Between 2000 and 2004, 125 recreational parachuting fatalities were reported in the USA. Each was categorized using a previously reported taxonomy. While patterns of skydiving fatality were largely unchanged since the last such analysis of fatalities from 1993-1999, some variations were noted. As in previous analyses, most of the recent skydiving fatalities were the direct result of human error...

It is not surprising that every year 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer [1], the second leading cause of death next to heart disease. It should be surprising that there are also approximately 1.4 million DWI/DUI arrests (1 of every 139 licensed drivers) in the country a year with 16,685 alcohol related fatalities in 2005 [2]. “Alcohol related” fatalities defined as at least one dri...

Abstract We have compiled a new catalogue of earthquake fatalities for the world, covering period 856 BC to March 2022, listing 2795 reports. estimate that reporting fatal earthquakes is complete events with more than 16 since 1927. The total number recorded 8,336,526. 117 countries reported at least one fatality or more. 77 and 52 100 1000 fatalities, respectively. Caution has be exercised in ...

C monoxide poisoning (COP) is a common occurrence in today’s society, one of the most common poisonings worldwide, and is responsible for more fatalities than other toxic agent.1 Carbon monoxide has been termed the “silent killer” due its physical characters as well as its mechanism of action. It is generally accepted that, unintentional COP may be partially preventable through public education...

PROBLEM Although a myriad of research illustrates the safety issues related to farm fatalities in youth populations, very little empirical evidence exists that includes work and non-work related farm fatalities to all youths under 20 years of age at the national level. METHODS This research will use death certificate data for the six years from 1995 to 2000 that were collected by NIOSH from a...

The adoption of higher rural interstate speed limits may shift behaviors in ways that broadly affect motor vehicle safety. In particular, these laws may attract drivers from less safe rural noninterstate roadways, implying that any negative implications of higher speed limits for rural interstate fatalities may be attenuated by fewer rural noninterstate fatalities. We test for the reallocation ...

This paper analyzes the effects of daylight and daylight saving time (DST) on pedestrian and motor vehicle occupant fatalities in the United States. Multivariate analyses of county level data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System for 2-week periods in 1998 and 1999 are used. Results show that full year daylight saving time would reduce pedestrian fatalities by 171 per year, or by 13% of a...

BACKGROUND AND AIM To establish the causes and circumstances of fatalities in recreational boating and sub-aqua diving inland or around the United Kingdom during the years 2006 and 2007, to comparefatal accident rates according to the type of boat, to identify causal patterns, and to discuss preventative measures to reduce the fatalities. MATERIALS AND METHODS Examinations of marine accident ...