The purpose of the present thesis was, first, to study how parents and other adults percieve or judge children’s accident risk, and, secondly, to relate such judgem ents to the subjects’ preferences for and satisfaction with different residential conditions. A theoretical framework is proposed which assumes that judgem ents o f children’s accident risk are based on beliefs about what causes acc...

BACKGROUND In our experience, secondary enuresis nocturna is a common complaint among children after a motor vehicle accident. However, as these children are often brought for examination as part of an insurance compensation claim, this complaint is not always reliable. OBJECTIVE To describe a series of children in whom secondary enuresis occurred after a motor vehicle accident. METHODS AND...

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2261, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2011, pp. 178–185. DOI: 10.3141/2261-21 structure and operational conditions. Track-related and equipmentrelated accident causes collectively result in the majority of train derailments in the United States. Understanding how they may...

The goal of leading indicators for safety is to identify the potential for an accident before it occurs. Past efforts have focused on identifying general leading indicators, such as maintenance backlog, that apply widely in an industry or even across industries. Other recommendations produce more system-specific leading indicators, but start from system hazard analysis and thus are limited by t...

BACKGROUND Over 2300 merchant seafarers are currently employed on board UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships. However, little is known about work related mortality among these seafarers, and whether it is lower than among seafarers in merchant fleets. OBJECTIVES To establish the causes and circumstances of all work related deaths among seafarers who were employed in RFA ships from 1976 to 200...

Falls from height (FFH) isa significant threat to the construction environment and are leading cause of serious fatal injuries for workers. Working at a increases likelihood being involved in fall accident. Since industry is carried out risky environments, it isexperiencing accidents different severity rates, some causing minor injuries, severe resulting fatalities. Most will affect individual,...

In 2000, the accident rate for escalator riding was about 0.815 accidents per million passenger trips through Taipei Metro Rapid Transit (MRT) heavy capacity stations. In order to reduce the probability and severity of escalator riding accidents and enhance the safety of passengers, the Drury and Brill model [Drury, C.G., Brill, M., 1983. Human factors in consumer product accident investigation...