical evidence showing the effects of the ingestion of radium. Derisory sums were paid in out of court compensation for the early cases. An ineffectual Bill was passed in 1926 which precluded claims for...

[Occupational accidents: social insurance costs and work days lost].

OBJECTIVE To estimate the proportion of occupational accident benefits granted within the total for health-related social security benefits, viewing the costs according to benefit type and the impact on productivity according to work days lost. METHODS Records of benefit decisions from the National Benefits System of the National Social Security Institute for the State of Bahia in 2000 were u...

Injuries are not accidents

Injuries are the result of an acute exposure to exhort of energy or a consequence of a deficiency in a vital element that exceeds physiological thresholds resulting threatens life. They are classified as intentional or unintentional. Injuries are considered a global health issue because they cause more than 5 million deaths per year worldwide and they are an important contributor to the burden ...

Injuries from road accidents.

Injuries Following Segway Personal Transporter Accidents: Case Report and Review of the Literature

The Segway® self-balancing personal transporter has been used as a means of transport for sightseeing tourists, military, police and emergency medical personnel. Only recently have reports been published about serious injuries that have been sustained while operating this device. This case describes a 67-year-old male who sustained an oblique fracture of the shaft of the femur while using the S...