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Showing 1 to 20 of 123 for “"the accident"”.
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An investigation into the accident causal influence of construction project features
The United Kingdom (UK) construction industry is one of the worst industries in the UK in terms of health and safety (H&S) performance. Numerous injuries, deaths, dangerous occurrences and work related illnesses are reported annually in the industry, and these are associated with huge economic and …
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Determination of Recurrent Risk Factors in the Accident Rate of Companies in the Construction Sector in Peru
… ocupacionales y un número significativo de accidentes, esto debido a la complejidad e interrelación de las actividades que realizan sus operarios y a la falta de compromiso por parte de las constructoras. Este estudio empírico tiene como objetivo identificar los factores de riesgo …
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Voluntary and Confidential Reporting Systems as a Means of Reducing the Accident Rate in Shadow 200 Flight Operations
<p>Although effective, the United States Army's Shadow 200 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle has suffered an unacceptably high accident rate. Errors committed by operators have significantly contributed to this accident rate. The voluntary and confidential Aviation Safety Reporting System and Aviation Safety …
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System theoretic safety analysis of the Sewol-Ho ferry accident in South Korea
The disaster of the Sewol-Ho, which took place on April 16, 2014, was one of the worst maritime disasters in South Korea in decades, and rescuing only 172 of a total 476 people triggered thorough accident investigations. As the results of the investigations performed by the Korea Maritime Safety …
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The Effects of Aircraft Certification Rules on General Aviation Accidents
<p>The purpose of this study was to analyze the frequency of general aviation airplane accidents and accident rates on the basis of aircraft certification to determine whether or not differences in aircraft certification rules had an influence on accidents. In addition, the narrative cause …
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A survey of student accidents in one secondary school from 1949-1955
The problem in this study was to determine the location, frequency, and type of accidents occurring in one large high school during a six-year period, and to evaluate circumstances which may have contributed to the accident incidence.
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Analysis of the impact on the stock market of chemical disasters: petrochemical companies in industrial complex in Korea
The chemical industries in Korea have the industrial structure of a developing country focused more on basic chemical compounds and wider use of products rather than fine chemical goods. The chemical industry is composed of 10% knowledge (pharmaceuticals), 30% specialty (consumer products, …
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A systemic study of mining accident causality: an analysis of 100 accidents from a copper mining company in Zambia
The mining industry has remained Zambia's dominant industry for almost a century. According to the report by International Council for Mines and Minerals (ICMM) for 2013, Zambia is highly dependent on copper mining as the core productive industry. Mining contributes to direct employment …
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A sytemic study of mining accident causality : an analysis of 91 mining accidents from a platinum mine in South Africa
The mining industry is a very important sector of the South African national economy. A major factor threatening the sustainability of this industry is the worrying effect of mining accidents. These accidents usually lead to the destruction of property, injury/death of mine workers, and pollution …
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A STAMP model of the Überlingen aircraft collision accident
STAMP is a method for evaluating accidents that is based on systems theory. It departs from traditional event chain models that tend to focus on human errors instead of the goals and motives that triggered the errors. The thesis presents a STAMP model of the mid-air collision that occurred on July …
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A Model for Estimating Bike Lane Demand
Unfortunately, bike-related accidents are very common. Some of these accidents can be deadly. Most of the times, these accidents happen due to the lack of a safer means of commute, a bike lane. Further, many citizens could potentially be cyclists if bike-lanes were installed. Driven by the idea of …
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Analysis of crane and lifting accidents in North America from 2004 to 2010
Cranes are the fundamental machinery used during lifting operations, and are crucial to the construction industry. Several key construction processes would be impossible without cranes and the benefits they provide. Cranes are often massive pieces of equipment capable of causing significant damage …
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External costs of transports imposed on neighbours and fellow road users
This thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four research papers, summarized as follows. The overall purpose is to study various external effects of the transport system; effects that are not considered (or not fully considered) today. The first paper estimates the relationship between …
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Quantifying the Safety Impacts of Intelligent Transportation Systems
An average of 6.5 million crashes are reported to the police every year in the United States. Safety is significantly important considering the rapid increase on traffic volume on American roads. This thesis describes the development of a safety model whose primary objective is to capture the …
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Accident analysis and hazard analysis for human and organizational factors
… state are ever present. Without consideration of the role humans and organizations play in system safety during the development of these systems, accidents will occur. Safe design of the "socio" parts of the sociotechnical system is challenging. Even if the system, including the human and …
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Differential processing of internals and externals when making an attribution of responsibility
This study investigated the potential role of differential processing of internals and externals when making an attribution of responsibility about another for an automobile accident. Of the total subjects (96) half were defined as internals and the other half as externals. All subjects read an …
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A Deep Learning Approach to Predict Accident Occurrence Based on Traffic Dynamics
Traffic accidents are of concern for traffic safety; 1.25 million deaths are reported each year. Hence, it is crucial to have access to real-time data and rapidly detect or predict accidents. Predicting the occurrence of a highway car accident accurately any significant length of time into the …
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The underestimated value of safety in achieving organizational goals : cast analysis off the Macondo accident
On April 20, 2010, an explosion in the rig Deepwater Horizon performing drilling operations on the Macondo Prospect Well, in the Gulf of Mexico, led to the largest oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. Eleven crewmembers lost their lives and around 4.9 million barrels of oil were …
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A Generalized Two-Dimensional Model to Reconstruct the Impact Phase in Automobile Collisions
<p>Automobile accident reconstruction has been facilitated by the development of computer based modules to allow evaluation of evidence gathered at the accident scenes. Although the computer modules are based in fundamental physical laws, an understanding of these laws by the user is required for …
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Failsafe : living with man-made disaster and accident
"There is no progress with out progress of the catastrophe." Virilio. This thesis project proposes that technological solutions in the design of our systems are not enough to prevent 'man-made' accident. Social, organisational and political means are needed to understand the causes of disaster in …
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