Construction accident narrative classification: an evaluation of text mining techniques - Goh YM, Ubeynarayana CU.
Learning from past accidents is fundamental to accident prevention. Thus, accident and near miss reporting are encouraged by organizations and regulators. However, for organizations managing large safety databases, the time taken to accurately classify acc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 8, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
The Finnish defence forces traffic accident prevention program "S ärmänä Liikenteessä" ("Be Sharp in Traffic") (Safety-2016 abstract #874) - Tuominen P, Ryynänen T.
Background (250) Young men aged 15-24 have two-fold risk for lethal accidents compared to general population. Typical accidents are speeding and lack of safety belt. Often driver is intoxicated and accident happens at night, during weekends and during summ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Injury prevention in the WHO South-East Asia region, 2005-2015: from policy to practice (Safety-2016 abstract #201) - Santikarn C.
Background Several WHO resolutions on injury prevention were adopted since 1966 and several UN resolutions on road safety were adopted since 2003. The WHO South- East Asia (SEA) Regional committee resolution on accident prevention and trauma care was adopt... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
Examining factors that influence the existence of Heinrich's safety triangle using site-specific H & S data from more than 25,000 establishments - Yorio PL, Moore SM.
In the 1930s, Heinrich established one of the most prominent and enduring accident prevention theories when he concluded that high severity occupational safety and health (OSH) incidents are preceded by numerous lower severity incidents and near misses. Se... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
Public transportation development and traffic accident prevention in Indonesia - Soehodho S.
Traffic accidents have long been known as an iceberg for comprehending the discrepancies of traffic management and entire transportation systems. Figures detailing traffic accidents in Indonesia, as is the case in many other countries, show significantly h... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Making workplaces safer: the influence of organisational climate and individual differences on safety behaviour - Toppazzini MA, Wiener KKK.
Current work health and safety practices focus predominately on fostering a safety climate to promote safety behaviours and reduce workplace accidents. Despite the importance of safety climates in accident prevention, recent research has demonstrated that ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 24, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Characteristics of motorcycle crashes of food delivery workers -
This study aims to understand the motorcycle accident characteristics of food delivery workers and to present basic guidelines on accident prevention through accident.
Background: It is known that food delivery workers have a high ratio of s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Students teach children to stay safe at home -
Primary school children in Greater Manchester have been learning accident-prevention skills with the help of nursing students from the University of Salford.
Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Unintentional injuries: prevention in children under 5 years
This guidance, produced in association with the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), is for all staff working with children under 5 years and covers the 5 injury priorities: choking, suffocation and strangulation; falls; burns and scalds; poisoning; and drowning. The guidance also covers fire and roads. Each injury priority includes data for England, actions for health professionals and safety messages for parents and carers. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Designing system reforms: using a systems approach to translate incident analyses into prevention strategies - Goode N, Read GJ, van Mulken MR, Clacy A, Salmon PM.
Advocates of systems thinking approaches argue that accident prevention strategies should focus on reforming the system rather than on fixing the "broken components." However, little guidance exists on how organizations can translate incident data into pre... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 14, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Childhood accident prevention: an obligation for the perioperative nurse? - Voepel-Lewis T.
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Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 26, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Hybrid RFID system for driver assistant and active road accident prevention - Yang H, Yang S.
Driver error and reaction is one of the major causes of road accidents. In-vehicle driver behaviour warning system can help to prevent a significant number of road accidents. However, current technologies struggle to provide satisfactory performance for th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 22, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Major accident prevention decision-making: a large-scale survey-based analysis - van Nunen K, Reniers G, Ponnet K, Cozzani V.
Decision-making under risk and uncertainty is not straightforward. This paper investigates how people make decisions when they need to choose between prevention and production investments and the decision involves risks and uncertainties that could have ma... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Resident and Fellow Section: 2016 AMA Annual Meeting highlights
The AMA Resident and Fellow Section (RFS) welcome reception, held Thursday was a great success. More than 150 residents, fellows and medical students attended the event. Attendees took advantage of the opportunity to network with peers, and attendees also offered guidance to medical students on their upcoming transition to residency and becoming members of the AMA-RFS.
Education sessions
On Friday David Shulkin, MD, undersecretary of health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, discussed how the VA is influencing American medicine during the largest transformation in its history. He shared opportunities for how young p...
Source: AMA Wire - June 12, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
Major accident prevention through applying safety knowledge management approach - Kalatpour O.
OBJECTIVE: Many scattered resources of knowledge are available to use for chemical accident prevention purposes. The common approach to management process safety, including using databases and referring to the available knowledge has some drawbacks. The ma... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
