As a result of the lorry explosion on the Fengate Industrial Estate, Peterborough on 22nd March 1989, 82 casualties arrived at Peterborough District Hospital. Despite the fact that casualties arrived at the A&E Department in large numbers before the Major Accident Plan could be implemented, all of the casualties had been assessed and either admitted or sent home within 3 h of the explosion. In ...

The decision in Clean Sweep Prof'l Parking Lot Maint., Inc., v. Talley1 reveals the Supreme Court of Virginia's challenging task of applying the Commonwealth's workers' compensation scheme to industrial accident cases. Fraught with fine-line distinctions, which in many instances nullify a plaintiff s common law negligence claim, case law in this area deserves close attention. Verdicts in such s...

this study was to investigate the most important stressors and causes of job dissatisfaction in employees if an industrial setting. 230 full-time workers and employees were selelcted through random sampling. a questionnaire that included five categories of stressors (permanent and transient factors related to the type of job and the work environme nt, accident producing factors, relationship pr...

The article deals with the issuing of opinions on local spatial development plans by voivodeship environmental protection inspector in connection location plants at risk a serious accident. analyses detail regulations aforementioned field. following conclusions were adopted:1. Not every case is plan referred to voivode-ship for an opinion;2. after commune council adopts resolution begin drawing ...

The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was the worst industrial accident of the last century that involved radiation. The unprecedented release of multiple different radioisotopes led to radioactive contamination of large areas surrounding the accident site. The exposure of the residents of these areas was varied and therefore the consequences for health and radioecology could not be...

BACKGROUND The health care system in Oman is characterized by its rapid development and free medical services for all its nationals although traditional medicine still plays a major role in daily life. Epidemiological data on poisoning are scanty. OBJECTIVE To determine the annual rate of poisoning-related Accident & Emergency Department visits at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Oman and...

This study investigated the relationships between organizational justice, organizational safety climate, job satisfaction, safety compliance and accident frequency. Ghanaian industrial workers participated in the study (N = 320). Safety climate and justice perceptions were assessed with Hayes, Parender, Smecko, et al.'s (1998) and Blader and Tyler's (2003) scales respectively. A median split wa...

We are just beginning a two year research project on the management of nuclear risk issues, paying particular attention to environmental, financial and safety issues. One aspect that concerns us is to avoid the assumption that any future accident will be similar to a past accident. In the cases of Chernobyl and Fukushima, it was possible both to evacuate the local population to impose a substan...

During the nineteenth century, the common law fashioned rules conditioning compensation for accidents on both causal agency and the fault of a party. This scheme of accident compensation has been under attack for nearly a century. Some of the battles have been fought within the common law itself; product liability emerged with Cardozo's opinion in MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. 1 That decision h...