THIS report presents a graphic expression of the accident-volume relation at divided highway intersections. The expression was produced by averaging the past accident experience at 150 intersections. A total of 1, 811 accidents was tabulated in developing the chart. Uses of the chart include: (1) estimating the probable number of accidents which wil l occur in a future period and (2) correcting...

Accident reports written by oocial bodies, such as the Air Accident Investigation Branch of the United Kingdom's Department of Transport, are produced in response to all major civil aircraft accidents or incidents. There are many statutory, legal and commercial implications that rest on the analysis, conclusions and recommendations that these reports contain. Air accident reports usually follow...

The purpose of this study was: (1) to propose a classification system for the contributory factors behind major coach and bus accidents with mass casualties based on human factor analysis (HFACS); (2) identify main indicators causal factors. Based 56 official investigation reports more than 10 fatalities, qualitative content was conducted develop modified these accidents, gray correlation causa...

original article   various aspects of work and occupational diversity and the complexity of the nursing profession have a significant impact on the incidence rate of unsafe acts and consequences of accidents. in this regard, safety attitude will have a significant impact on occupational accidents among nursing personnel. the aim of this study was to assess safety attitude among nurses and its r...

The reactor accident at Chernobyl caught many European nations by surprise since most risk management institutions were unprepared for an accident of the magnitude and transnational character of Chernobyl. Although confusion and contradictory advice from these institutions dominated the risk management efforts in the early aftermath of the disaster, the dose savings achieved by protective actio...

This paper gives an overview of the research results obtained in 10 years after accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP), focusing on distribution and dynamics 137Cs, which is one major accident-derived radionuclides. Immediately FDNPP accident, 8–21 PBq 137Cs was transported to ocean mainly due direct discharge ocean, deposition via atmosphere. seawater traveled eastward surfa...