of Road Accidents The high socio-economic cost of the injuries and fatalities‚ occurring due to road accidents‚ and the need for effective policies for curbing road accidents make it imperative to study the causes of road accidents. The analysis of road accidents in terms of causal factors reveals that drivers’ fault is the single most important factor responsible for accidents‚ fatalities and injuries. Drivers’ fault accounted for 77.5 per cent (3‚85‚806 accidents) of total accidents; 72.0
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duty operational staff and workers from various departments and maintenance services. In addition to this number‚ there were also 268 builders and assemblers working on the night shift of the constructions of units Nos.5 and 6. The fatal accident sequence was initiated by a decision of the plant ’s management and specialists to make an overnight experiment to test the ability of the turbine generator to power certain of the cooling pumps while the generator was freewheeling to a standstill
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1. PROJECT. To Design an Accident Causation Model 2. SCOPE. The Accident Causation Model (or "Swiss Cheese Model") is a theoretical model that illustrates how accidents occur in organisations. The model focuses on both organisational hierarchy and human error. It postulates that the typical accident occurs because several (human) errors have occurred at all levels in the organisational hierarchy in a way that made such accident unavoidable. For example‚ decision makers may have made ill decisions
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Road Accidents in Malaysia: Some Contributing Factors Malaysia aims to become a developed country by 2020. This aim is achievable due to its rapid development especially in its economic growth. With the current development in economy‚ the country continues to experience an increase in the population which has now stood to 27.7 million people (according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia‚ 2009). The population expansion has eventually increased the number of people who owned vehicles
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roads is very poor and deplorable. The rate at road-accidents and fatality in the country is very high. Pressure on roads has been on increase and the number of vehicles is increasing by leaps and bounds. Lack of road-sense has further complicated the matters. Driving licenses are given on illegal gratifications to the authorities and traffic rules and regulations are thrown to the winds. Overloading is one of the major factors of road- accidents and deaths. The condition of the vehicles is hardly
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A Life Changing Accident I was twelve years old enjoying my summer after fifth grade. My two cousins‚ Blake and Lacy‚ my aunt ’s boyfriend‚ Chris‚ and his daughter‚ Emily‚ and I hopped in Chris ’s old ford truck. All of us kids had been bulldozing down trees in the forest behind the house all day and decided that we wanted to build a tree house. We were headed to town to buy supplies for the tree house. As we were all getting in the truck there was no room in the front for all of us‚ so Blake
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Hannah Wilson Can you imagine being on a roller coaster having a great time and then bam the person in front of you go flying out of there cart well that’s something a few people witnessed In an accident in late July a 52 year old women fell over 75ft to her death from the Texas giant in six flags in Dallas this Saturday the ride is going to reopen for the first time sense this incident. Several people have began filing lawsuits against the theme park because they state the ride is still unsafe
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FAILURE ANALYSIS Investigators in the Concorde accident undertook research to find incidents that involved tyres or landing gear on the Concorde since its entry into service. Archives from EADS‚ Air France‚ British Airways‚ BEA‚ AAIB‚ DGAC‚ CAA and Dunlop were consulted to establish a list of such incidents. The assembled list contained fifty-seven entries; all cases of tyre bursts or deflations. Thirty cases were for the Air France fleet and twenty-seven for British Airways. Of these events;
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Head: Different Aircraft Accident Photography Procedures Aircraft Accident Photography David M. Merckson Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach‚ Florida Worldwide Online Instructor: John Kuborn January 26‚ 2013 ABSTRACT In this paper I will briefly go over and describe the various types of Aircraft Accident Photography procedures and equipment used to perform those duties. I will support and also will oppose the different types of accident photography with rationalization
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letter‚ it was great to hear from you. I hope that you’ll manage your exams and make us proud. Remember‚ you can’t exaggerate because the stress will destroy you. So don’t overwork! There’s no change in my life‚ but I have to tell you about one accident I witnessed. You won’t believe! Two weeks ago I was a spectator of a car race in Andora. One of the participants were our Polish sportsman Robert Kubica (27)‚ and his partner Jakub Gerber (32). I was so excited watching the race when suddenly polish
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