AccidentsAccidents, Traffic: Accidents on streets, roads, and highways involving drivers, passengers, pedestrians, or vehicles. Traffic accidents refer to AUTOMOBILES (passenger cars, buses, and trucks), BICYCLING, and MOTORCYCLES but not OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; RAILROADS nor snowmobiles.Accidents, Occupational: Unforeseen occurrences, especially injuries in the course of work-related activities.Accident Prevention: Efforts and designs to reduce the incidence of unexpected undesirable events in various environments and situations.Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: April 25th -26th, 1986 nuclear power accident that occurred at Chernobyl in the former USSR (Ukraine) located 80 miles north of Kiev.Accidents, HomeAccident Proneness: Tendency toward involvement in accidents. Implies certain personality characteristics which predispose to accidents.Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Nuclear power accident that occurred following the Tohoku-Kanto earthquake of March 11, 2011 in the northern region of Japan.Radioactive Hazard Release: Uncontrolled release of radioactive material from its containment. This either threatens to, or does, cause exposure to a radioactive hazard. Such an incident may occur accidentally or deliberately.Accidents, AviationEmergency Service, Hospital: Hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of immediate medical or surgical care to the emergency patient.Insurance, Accident: Insurance providing coverage for physical injury suffered as a result of unavoidable circumstances.UkraineWounds and Injuries: Damage inflicted on the body as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.Automobile Driving: The effect of environmental or physiological factors on the driver and driving ability. Included are driving fatigue, and the effect of drugs, disease, and physical disabilities on driving.Cesium Radioisotopes: Unstable isotopes of cesium that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. Cs atoms with atomic weights of 123, 125-132, and 134-145 are radioactive cesium isotopes.Motorcycles: Two-wheeled, engine-driven vehicles.Radioactive Pollutants: Radioactive substances which act as pollutants. They include chemicals whose radiation is released via radioactive waste, nuclear accidents, fallout from nuclear explosions, and the like.Radiation Monitoring: The observation, either continuously or at intervals, of the levels of radiation in a given area, generally for the purpose of assuring that they have not exceeded prescribed amounts or, in case of radiation already present in the area, assuring that the levels have returned to those meeting acceptable safety standards.Craniocerebral Trauma: Traumatic injuries involving the cranium and intracranial structures (i.e., BRAIN; CRANIAL NERVES; MENINGES; and other structures). Injuries may be classified by whether or not the skull is penetrated (i.e., penetrating vs. nonpenetrating) or whether there is an associated hemorrhage.Nuclear Power Plants: Facilities that convert NUCLEAR ENERGY into electrical energy.Radioactive Fallout: The material that descends to the earth or water well beyond the site of a surface or subsurface nuclear explosion. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Chemical and Technical Terms, 4th ed)Nuclear Reactors: Devices containing fissionable material in sufficient quantity and so arranged as to be capable of maintaining a controlled, self-sustaining NUCLEAR FISSION chain reaction. They are also known as atomic piles, atomic reactors, fission reactors, and nuclear piles, although such names are deprecated. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)Power Plants: Units that convert some other form of energy into electrical energy.Emergency Medicine: The branch of medicine concerned with the evaluation and initial treatment of urgent and emergent medical problems, such as those caused by accidents, trauma, sudden illness, poisoning, or disasters. Emergency medical care can be provided at the hospital or at sites outside the medical facility.EnglandEmergencies: Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results.Wounds, Nonpenetrating: Injuries caused by impact with a blunt object where there is no penetration of the skin.Naval Medicine: The practice of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the health of individuals associated with the marine environment.Nuclear Fission: Nuclear reaction in which the nucleus of a heavy atom such as uranium or plutonium is split into two approximately equal parts by a neutron, charged particle, or photon.Motor Vehicles: AUTOMOBILES, trucks, buses, or similar engine-driven conveyances. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)Ships: Large vessels propelled by power or sail used for transportation on rivers, seas, oceans, or other navigable waters. Boats are smaller vessels propelled by oars, paddles, sail, or power; they may or may not have a deck.Nuclear Physics: The study of the characteristics, behavior, and internal structures of the atomic nucleus and its interactions with other nuclei. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)Drowning: Death that occurs as a result of anoxia or heart arrest, associated with immersion in liquid.Food Contamination, RadioactiveMultiple Trauma: Multiple physical insults or injuries occurring simultaneously.Whiplash Injuries: Hyperextension injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind by a fast-moving vehicle, in an automobile accident. (From Segen, The Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)Accidental Falls: Falls due to slipping or tripping which may result in injury.Thoracic Injuries: General or unspecified injuries to the chest area.Fast Neutrons: Neutrons, the energy of which exceeds some arbitrary level, usually around one million electron volts.Trauma Severity Indices: Systems for assessing, classifying, and coding injuries. These systems are used in medical records, surveillance systems, and state and national registries to aid in the collection and reporting of trauma.Great BritainInjury Severity Score: An anatomic severity scale based on the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) and developed specifically to score multiple traumatic injuries. It has been used as a predictor of mortality.Skull Fractures: Fractures of the skull which may result from penetrating or nonpenetrating head injuries or rarely BONE DISEASES (see also FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS). Skull fractures may be classified by location (e.g., SKULL FRACTURE, BASILAR), radiographic appearance (e.g., linear), or based upon cranial integrity (e.g., SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED).Medical Staff, Hospital: Professional medical personnel approved to provide care to patients in a hospital.Facial Injuries: General or unspecified injuries to the soft tissue or bony portions of the face.Protective Devices: Devices designed to provide personal protection against injury to individuals exposed to hazards in industry, sports, aviation, or daily activities.LondonPoisoning: A condition or physical state produced by the ingestion, injection, inhalation of or exposure to a deleterious agent.Emergency Medical Services: Services specifically designed, staffed, and equipped for the emergency care of patients.Triage: The sorting out and classification of patients or casualties to determine priority of need and proper place of treatment.Eye Injuries: Damage or trauma inflicted to the eye by external means. The concept includes both surface injuries and intraocular injuries.Head Protective Devices: Personal devices for protection of heads from impact, penetration from falling and flying objects, and from limited electric shock and burn.Automobiles: A usually four-wheeled automotive vehicle designed for passenger transportation and commonly propelled by an internal-combustion engine using a volatile fuel. (Webster, 1973)Maxillofacial Injuries: General or unspecified injuries involving the face and jaw (either upper, lower, or both).Athletic Injuries: Injuries incurred during participation in competitive or non-competitive sports.Abdominal Injuries: General or unspecified injuries involving organs in the abdominal cavity.Seat Belts: Restraining belts fastened to the frame of automobiles, aircraft, or other vehicles, and strapped around the person occupying the seat in the car or plane, intended to prevent the person from being thrown forward or out of the vehicle in case of sudden deceleration.Cause of Death: Factors which produce cessation of all vital bodily functions. They can be analyzed from an epidemiologic viewpoint.Spinal Injuries: Injuries involving the vertebral column.Insurance: Coverage by contract whereby one part indemnifies or guarantees another against loss by a specified contingency.Retrospective Studies: Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.ExplosionsBicycling: The use of a bicycle for transportation or recreation. It does not include the use of a bicycle in studying the body's response to physical exertion (BICYCLE ERGOMETRY TEST see EXERCISE TEST).Railroads: Permanent roads having a line of rails fixed to ties and laid to gage, usually on a leveled or graded ballasted roadbed and providing a track for freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock. Cars are designed to be drawn by locomotives or sometimes propelled by self-contained motors. (From Webster's 3d) The concept includes the organizational and administrative aspects of railroads as well.Occupational Health: The promotion and maintenance of physical and mental health in the work environment.Hand Injuries: General or unspecified injuries to the hand.Risk Factors: An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, or inborn or inherited characteristic, which, on the basis of epidemiologic evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.Occupational Injuries: Injuries sustained from incidents in the course of work-related activities.Fractures, Bone: Breaks in bones.Air Pollutants, Radioactive: Pollutants, present in air, which exhibit radioactivity.Prospective Studies: Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.Ambulances: A vehicle equipped for transporting patients in need of emergency care.Emergency Treatment: First aid or other immediate intervention for accidents or medical conditions requiring immediate care and treatment before definitive medical and surgical management can be procured.ScotlandReferral and Consultation: The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide.Electric Injuries: Injuries caused by electric currents. The concept excludes electric burns (BURNS, ELECTRIC), but includes accidental electrocution and electric shock.Safety: Freedom from exposure to danger and protection from the occurrence or risk of injury or loss. It suggests optimal precautions in the workplace, on the street, in the home, etc., and includes personal safety as well as the safety of property.Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced: Tumors, cancer or other neoplasms produced by exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation.Incidence: The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.Occupational Diseases: Diseases caused by factors involved in one's employment.Soft Tissue Injuries: Injuries of tissue other than bone. The concept is usually general and does not customarily refer to internal organs or viscera. It is meaningful with reference to regions or organs where soft tissue (muscle, fat, skin) should be differentiated from bones or bone tissue, as "soft tissue injuries of the hand".Back Injuries: General or unspecified injuries to the posterior part of the trunk. It includes injuries to the muscles of the back.Violence: Individual or group aggressive behavior which is socially non-acceptable, turbulent, and often destructive. It is precipitated by frustrations, hostility, prejudices, etc.Northern IrelandTime Factors: Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.Medical Audit: A detailed review and evaluation of selected clinical records by qualified professional personnel for evaluating quality of medical care.Age Factors: Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.Aviation: Design, development, manufacture, and operation of heavier-than-air AIRCRAFT.Age Distribution: The frequency of different ages or age groups in a given population. The distribution may refer to either how many or what proportion of the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine.Mortality: All deaths reported in a given population.Neck Injuries: General or unspecified injuries to the neck. It includes injuries to the skin, muscles, and other soft tissues of the neck.Leg Injuries: General or unspecified injuries involving the leg.Legislation as Topic: The enactment of laws and ordinances and their regulation by official organs of a nation, state, or other legislative organization. It refers also to health-related laws and regulations in general or for which there is no specific heading.Needlestick Injuries: Penetrating stab wounds caused by needles. They are of special concern to health care workers since such injuries put them at risk for developing infectious disease.Oil and Gas Fields: Areas of the earth where hydrocarbon deposits of PETROLEUM and/or NATURAL GAS are located.Emergency Nursing: The specialty or practice of nursing in the care of patients admitted to the emergency department.Radiation Dosage: The amount of radiation energy that is deposited in a unit mass of material, such as tissues of plants or animal. In RADIOTHERAPY, radiation dosage is expressed in gray units (Gy). In RADIOLOGIC HEALTH, the dosage is expressed by the product of absorbed dose (Gy) and quality factor (a function of linear energy transfer), and is called radiation dose equivalent in sievert units (Sv).Questionnaires: Predetermined sets of questions used to collect data - clinical data, social status, occupational group, etc. The term is often applied to a self-completed survey instrument.Occupational Exposure: The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents that occurs as a result of one's occupation.Sex Distribution: The number of males and females in a given population. The distribution may refer to how many men or women or what proportion of either in the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine.Diagnostic Errors: Incorrect diagnoses after clinical examination or technical diagnostic procedures.Radiation Injuries: Harmful effects of non-experimental exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation in VERTEBRATES.Patient Admission: The process of accepting patients. The concept includes patients accepted for medical and nursing care in a hospital or other health care institution.BrazilAbbreviated Injury Scale: Classification system for assessing impact injury severity developed and published by the American Association for Automotive Medicine. It is the system of choice for coding single injuries and is the foundation for methods assessing multiple injuries or for assessing cumulative effects of more than one injury. These include Maximum AIS (MAIS), Injury Severity Score (ISS), and Probability of Death Score (PODS).Suicide: The act of killing oneself.WalesSuperstitions: A belief or practice which lacks adequate basis for proof; an embodiment of fear of the unknown, magic, and ignorance.Homicide: The killing of one person by another.Alcoholic Intoxication: An acute brain syndrome which results from the excessive ingestion of ETHANOL or ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.Heart Injuries: General or unspecified injuries to the heart.Snake Bites: Bites by snakes. Bite by a venomous snake is characterized by stinging pain at the wound puncture. The venom injected at the site of the bite is capable of producing a deleterious effect on the blood or on the nervous system. (Webster's 3d ed; from Dorland, 27th ed, at snake, venomous)Arm Injuries: General or unspecified injuries involving the arm.Radiography: Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film).JapanWorkload: The total amount of work to be performed by an individual, a department, or other group of workers in a period of time.Burns: Injuries to tissues caused by contact with heat, steam, chemicals (BURNS, CHEMICAL), electricity (BURNS, ELECTRIC), or the like.Foreign Bodies: Inanimate objects that become enclosed in the body.Sex Factors: Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances.Near Drowning: Non-fatal immersion or submersion in water. The subject is resuscitable.Infant, Newborn: An infant during the first month after birth.Traumatology: The medical specialty which deals with WOUNDS and INJURIES as well as resulting disability and disorders from physical traumas.Construction Industry: The aggregate business enterprise of building.First Aid: Emergency care or treatment given to a person who suddenly becomes ill or injured before full medical services become available.Wounds, Gunshot: Disruption of structural continuity of the body as a result of the discharge of firearms.Gas PoisoningSkiing: A snow sport which uses skis to glide over the snow. It does not include water-skiing.Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced: Congenital changes in the morphology of organs produced by exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation.Ipecac: A syrup made from the dried rhizomes of two different species, CEPHAELIS ipecacuanha and C. acuminata. They contain EMETINE, cephaeline, psychotrine and other ISOQUINOLINES. Ipecac syrup is used widely as an emetic acting both locally on the gastric mucosa and centrally on the chemoreceptor trigger zone.Tsunamis: Series of ocean waves produced by geologic events or underwater LANDSLIDES. These waves can travel at speeds averaging 450 (and up to 600) miles per hour in the open ocean.Causality: The relating of causes to the effects they produce. Causes are termed necessary when they must always precede an effect and sufficient when they initiate or produce an effect. Any of several factors may be associated with the potential disease causation or outcome, including predisposing factors, enabling factors, precipitating factors, reinforcing factors, and risk factors.Wounds, Penetrating: Wounds caused by objects penetrating the skin.Air Bags: Automotive safety devices consisting of a bag designed to inflate upon collision and prevent passengers from pitching forward. (American Heritage Dictionary, 1982)Laboratory Infection: Accidentally acquired infection in laboratory workers.Baths: The immersion or washing of the body or any of its parts in water or other medium for cleansing or medical treatment. It includes bathing for personal hygiene as well as for medical purposes with the addition of therapeutic agents, such as alkalines, antiseptics, oil, etc.Trauma Centers: Specialized hospital facilities which provide diagnostic and therapeutic services for trauma patients.Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic: A class of traumatic stress disorders with symptoms that last more than one month. There are various forms of post-traumatic stress disorder, depending on the time of onset and the duration of these stress symptoms. In the acute form, the duration of the symptoms is between 1 to 3 months. In the chronic form, symptoms last more than 3 months. With delayed onset, symptoms develop more than 6 months after the traumatic event.Work Schedule Tolerance: Physiological or psychological effects of periods of work which may be fixed or flexible such as flexitime, work shifts, and rotating shifts.Licensure: The legal authority or formal permission from authorities to carry on certain activities which by law or regulation require such permission. It may be applied to licensure of institutions as well as individuals.Bothrops: A genus of poisonous snakes of the VIPERIDAE family. About 50 species are known and all are found in tropical America and southern South America. Bothrops atrox is the fer-de-lance and B. jararaca is the jararaca. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p336)Mandibular Fractures: Fractures of the lower jaw.TurkeyTransportation of Patients: Conveying ill or injured individuals from one place to another.Safety Management: The development of systems to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences in an institutional setting. The concept includes prevention or reduction of adverse events or incidents involving employees, patients, or facilities. Examples include plans to reduce injuries from falls or plans for fire safety to promote a safe institutional environment.Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems: The use of communication systems, such as telecommunication, to transmit emergency information to appropriate providers of health services.Risk Management: The process of minimizing risk to an organization by developing systems to identify and analyze potential hazards to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences, and by attempting to handle events and incidents which do occur in such a manner that their effect and cost are minimized. Effective risk management has its greatest benefits in application to insurance in order to avert or minimize financial liability. (From Slee & Slee: Health care terms, 2d ed)Swimming PoolsDislocationsHazardous Substances: Elements, compounds, mixtures, or solutions that are considered severely harmful to human health and the environment. They include substances that are toxic, corrosive, flammable, or explosive.Extraction and Processing Industry: The industry concerned with the removal of raw materials from the Earth's crust and with their conversion into refined products.Hospitals, General: Large hospitals with a resident medical staff which provides continuous care to maternity, surgical and medical patients.Zygomatic Fractures: Fractures of the zygoma.Health Services Misuse: Excessive, under or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians.Uranium: Uranium. A radioactive element of the actinide series of metals. It has an atomic symbol U, atomic number 92, and atomic weight 238.03. U-235 is used as the fissionable fuel in nuclear weapons and as fuel in nuclear power reactors.Follow-Up Studies: Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.Mandibular Injuries: Injuries to the lower jaw bone.Contusions: Injuries resulting in hemorrhage, usually manifested in the skin.Automobile Driver Examination: Government required written and driving test given to individuals prior to obtaining an operator's license.Sprains and Strains: A collective term for muscle and ligament injuries without dislocation or fracture. A sprain is a joint injury in which some of the fibers of a supporting ligament are ruptured but the continuity of the ligament remains intact. A strain is an overstretching or overexertion of some part of the musculature.Radiology Department, Hospital: Hospital department which is responsible for the administration and provision of x-ray diagnostic and therapeutic services.Spectrometry, Gamma: Determination of the energy distribution of gamma rays emitted by nuclei. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)Seveso Accidental Release: 1976 accidental release of DIOXINS from a manufacturing facility in Seveso, ITALY following an equipment failure.Night Care: Institutional night care of patients.Jurisprudence: The science or philosophy of law. Also, the application of the principles of law and justice to health and medicine.Asphyxia: A pathological condition caused by lack of oxygen, manifested in impending or actual cessation of life.Unconsciousness: Loss of the ability to maintain awareness of self and environment combined with markedly reduced responsiveness to environmental stimuli. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp344-5)Air Pollution, RadioactiveFinlandAntivenins: Antisera used to counteract poisoning by animal VENOMS, especially SNAKE VENOMS.Chemical Industry: The aggregate enterprise of manufacturing and technically producing chemicals. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)FiresIndustry: Any enterprise centered on the processing, assembly, production, or marketing of a line of products, services, commodities, or merchandise, in a particular field often named after its principal product. Examples include the automobile, fishing, music, publishing, insurance, and textile industries.Diving: An activity in which the organism plunges into water. It includes scuba and bell diving. Diving as natural behavior of animals goes here, as well as diving in decompression experiments with humans or animals.Bites and StingsEmergency Medical Technicians: Paramedical personnel trained to provide basic emergency care and life support under the supervision of physicians and/or nurses. These services may be carried out at the site of the emergency, in the ambulance, or in a health care institution.Cerebrovascular Disorders: A spectrum of pathological conditions of impaired blood flow in the brain. They can involve vessels (ARTERIES or VEINS) in the CEREBRUM, the CEREBELLUM, and the BRAIN STEM. Major categories include INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; and others.Hospitals, Urban: Hospitals located in metropolitan areas.Risk Assessment: The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988)Environmental Exposure: The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals.Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Toxic asphyxiation due to the displacement of oxygen from oxyhemoglobin by carbon monoxide.Hospitals, District: Government-controlled hospitals which represent the major health facility for a designated geographic area.Skating: Using ice skates, roller skates, or skateboards in racing or other competition or for recreation.Thorium: Thorium. A radioactive element of the actinide series of metals. It has an atomic symbol Th, atomic number 90, and atomic weight 232.04. It is used as fuel in nuclear reactors to produce fissionable uranium isotopes. Because of its radioopacity, various thorium compounds are used to facilitate visualization in roentgenography.Risk: The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome.Head Injuries, Closed: Traumatic injuries to the cranium where the integrity of the skull is not compromised and no bone fragments or other objects penetrate the skull and dura mater. This frequently results in mechanical injury being transmitted to intracranial structures which may produce traumatic brain injuries, hemorrhage, or cranial nerve injury. (From Rowland, Merritt's Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed, p417)Engineering: The practical application of physical, mechanical, and mathematical principles. (Stedman, 25th ed)Cohort Studies: Studies in which subsets of a defined population are identified. These groups may or may not be exposed to factors hypothesized to influence the probability of the occurrence of a particular disease or other outcome. Cohorts are defined populations which, as a whole, are followed in an attempt to determine distinguishing subgroup characteristics.Transportation: The means of moving persons, animals, goods, or materials from one place to another.Decompression Sickness: A condition occurring as a result of exposure to a rapid fall in ambient pressure. Gases, nitrogen in particular, come out of solution and form bubbles in body fluid and blood. These gas bubbles accumulate in joint spaces and the peripheral circulation impairing tissue oxygenation causing disorientation, severe pain, and potentially death.Sleep Deprivation: The state of being deprived of sleep under experimental conditions, due to life events, or from a wide variety of pathophysiologic causes such as medication effect, chronic illness, psychiatric illness, or sleep disorder.Nursing: The field of nursing care concerned with the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health.Sports Equipment: Equipment required for engaging in a sport (such as balls, bats, rackets, skis, skates, ropes, weights) and devices for the protection of athletes during their performance (such as masks, gloves, mouth pieces).Holidays: Days commemorating events. Holidays also include vacation periods.Family Practice: A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.Consultants: Individuals referred to for expert or professional advice or services.Liability, Legal: Accountability and responsibility to another, enforceable by civil or criminal sanctions.Traction: The pull on a limb or a part thereof. Skin traction (indirect traction) is applied by using a bandage to pull on the skin and fascia where light traction is required. Skeletal traction (direct traction), however, uses pins or wires inserted through bone and is attached to weights, pulleys, and ropes. (From Blauvelt & Nelson, A Manual of Orthopaedic Terminology, 5th ed)Hemiplegia: Severe or complete loss of motor function on one side of the body. This condition is usually caused by BRAIN DISEASES that are localized to the cerebral hemisphere opposite to the side of weakness. Less frequently, BRAIN STEM lesions; cervical SPINAL CORD DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; and other conditions may manifest as hemiplegia. The term hemiparesis (see PARESIS) refers to mild to moderate weakness involving one side of the body.Hong Kong: The former British crown colony located off the southeast coast of China, comprised of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula, and New Territories. The three sites were ceded to the British by the Chinese respectively in 1841, 1860, and 1898. Hong Kong reverted to China in July 1997. The name represents the Cantonese pronunciation of the Chinese xianggang, fragrant port, from xiang, perfume and gang, port or harbor, with reference to its currents sweetened by fresh water from a river west of it.Brain Injuries: Acute and chronic (see also BRAIN INJURIES, CHRONIC) injuries to the brain, including the cerebral hemispheres, CEREBELLUM, and BRAIN STEM. Clinical manifestations depend on the nature of injury. Diffuse trauma to the brain is frequently associated with DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY or COMA, POST-TRAUMATIC. Localized injuries may be associated with NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; HEMIPARESIS, or other focal neurologic deficits.
Understanding adverse events: human factors. (1/1061)
(1) Human rather than technical failures now represent the greatest threat to complex and potentially hazardous systems. This includes healthcare systems. (2) Managing the human risks will never be 100% effective. Human fallibility can be moderated, but it cannot be eliminated. (3) Different error types have different underlying mechanisms, occur in different parts of the organisation, and require different methods of risk management. The basic distinctions are between: Slips, lapses, trips, and fumbles (execution failures) and mistakes (planning or problem solving failures). Mistakes are divided into rule based mistakes and knowledge based mistakes. Errors (information-handling problems) and violations (motivational problems) Active versus latent failures. Active failures are committed by those in direct contact with the patient, latent failures arise in organisational and managerial spheres and their adverse effects may take a long time to become evident. (4) Safety significant errors occur at all levels of the system, not just at the sharp end. Decisions made in the upper echelons of the organisation create the conditions in the workplace that subsequently promote individual errors and violations. Latent failures are present long before an accident and are hence prime candidates for principled risk management. (5) Measures that involve sanctions and exhortations (that is, moralistic measures directed to those at the sharp end) have only very limited effectiveness, especially so in the case of highly trained professionals. (6) Human factors problems are a product of a chain of causes in which the individual psychological factors (that is, momentary inattention, forgetting, etc) are the last and least manageable links. Attentional "capture" (preoccupation or distraction) is a necessary condition for the commission of slips and lapses. Yet, its occurrence is almost impossible to predict or control effectively. The same is true of the factors associated with forgetting. States of mind contributing to error are thus extremely difficult to manage; they can happen to the best of people at any time. (7) People do not act in isolation. Their behaviour is shaped by circumstances. The same is true for errors and violations. The likelihood of an unsafe act being committed is heavily influenced by the nature of the task and by the local workplace conditions. These, in turn, are the product of "upstream" organisational factors. Great gains in safety can ve achieved through relatively small modifications of equipment and workplaces. (8) Automation and increasing advanced equipment do not cure human factors problems, they merely relocate them. In contrast, training people to work effectively in teams costs little, but has achieved significant enhancements of human performance in aviation. (9) Effective risk management depends critically on a confidential and preferable anonymous incident monitoring system that records the individual, task, situational, and organisational factors associated with incidents and near misses. (10) Effective risk management means the simultaneous and targeted deployment of limited remedial resources at different levels of the system: the individual or team, the task, the situation, and the organisation as a whole. (+info)Mortality and cancer morbidity in a group of Swedish VCM and PCV production workers. (2/1061)
The cohort of workers employed in a Swedish vinyl chloride/poly(vinyl chloride) plant since its start in the early 1940's has been followed for mortality and cancer morbidity patterns. Only 21 of the 771 persons could not be traced. Difficulties in establishing exposure levels at different work areas in the past makes an evaluation of dose-effect relationships impossible. A four- to fivefold excess of pancreas/liver tumors was found, including two cases later classified as angiosarcomas of the liver. The number of brain tumors and suicide do not deviate significantly from expected. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, on the other hand, differ significantly from the expected. The discrepancies between previous reports on VCM/PVC workers and this report are discussed. The possible etiology of the cardiovascular deaths is also discussed. (+info)Occupational health psychology: an emerging discipline. (3/1061)
There is growing concern that rapidly changing patterns of work organization and employment pose risk for occupational illness and injury. In the present article, we assert that these changes create new needs and opportunities for research and practice by psychologists in the area of work organization and health. We begin with an historical overview of the contribution of psychologists to the occupational safety and health field, and to the study of work organization and health. We then describe new initiatives by the American Psychological Association and national health organizations in the United States and Europe to frame a new field of study--called "occupational health psychology"--that focuses on the topic of work organization and health. We conclude with a discussion of emerging research needs and trends within this field. (+info)Pressure gun injection injuries of the hand. (4/1061)
Pressure gun injection injuries are becoming increasingly common. Their effect on the fingers and hands, especially when improperly managed, can be devastating. Therefore it is important to review features, clinical course, anatomic distribution and operative management of such injuries. If a useful hand and fingers are to be attained, rapid and thorough decompression and debridement of these injuries are essential. (+info)Two cases of Chromobacterium violaceum infection after injury in a subtropical region. (5/1061)
Chromobacterium violaceum is a gram-negative rod and is isolated from soil and water in tropical and subtropical regions. The species have pigmented and nonpigmented colony types. Infections caused by nonpigmented strains are rare. We report on two cases of infection caused by both pigmented and nonpigmented strains of C. violaceum. Two 24-year-old Korea Airline stewardesses were admitted to Inha University Hospital, Inchon, South Korea, on 9 August 1997, 3 days after an airplane accident in Guam. Both had multiple lacerations on exposed parts of their bodies. There was swelling, tenderness, and pus discharge. The wounds contained many small fragments of stones and weeds. A pigmented strain was isolated from the left hand and a nonpigmented strain was isolated from the left knee of one patient. For the other patient only a nonpigmented strain was isolated from a foot wound. The nonpigmented colonies from the left-knee and the left-foot wounds did not produce any pigment even after an extended period of incubation. The biochemical characteristics were the same for each strain except for oxidase and indole reactions. The pigmented strain was oxidase negative and indole positive, whereas the nonpigmented strains were oxidase positive and indole negative. The patients were successfully treated by debridement and with appropriate antibiotics. (+info)Prognosis of accidental low back pain at work. (6/1061)
Accidental low back pain at the workplace was classified into two groups; 177 cases of the organic type and 176 cases of the non-specific type. Concerning the recuperation period, the length of leave, and the amount of compensation for recuperation, medical cost and leave of absence, a comparison was made between two groups. Regarding age, sex, and the type of work, no difference was found between the organic and the non-specific groups. However, the non-specific group showed lower values than the organic one for the duration of recuperation and leave and the amount of compensation for medical cost and leave of absence. Multiple regression analysis showed that the difference in the type of low back pain had more influence on the duration and cost than that in sex and age. The prognosis of non-specific low back pain is better than that of organic one in terms of cost and duration. (+info)Needlestick and sharps injuries among health-care workers in Taiwan. (7/1061)
Sharps injuries are a major cause of transmission of hepatitis B and C viruses and human immunodeficiency virus in health-care workers. To determine the yearly incidence and causes of sharps injuries in health-care workers in Taiwan, we conducted a questionnaire survey in a total of 8645 health care workers, including physicians, nurses, laboratory technicians, and cleaners, from teaching hospitals of various sizes. The reported incidence of needlestick and other sharps injuries was 1.30 and 1.21 per person in the past 12 months, respectively. Of most recent episodes of needlestick/sharps injury, 52.0% were caused by ordinary syringe needles, usually in the patient units. The most frequently reported circumstances of needlestick were recapping of needles, and those of sharps injuries were opening of ampoules/vials. Of needles which stuck the health-care workers, 54.8% had been used in patients, 8.2% of whom were known to have hepatitis B or C, syphilis, or human immunodeficiency virus infection. Sharps injuries in health-care workers in Taiwan occur more frequently than generally thought and risks of contracting blood-borne infectious diseases as a result are very high. (+info)Childhood work-related agricultural fatalities--Minnesota, 1994-1997. (8/1061)
Agriculture is one of the most hazardous industries in the United States, with the second highest work-related fatality rate during 1992-1996 (21.9 deaths per 100,000 workers). During 1992-1995, 155 deaths were reported among agricultural workers aged < or =19 years; 64 (41%) of these youths were working in their family's business . In Minnesota during 1992-1996, agriculture had the highest fatality rate of any industry (21.3 per 100,000 workers). To characterize agriculture work-related deaths among youths in Minnesota during 1994-1997, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) analyzed data from the state's Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program. This report presents five cases of agriculture work-related fatalities among youths in Minnesota. (+info)Journal of Occupational Accidents: 203-235.. *^ a b Health & Safety Commission (1979). Advisory Committee on Major Hazards: ... a b Kletz, T., (2000) By Accident - a life preventing them in industry PVF Publications ISBN 0-9538440-0-5 ... Since the accident took place at a weekend there were relatively few people on site: of those on-site at the time, 28 were ... Immediately after the accident, New Scientist commented presciently on the normal official response to such events, but hoped ...
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"Management of Occupational Road Risk - MORR™ Awards". The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. 2013. Retrieved 14 ... a Gold Award for Management of Occupational Road Risk (MORR) and a Silver Award for Occupational Health and Safety. In 2014, it ... "MORR™ Technology Trophy (sponsored by Tesco Dotcom)". rospa.com/. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. 2014. ... "In-car camera records accidents". BBC News. 14 October 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2015. Knapman, Chris (30 October 2012). " ...
Over the same period, the number of occupational accidents fell by 29 percent.[29] Presented in 2012, the goal of Henkel's new ...
Nuclear accidents can have dramatic consequences to their surroundings, but their global impact on cancer is less than that of ... National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Cardis E, Vrijheid M, Blettner M; et al. (July 2005). "Risk of cancer ... Mine workers receive occupational exposures to radon, especially in uranium mines. Anyone working in a granite building, such ... Studies of occupational workers exposed to chronic low levels of radiation, above normal background, have provided mixed ...
"Concept of "Zero-accident Total Participation Campaign"". Japan International Center for Occupational Safety and Health. Yosef ... Pointing and calling is a method in occupational safety for avoiding mistakes by pointing at important indicators and calling ...
DAN publishes research results on a wide range of matters relating to diving safety and medicine and diving accident analysis, ... Contents: Diving in Australia - Mr Terry Cummins; An occupational medicine view point - Dr David Smith; Divers Alert Network, ... Wachholtz, CJ; Dovenbarger, JA; Fowler III, GP; Rust, JS; Thompson, LD (1989); Comparison of accident data vs. survey data of ... Wachholtz, CJ; Dovenbarger, JA; Fowler III, GP; Rust, JS; Thompson, LD (1989). "Comparison of accident data vs. survey data of ...
... researches occupational health issues related to mining. Mining accident Escape respirator Mañas Mármol, Francisco (31 July ... Mining accidents continue worldwide, including accidents causing dozens of fatalities at a time such as the 2007 Ulyanovskaya ... This disaster was surpassed only by the Benxihu Colliery accident in China on April 26, 1942, which killed 1,549 miners. While ... The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst mining accident, involved the death of 1,099 miners in Northern France on March 10 ...
Even though studies support 12 hour shifts are associated with increased occupational injuries and accident (higher rates with ... Workers with sleep deprivation are far more likely to be injured or involved in an accident.[8] Breaks reduce accident risks.[ ... "Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 72 (Online First): 72-78. doi:10.1136/oemed-2014-102150. PMID 25030030. Retrieved 11 ... "Occupational Medicine. 53 (2): 109-116. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqg049. ISSN 0962-7480. PMID 12637595.. ...
Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 51(12): 804-811. Becker, David V., Jacob Robbins, Gilbert W. Beebe, André C. Bouville ... In 1986 after the Chernobyl accident, he organized and led an international study of thyroid cancer and leukemia risk among ... A cohort study of thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases after the Chornobyl accident: objectives, design and methods. ... 2004). A cohort study of thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases after the Chornobyl accident: objectives, design and methods ...
Immediately reportable accidents and injuries are: A death of an individual at a mine; An injury to an individual at a mine ... Additionally, the Mine Safety and Health Act authorizes the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part ... The Bureau was charged with the responsibility to conduct research and to reduce accidents in the coal mining industry, but was ... by law to report all mining accidents within 15 minutes of when the operator knew or should have known about the accident. ...
Risk, within the occupational health and safety sphere, is defined as the 'effect of uncertainties on objectives'. In the ... Safetyline Institute Kjellen, U. (2000) Prevention of Accidents Through Experience Feedback. CRC Press. ISBN 0748409254 http:// ... ISBN 978-0750674119 Job Hazard Analysis, Occupational Safety and Health Administration-Accessed 30/Jul/13 Job Safety Analysis, ... Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety-Accessed 30/Jul/13 Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) - An overview, University of ...
"Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance. Retrieved 21 August 2012.. ...
The relevant insurance policies must cover personal and occupational accidents. Pelé Law provides that the indemnity must ... a PALC may have its terms suspended if the Athlete becomes unable to exercise his activity due to an occupational accident or ...
Marine Accident Investigation Board, Aircraft Accident Investigation Board, the Post and Telecom Administration, Equalization ... Navigation and legal registration of seamen and their occupational rights. Lighthouses, harbours and breakwaters. Safety in ... Under the auspices of the Ministry were: The Public Road Administration (Vegagerðin), the Road Accident Analysis Group, the ... transportation and accident investigation. Telecommunications. Postal services. Municipal affairs. Equalization Fund. [1] ...
Road Accident Fund v Russell 2001 2 SA 34 (SCA). Road Accident Fund v Sauls 2002 2 SA 55 (SCA). S v Arnold 1985 3 SA 256 (C). S ... Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act 130 of 1993. Institution of Legal Proceedings against Certain Organs of ... General accident Insurance Co SA Ltd v Nhlumayo 1987 3 SA 577 (A). General Accident Insurance Co South Africa Ltd v Xhego and ... Road Accident Fund Act 56 of 1996. Loubser, Max, Rob Midgley, André Mukheibir, Liezel Niesing, and Devina Perumal. The Law of ...
"Big Blue Crane Accident: A tragic day at Miller Park". The Miller Park Scrapbook. Retrieved July 30, 2014. "The Great American ... Ballpark (A)". Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). Retrieved July 30, 2014. "Three Firms Fined For Total of ... The Miller Park crane accident". Engineering Failure Analysis. pp. 942-961. doi:10.1016/j.engfailanal.2006.12.002. " ...
Minimizing such occurrences as soon as possible is a primary mission of occupational and physical therapists employed within ... atrophy decreases qualities of life as the sufferer becomes unable to perform certain tasks or worsen the risks of accidents ...
Keeping accident, injury, and fatality records is required by law. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires ... and as a result of the accident. It may also be beneficial to report accidents to the workforce. Signage that tracks accident ... There are a number of ways to report and record all accidents that occur in the workplace. The Occupational Safety and Health ... Any accidents that result in a fatality must be reported within 30 days of the when the accident occurred. However, when a ...
... procedures and arrangements for the recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases, commuting accidents, ... Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases .... Recording and notification of occupational accidents and ... Tags: ILO codes of practice, occupational safety and health, occupational accidents, occupational diseases ... Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseasespdf - 0.4 MB * The code gives more prominence to the ...
An occupational injury report provides details about the injured person and the employer as well as the extent of the injury ... An occupational injury report provides details about the injured person and the employer as well as the extent of the injury ... Occupational accidents and work-related diseases Listen Occupational accidents and work-related diseases. Upcoming publishing: ...
Epidemiology of work-related diseases and accidents : tenth report of the Joint ILO/WHO Committee on Occupational Health [ ... Epidémiologie des maladies et des accidents liés à la profession : dixième rapport du Comité mixte OIT/OMS de médecine du ... Guide de soins médicaux d urgence à donner en cas d accidents dus à des marchandises dangereuses (GSMU : supplément ... Joint ILO/WHO Committee on Occupational Health; World Health Organization; International Labour Organization (World Health ...
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. on. Chemical Accident Investigation. I. Purpose and Scope ... B. Investigation of Accidents. EPA and OSHA will each maintain a core team of chemical accident investigators directed by each ... E. Joint Accident Investigation Reports. The product of joint on-scene accident investigations will be a public report ... a description of the accident;. * a description of the response to the accident (may be done by reference to another official ...
Accident Report Detail. Accident: 200372118 - Three Employees Exposed To Chemical Vapors Accident: 200372118 -- Report ID: ... Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA Contact Us FAQ A to Z Index English Español ... Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 200 Constitution Ave NW. Washington, DC 20210. 800-321-6742 (OSHA). TTY. www. ... Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 200 Constitution Ave NW. Washington, DC 20210. 800-321-6742 (OSHA). TTY. www. ...
Occupational accidents and occupational diseases. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is responsible for developing and ... Employers shall insure their employees against occupational accidents or occupational diseases. The obligation to insure arises ... Compensations relating to occupational accidents and diseases:. *Daily allowance compensates for the loss of income of the ... Compensations for occupational accidents or diseases resulting from central government work are handled by the Treasury that ...
... for the management of the occupational accidents and diseases and the promotion of a preventive approach to occupational safety ... Employment injury schemes and the prevention of occupational accidents and diseasespdf - 0.3 MB * ... Employment injury schemes and the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases. The objective of the course is to ... Employment injury schemes are part of the social security branch in charge of the workers insurance for occupational accidents ...
This report focuses on the importance of national reporting of occupational accidents and diseases and how it can be improved, ... Improvement of national reporting, data collection and analysis of occupational accidents and diseasespdf - 3.7 MB * ... This report focuses on the importance of national reporting of occupational accidents and diseases and how it can be improved, ... A detailed discussion is given on the use of reliable occupational accidents and diseases data by the employers, employees, ...
Moderate and extreme ambient temperatures increase the risk of occupational accidents. This is the main conclusion of a new ... Moderate and extreme temperature exposures may increase risk of occupational accidents. *Download PDF Copy ... Moderate and extreme ambient temperatures increase the risk of occupational accidents. This is the main conclusion of a new ... Heat and cold are believed to be associated with a higher risk of occupational injury, but the existing scientific evidence ...
This report is a review of the Nordic countries systems regarding fatal occupational accidents, i.e. the reporting process, the ... The report shows that during the time period 2003-2008 the total number of fatal occupational accidents in the Nordic countries ... The report concludes that in order to make data on occupational accidents more comparable among the Nordic countries and ... between 1.51 to 2.49 fatal occupational accidents per 100,000 workers per year varying between countries. The report also shows ...
An average of 80 thousand occupational accidents occurs each year in Turkey and 1500 workers are lost their lives. In ... Occupational accidents cause approximately $3 billion income loss in social security system. Majority of occupational accidents ... Occupational accidents began to rise again. Especially in high risky sectors and the overall work-re- lated accidents showed a ... In every year, 2 million fatal accidents occur worldwide and 2 workers die because of occupational accident in every minute. ...
... while additional 374 million suffer from non-fatal occupational accidents globally each year. ... The federal government says 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases annually, ... The federal government says 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases annually, while ... Ifeoma Anyawutaku, Director, Occupational Safety and Health Department in the ministry, said that it was the ministrys mandate ...
... and 3,739 fatal accidents. This is a ratio of approximately 850 non-fatal accidents for every fatal one. There was a slight ... Eurostat data published in 2016 finds that in 2014 there were almost 3.2 million non-fatal accidents at work in the EU28 that ... increase in the number of accidents at work in the EU28 between ... Accidents and occupational diseases can give rise to heavy ... Preventing work accidents, occupational injuries and diseases has more benefits than just reducing damages: it has also been ...
Preventing Chlorine Gas Accidents. For portable detectors, think about ease of use, training, battery life, and service life. ... Most of these accidents are preventable with personal safety or plant gas monitoring equipment. Knowing when to utilize ... Many accidents are preventable with the proper training and toxic gas monitoring safety equipment. ... Every year, workers are injured needlessly in plant accidents caused by leaking toxic gases. These gases include chlorine and ...
2012 by Heather Cuthill In occupational health and safety... ... What is the Difference Between an Accident and an Incident? ... In occupational health and safety lingo, the terms "accident" and "incident" may appear to be interchangeable - but theyre not ... freak accident. ill hap. pr. of accidere to happen. [1913 Webster] Thou camst not to thy place by accident: It is the very ... Incident . Reserving Accident to denote injuries helps save time! If I hear Johnny has been involved in an accident the word ...
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2011; 68 387-388 Published Online First: 10 Feb 2011. doi: 10.1136/oem.2010.058909 ... Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2010; 68 457-464 Published Online First: 08 Oct 2010. doi: 10.1136/oem.2009.054684 ... also given to the Chernobyl accident.1 An editorial and a review article in this issue of the Journal2 3 (see pages 387 and 457 ...
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The results suggest that occupational accidents may result in a disabling psychopathological condition, and that a brief ... Thirty-eight victims of occupational accidents (injured workers) and 38 gender-, age-, and years of education-matched workers ... the present study was aimed at assessing the psychological consequences of accidents occurring in several occupational settings ... whereas the degree of physical injury and the length of time since the accident did not play a predictive role. ...
Number and percentage of occupational fatalities by accident class, 2018 (N=27). Keywords: Fatalities Accidents ... NOTE: "Fall of ground (from in place)" includes MSHAs Accident/Injury/Illness classifications for "Fall of face, rib, pillar, ...
This months round-up of occupational health research includes a study on overworked chefs and evidence that older workers ... Occupational Health & Wellbeing. Contact us. Features list 2018. Personnel Today Awards. The RAD Awards. Whatmedia Recruitment ... Overworked chefs at risk of accidents: OH research round-up July 2017. By Sarah Silcox on 6 Jul 2017 in Research, Mental health ... and stress, Occupational Health. Almost 80% of chefs surveyed said that they have had an accident or near miss at work that due ...
Benefits are payable, as shown, for both occupational and non-occupational accidents. There is a pre-existing condition ... 1,000,000 Occupational Accident Plan. Medical & Dental Expense Benefits. *NO DEDUCTIBLE - NO COINSURANCE! ... Payable if you are unable to perform your own occupation due to a covered occupational accident and are not otherwise employed. ... The Occupational Accident Policy is underwritten by Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company, a member company of OneBeacon ...
occupational accidents, occupational diseases and dangerous occurrences; and. * as appropriate, commuting accidents and ... the recording of occupational accidents, occupational diseases, dangerous occurrences, incidents, commuting accidents and, as ... to record occupational accidents, occupational diseases, dangerous occurrences, incidents, commuting accidents and, as ... 1 ILO: Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases and ILO list of occupational diseases. Report V (1), ...
A recent report provides a comprehensive overview of trends in accidents in organisations within the inspectorates authority. ... have contributed to a decrease in the number of accidents in the workplace. ... Changes in the behaviour of employers regarding occupational health and safety, as well as activities by the National Labour ... Number of registered occupational accidents. Fatal occupational accidents. Accidents at work with serious health impacts. ...
... and alcohol-related accidents are a year-round concern. ... Motorcycle and automobile accidents remain a top concern for U. ... Traffic Accidents Still Plaguing Military Services. Excessive speed and fatigue are among the causes of motorcycle and ... Parker said alcohol-related accidents are a year-round issue. "Thanksgiving is the number one DUI holiday, and Halloween is ...
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- The study analyzed data on nearly 16 million occupational injuries that occurred in Spain over a 20-year period. (news-medical.net)
- Researchers analyzed data related to nearly 16 million occupational injuries in Spain between 1994 and 2013 that resulted in at least one day of sick leave. (news-medical.net)
- Occupational accidents cause important social and economic problems by the loss of life and physical injuries. (scirp.org)
- This, he said had focused on the magnitude of work-related accidents, injuries, diseases and deaths and contemporary remedial approach through a preventive safety and health culture at work. (allafrica.com)
- Preventing work accidents, occupational injuries and diseases has more benefits than just reducing damages: it has also been shown to be a contributory factor in improving company performance. (europa.eu)
- According to the international labour organisation ILO, there are nearly 313 million occupational accidents per year in the world that end in injuries and 350,000 that are fatal. (ti.ee)
- As an employer, it is not only in your best interest to maintain a healthy and safe workplace and to prevent workplace injuries and occupational diseases, it is also your legal obligation under the OHSA. (employeradviser.ca)
- Computer-related accidents have caused injuries and fatalities in mining as well as other industries. (cdc.gov)
- It is very unlikely that a transportation accident involving radiation would result in any radiation-related injuries or illnesses. (cdc.gov)
- The European Forum of the insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases provides a venue for exchanging information and experiences between the national organisations that are responsible for the statutory insurance against occupational injuries. (europeanforum.org)
- The employer is obliged to insure its employees in case of occupational accidents and diseases as is prescribed in the Occupational Accidents, Injuries and Diseases Act. (ytk-yhdistys.fi)
- Industrial injuries pension will be paid, if the disability continues over one year after the accident. (ytk-yhdistys.fi)
- This should be filled out following an accident, incident, or occupational disease report including ergonomic injuries. (mcgill.ca)
- Occupational accidents were defined in accordance with the clinical diagnoses of External Causes, Injuries and Poisoning (SS-00 to T99) of the International Classification of Diseases, 10 th Revision, and with the benefit type, which distinguishes between occupational and non-occupational health problems. (docplayer.net)
- Results: According to the result, work related injuries of kicked and contusions were the most common types of accidents. (ac.ir)
- We pride ourselves on our multi disciplinary approach to occupational injuries, whether it is during the rehabilitation, management or prevention phase of the injury. (excelphysio.com.au)
- Our physiotherapists are all WorkCover accredited and have extensive experience in managing occupational injuries. (excelphysio.com.au)
- The Social Security Law considers any bodily injuries sustained by a workerdue to or as a result of work performed as an employee on the payroll as an occupational accident. (garrigues.com)
- Assesses the ways in which epidemiological research can be used to determine when factors in the workplace operate as causes of disease or accidents. (who.int)
- The concern is actually even greater insofar as, in today's system, the weaker party to the employment relationship, that is, employee, is poorly protected against the risk of occupational disease and occupational accident. (riigikogu.ee)
- Payment of accident-at-work and occupational-disease benefits is not contingent on registration with the social security system or periods of contributions. (cleiss.fr)
- If you have an active file concerning compensation subsequent to a work-related accident or an occupational disease or had such a file during the year prior to moving, you must notify the Com mission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail of your new address. (gouv.qc.ca)
- An injury or a disease (including its aggravation, relapse or recurrence) arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident. (gouv.qc.ca)
- If You Have a Work-Related Accident or Contract an Occupational Disease. (gouv.qc.ca)
- In 2014, the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy amended the Law on Mutual Insurance Societies for Occupational Accidents and Disease , increasing their influence on the leave procedures related to accidents at work. (equaltimes.org)
- A work-related accident, occupational disease, or a recurrence, relapse or aggravation of a previous employment injury. (gouv.qc.ca)
- A worker who suffers from, and is impaired by, an occupational disease is entitled to receive benefits under the WSIA as if the disease were a personal injury by accident. (employeradviser.ca)
- Although Congress has not explicitly defined occupational disease for LHWCA purposes, " [t]he generally accepted definition of an occupational disease is "any disease arising out of exposure to harmful conditions of the employment, when those conditions are present in a peculiar or increased degree by comparison with employment generally. (lavislaw.com)
- Upon additional payment, Generali Insurance offers extension of the insurance cover for the following risks: death, long-term, temporary disability and medical expenses due to a household accident and general disease. (generali.bg)
- An injury which has been sustained over a fairly short period of time, maximum of 24 hours, and is not compensated as an occupational disease shall be compensated as an occupational accident. (ytk-yhdistys.fi)
- Occupational disease refers to a disease that has been caused at work by a physical, chemical or biological factor. (ytk-yhdistys.fi)
- Declaring an illness as occupational disease requires such medical examination in which sufficient information about the predisposition at work is available. (ytk-yhdistys.fi)
- Compensation can be paid for an illness as an occupational disease even if it is not mentioned in the list, if the causal link of the illness to the physical, chemical or biological predisposing factor at work can be shown. (ytk-yhdistys.fi)
- Handicap benefit will be paid for general handicap caused by the injury or disease (no earlier than one year after the accident). (ytk-yhdistys.fi)
- The supervisor is responsible for sending the completed Accident, Incident & Occupational Disease Report form to EHS promptly. (mcgill.ca)
- If time off work is prescribed by the physician, then the supervisor must submit promptly, to your area HR Advisor, the completed Accident, Incident & Occupational Disease Report form and all the medical documentation. (mcgill.ca)
- 35.01 An employee who is victim of a work accident or has contracted an occupational disease must report it to his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible after the occurrence of such accident or disease, and must complete and sign the University form relating to work accidents and occupational diseases as soon as possible after the incident. (cupeu.org)
- 35.02 When an permanent employee is absent from work as a result of a work accident or an occupational disease, as provided for in law, the University must pay the employee his/her regular weekly salary for a period of four (4) calendar months following the beginning of the absence. (cupeu.org)
- 35.03 a) The employee who remains incapable of doing his/her work because of a work accident or an occupational disease, and is deemed capable of performing other tasks, is entitled to the first available position which allows him/her to perform these tasks. (cupeu.org)
- However, positions left unoccupied as the result of a work accident or an occupational disease for a period not exceeding twenty-four (24) months are not considered vacant positions. (cupeu.org)
- 35.05 When an employee who had a work accident or suffered an occupational disease returns to work, the University pays his/her net salary for each day or part of a day when the employee must be absent from work in order to receive care or undergo a medical exam related to his/her injury or disease, or to fulfill an activity within the framework of an individualized rehabilitation program. (cupeu.org)
- 35.07 The University must advise the Union without delay when an employee is victim of a work accident or an occupational disease, unless the employee objects. (cupeu.org)
- Between 2007 and 2011, 1,229 cases of occupational disease were reported to the BGW. (biomedcentral.com)
- The main focus of action to promote the health of physiotherapists should be on preventing skin disease, problems of the musculoskeletal system and accidents caused by stumbles and falls. (biomedcentral.com)
- Along with information about the accident and resulting injury, or the type of occupational disease and confirmed cause of illness, the BGW documents the affected person's activity. (biomedcentral.com)
- Also according to this study, the total cost of diseases and work-related accidents was higher than those related to AIDS or Alzheimer s disease, and comparable to cancer-related costs. (docplayer.net)
- To be considered an occupational disease, there must be some recognizable link between the disease and some distinctive feature of the workers' job. (constructionaccidentlawfirm.com)
- However, there are exceptions such as if you were a child at the time of the accident or if you have been affected by an occupational disease of which you have only just become aware, in which case, you may have longer to enter your personal injury claim for compensation. (abcsofconflict.com)
- An occupational disease is a health impairment caused by the insured occupation or education: Occupational diseases are listed in the Annex to the General Social Insurance Act (Allgemeines Sozialversicherungsgesetz). (sozialversicherung.at)
- It also provides valuable guidance for joint action by employers and workers and for activities carried out by governments, social security institutions and other organizations aimed at the overall prevention of occupational accidents and diseases. (ilo.org)
- Employers shall insure their employees against occupational accidents or occupational diseases. (stm.fi)
- A detailed discussion is given on the use of reliable occupational accidents and diseases data by the employers, employees, industries, the competent authorities and the others who have interest in improving workplace safety and health. (ilo.org)
- All work-related incidents need to be reported, but employers may have different forms for reporting injury accidents. (scribd.com)
- Changes in the behaviour of employers regarding occupational health and safety, as well as activities by the National Labour Inspectorate and employees' representatives, have contributed to a decrease in the number of accidents in the workplace. (europa.eu)
- Employers have a duty to report all serious occupational accidents to their regional occupational safety and health authority. (tyosuojelu.fi)
- Ossinovski totally agreed with the interpellators that the system needs changing, because it is no longer adequate in its current state and does not motivate employers to prevent occupational accidents and occupational diseases. (riigikogu.ee)
- The authors of the study propose to increase the responsibility of employers in covering the costs of occupational diseases and occupational accidents. (riigikogu.ee)
- Because workplace injury is a reality that many employers may face, will face or have faced at some point, it's wise to have a plan for when an accident does happen, according to OHS legal experts. (cos-mag.com)
- Workers, lawyers, scientists and politicians had battled for decades over whether workers or employers should be held responsible for "accidents" at work and whether accidents could be prevented in the first place. (cdc.gov)
- The adoption of workers' compensation and accident insurance laws meant that workers would no longer have to face off against their employers at court, potentially damaging relations and resulting in job losses. (cdc.gov)
- Prior to the compensation laws, to claim compensation at court, workers had the difficult task of proving that their employers were responsible for the accident. (cdc.gov)
- Sometimes, employers opt for an occupational accident insurance instead of a workers' compensation policy due to its lower cost. (marketbusinessnews.com)
- The majority of responsible employers have occupational accident insurance. (marketbusinessnews.com)
- Employers should ensure, when faced with a serious accident, that they consider retaining legal counsel promptly to provide advice and to attempt to attach "legal advice privilege" to the investigation file. (lexology.com)
- Employers shall take out an insurance against occupational accidents and diseases for their employees. (stm.fi)
- We support employers' duties related to work accidents, occupational health diseases. (ratkai-legal.com)
- This case demonstrates the importance of employers ensuring that employees do not disturb the scene of an accident - other than to attend to an injured worker - until the Ministry of Labour inspector has arrived. (occupationalhealthandsafetylaw.com)
- The Decree on Occupational Diseases Act provides a list of the most common illnesses considered occupational diseases. (ytk-yhdistys.fi)
- A physical therapist monitors ergonomics in conjunction with the company's SESMT in order to prevent employees from developing occupational illnesses or monitor those who are at risk. (sony.net)
- According to Romanian law, for accidents illnesses or disabilities that occur during working hours or because of hazardous working conditions, the contributor is entitled to a maximum of 180 days special medical leave. (easyexpat.com)
- diseases that occur or are aggravated by an occupational accident or common illnesses contracted by an employee due to the performance of his/her job, not included in the list of occupational diseases. (garrigues.com)
- NOTE: "Fall of ground (from in place)" includes MSHA's Accident/Injury/Illness classifications for "Fall of face, rib, pillar, side, or highwall (from in place)" and "Fall of roof, back, or brow (from in place). (cdc.gov)
- 13 14 Brooks et al described the reactive airway dysfunction syndrome as an asthma-like occupational illness after an acute exposure to highly concentrated respiratory irritants. (bmj.com)
- Not least, this Workers' Memorial Day marks 135 years since the introduction of the first major law that attempted to address the distress caused by workplace injury, illness, and death - Germany's accident insurance policy, which was introduced in 1884 2 following years of widespread debate. (cdc.gov)
- Whenever you suffer a workplace accident or illness, or experience a close call, the situation must be reported. (uwo.ca)
- This page will assist you on what actions to take and in completing the Accident/Illness/Incident Report Form. (uwo.ca)
- Personal injury accidents, occupational illness, property damage over $250 and close calls which in another set of circumstances would result in personal injury, must be reported. (uwo.ca)
- The supervisor conducts the investigation and completes the Accident/Illness/Incident Report Form . (uwo.ca)
- Therapy helps you recover as quickly and as safely as possible after an injury, accident or illness. (huntsvillehospital.org)
- Following on from the above, whether the pathology or damage sustained by an employee as a result of stress is an occupational accident or a common illness is increasingly the subject of legal debate. (garrigues.com)
- Despite this, given the difficulty in establishing the connection (cause-illness),there are very few legal rulings that categorically identify stress as a cause of the employee's pathology and which therefore classify the temporary incapacity process as being the result of an occupational accident. (garrigues.com)
- The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to set forth the principles of the working relationship between the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the area of chemical accident investigation. (osha.gov)
- This MOU implements OSHA's authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act), and EPA's authority under sections 103 and 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), and section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) to enter into agreements with other federal agencies to further the objectives of Congress and the President. (osha.gov)
- Under section 18 of the OSH Act, states may elect to administer their own occupational safety and health programs, or "State Plans," which must be approved and monitored by federal OSHA. (osha.gov)
- Thus, other government agencies must work with the State Plan in the same manner as they do with federal OSHA, because the State Plan is the authority responsible for occupational safety and health enforcement in that state. (osha.gov)
- This is considering that such immeasurable human suffering and catastrophes caused by poor occupational safety and health practices and conditions are largely preventable," he said. (allafrica.com)
- He, however, said the ministry had encouraged effort of stakeholders toward effectively rising to the transformation challenges and opportunities posed by rapidly advancing technologies which revolutionised occupational safety and health concerns. (allafrica.com)
- Ifeoma Anyawutaku, Director, Occupational Safety and Health Department in the ministry, said that it was the ministry's mandate to ensure safety and well-being of Nigerian workers in their workplace. (allafrica.com)
- The following are the English versions of (A) the proposed Protocol to the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981, and (B) the proposed Recommendation concerning the list of occupational diseases and the recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases, which are submitted as a basis for discussion of the fifth item on the agenda of the 90th Session of the Conference. (ilo.org)
- Compared with the number of accidents in the reference year of 2007, the decrease in the number of accidents has helped to fulfil one of the objectives of the Occupational Safety and Health Strategy in the Slovak Republic for 2016-2020 and the programme for its implementation. (europa.eu)
- This day also commemorates the enactment of the United States' Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, put into effect on April 28, 1971. (cdc.gov)
- To this end, it established the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). (cdc.gov)
- The Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (German: Institut für Arbeitsschutz der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung, IFA) is a German institute located in Sankt Augustin near Bonn. (wikipedia.org)
- The IFA supports the German institutions for social accident insurance and their organisations in solving scientific and technical problems relating to occupational safety and health. (wikipedia.org)
- In 1988, in response to a dramatic increase in the number of stress-related worker compensation claims in the U.S., the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) "recognized stress-related psychological disorders as a leading occupational health risk" (p. 201). (wikipedia.org)
- The report, "Safety and Health at the Heart of the Future of Work: Building on 100 Years of Experience," summarizes the evolution of occupational health and safety since ILO's founding in 1919 and addresses current trends that are changing the world of work. (aiha.org)
- The number of accidents that we have recorded over the past six months is too high and this accident experience is supposed to be checked by applying the best safety and health measures," Mr Nkolomba said. (lusakavoice.com)
- The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has a web page that lists work-related fatalities. (marketbusinessnews.com)
- The Divisions for Occupational Safety and Health of the Regional State Administrative Agencies together with the Department for Work and Gender Equality of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, which guides the OSH Divisions, form the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (tyosuojelu.fi)
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration enforces the compliance with working life laws and ensures that work is carried out in a safe and healthy manner. (tyosuojelu.fi)
- Occupational & Environmental Medicine, published online 19 May 2017. (personneltoday.com)
- Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology, published online 20 March 2017. (personneltoday.com)
- In a recent judgment, issued on June, 1, 2017, the Andalucía High Court held that stress was the cause of an occupational accident. (garrigues.com)
- Mortality from multiple sclerosis in British military personnel", E C Harris et al, Occupational Medicine, published online 20 June 2017. (personneltoday.com)
- Occupational and leisure-time physical activity and risk of disability pension: prospective data from the HUNT study, Norway", M S Fimland et al, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, published online 11 July 2017. (personneltoday.com)
- For the day of the accident , the injured worker is entitled to their full daily wage, which is paid by the employer. (cleiss.fr)
- From the day following the accident , the worker is paid a daily allowance amounting to 60% of their daily wage (calculated based on the wage for the calendar month preceding the leave divided by 30.42. (cleiss.fr)
- If an accident-at-work victim is deemed by the workplace physician as incapable of performing the work for which they were employed, the worker can receive a temporary incapacity benefit for up to 1 month from the issuance of the certificate of inability to work, on condition that the worker not be receiving any pay. (cleiss.fr)
- OSHA says that it investigates every occupational accident that results in the death of a worker. (marketbusinessnews.com)
- In most cases, the employer must pay the worker compensation when there is an occupational accident. (marketbusinessnews.com)
- According to the official sources, 65 - 80 thousand occupational accidents occur in Turkey every year and as a result of these accidents, 700 - 1700 workers die and approximately 2000 workers become permanently incapable. (scirp.org)
- The years 1998, 2001, and 2003 are compared in the case of occupational accidents and the years 2000 and 2002 in the case of work-related diseases. (aplusa-online.com)
- The report shows that during the time period 2003-2008 the total number of fatal occupational accidents in the Nordic countries was 1243, i.e. between 1.51 to 2.49 fatal occupational accidents per 100,000 workers per year varying between countries. (diva-portal.org)
- An average of 80 thousand occupational accidents occurs each year in Turkey and 1500 workers are lost their lives. (scirp.org)
- In every year, 2 million fatal accidents occur worldwide and 2 workers die because of occupational accident in every minute. (scirp.org)
- The federal government says 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases annually, while additional 374 million suffer from non-fatal occupational accidents globally each year. (allafrica.com)
- Thirty-eight victims of occupational accidents (injured workers) and 38 gender-, age-, and years of education-matched workers who never experienced a work accident (control group) were recruited. (mdpi.com)
- The results suggest that occupational accidents may result in a disabling psychopathological condition, and that a brief psychological evaluation should be included in the assessment of seriously injured workers. (mdpi.com)
- This month's round-up of occupational health research includes a study on overworked chefs and evidence that older workers compensate for age discrimination. (personneltoday.com)
- In addition, there were five fatal occupational accidents of auxiliary workers in the mining, construction, manufacturing and transport sectors. (europa.eu)
- Within the framework of the Latin American Occupational Health & Safety Strategy, the Latin American Organisation for Health & Safety and the Spanish government's Institute for Safety and Hygiene at Work (INSHT) brought out a publication entitled "Una mirada a las condiciones de trabajo de algunos colectivos especialmente vulnerables" (An overview of the working conditions of certain particularly vulnerables categories of workers). (ituc-csi.org)
- Often, the accident is caused by the workers themselves, by removing the protection device. (ti.ee)
- It also meant that workers did not have to rely on trade unions, guilds and other labor associations for mutual aid in times of crisis following an accident. (cdc.gov)
- Safety legislation often proved popular with workers, who wanted to prevent accidents from happening rather than deal with their consequences. (cdc.gov)
- Results: The total number of occupational accidents and fatal work-related diseases has increased, but the fatality rates per 100,000 workers have decreased. (aplusa-online.com)
- A report by the State Working Conditions Observatory (OECT) points out that workers employed through temporary employment agencies are the most vulnerable to workplace accidents, and their number on the labour market has been rising constantly since 2012. (equaltimes.org)
- Río & Santos advises workers, who suffered an accident at work, so they could claim indemnities if the businessman failed to comply with the occupational risk prevention law. (riosantosabogados.es)
- The obligatory Occupational Accident Insurance is intended for workers and employees who are employed in the main and auxiliary operations of enterprises classified as an economic activity with occupational traumatism equal or higher than the average for the country. (generali.bg)
- Occupational health psychology ( OHP ) is an interdisciplinary area of psychology that is concerned with the health and safety of workers. (wikipedia.org)
- There are some industries in which workers have a much higher risk of occupational hazards than others. (marketbusinessnews.com)
- For example, construction workers are more prone to occupational accidents than librarians. (marketbusinessnews.com)
- The main purpose of this descriptive study was to examine occupational accidents, risk behavior and the relationship between occupational accidents and risk behavior among wooden game workers in Chiang Mai province during December, 2007 to January, 2008. (who.int)
- In addition, occupational accident prevention should be planned as well as supporting safe behavior or reducing high risk behavior of the workers in the workplace, focusing on not using personal protective equipment. (who.int)
- We work to ensure strict safety compliance among workers and eliminate accidents involving them. (shimz.co.jp)
- Yilmaz, F. and Alp, S. (2016) Underlying Factors of Occupational Accidents: The Case of Turkey. (scirp.org)
- Eurostat data published in 2016 finds that in 2014 there were almost 3.2 million non-fatal accidents at work in the EU28 that resulted in at least four calendar days of absence from work, and 3,739 fatal accidents. (europa.eu)
- With regard to the professions and classification of injured persons in 2014, 2015 and 2016, the highest number of fatal occupational accidents happened to drivers (truck drivers, personal car drivers and bus drivers) and operators of mobile machinery. (europa.eu)
- Just half a year after the introduction of the app, the number of occupational accidents in Denmark has fallen from 27 to 14 in the first quarter, when comparing the number from this year with the number in the first three months of 2016, Neda-Maria Kaizumi states. (readytrack.com.au)
- The report also shows that more than 93 % of these fatal accidents involved males, which reflects the predominance of men in the most dangerous branches, i.e. agriculture, construction, transport, and communication. (diva-portal.org)
- 30% of the fatal accidents occur in construction sector every year. (scirp.org)
- Transportation sector at which many of the fatal accidents occur as a result of vehicle accidents, takes the second place after construction sector. (scirp.org)
- This is a ratio of approximately 850 non-fatal accidents for every fatal one. (europa.eu)
- There was a slight increase in the number of accidents at work in the EU28 between 2013 and 2014, with 49,000 more non-fatal accidents and 65 more fatal accidents. (europa.eu)
- In the EU28, more than two out of every three (68.7%) non-fatal accidents at work involved men. (europa.eu)
- For fatal accidents, this ranged in 2014 from less than 1.0 per 100,000 persons employed in Sweden, the United Kingdom, Finland (2013 data), Greece and the Netherlands, to more than 4.0 fatal accidents per 100,000 persons employed in Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania. (europa.eu)
- For non-fatal accidents, the range was from less than 100 per 100,000 persons employed in Greece, Bulgaria and Romania to more than 3,000 per 100,000 persons employed in France. (europa.eu)
- The situation regarding the incidence rates of fatal accidents is different, as it is much more difficult to avoid reporting fatal accidents. (europa.eu)
- However, some experts argue that there could even be under-reporting of fatal accidents in some Member States. (europa.eu)
- Fatal accidents are relatively rare events. (europa.eu)
- Because of this, incidence rates for fatal accidents can vary greatly from one year to the next, in particular in the smaller EU Member States. (europa.eu)
- In Sweden, the average (simple) incidence rate for non-fatal accidents at work in all activities for men was no more than 1.1 times as high as that recorded for women, while the gender gap was also relatively small in Denmark and France (as well as in Norway). (europa.eu)
- Although the number of registered occupational accidents in Slovakia has increased since 2014, there has been a decrease in the number of fatal accidents and accidents that resulted in serious health issues in organisations under labour inspection supervision. (europa.eu)
- As many as 218,019 "minor" accidents were reported, 13,577 more than during the same period last year, along with 1,593 "serious" accidents, one more than at the same period last year, and 239 fatal accidents, 16 more than in 2014. (equaltimes.org)
- According to the results, especially in the construction and coal mining sectors and all sectors in general, employee training, employee participation and periodic maintenance in the workplace are more important accident prevention factors than risk assessment and preventive OH & S services. (scirp.org)
- Turkey has ratified the ILO Convention No. 155 and 161 and in order to ensure compliance with European Union directives, it has made a number of legislations in occupational health and safety (OH & S). After the "Labour Act" enacted in 2003 and the related directives came into force, the "preventive approach based on risk assessment" is adopted and all directives revised in accordance with these principle. (scirp.org)
- Moderate and extreme ambient temperatures increase the risk of occupational accidents. (news-medical.net)
- The authors discuss the causes of this association and the implications for the prevention of work accidents. (scielo.br)
- Sony Brazil also annually carries out the Internal Week of Prevention of work, seeking through lectures, sweepstakes, theater and motivational activities to develop awareness and guide employees about the importance of prevention of work accidents and occupational diseases. (sony.net)
- Then the office can react quickly if an occupational accident occurs. (readytrack.com.au)
- All accidents, incidents and near misses, however minor, must be recorded by the business premises at which it occurs either in the accident book or electronically. (croydon.gov.uk)
- An occupational accident is an accident that occurs in the course of a person's work. (marketbusinessnews.com)
- You may limit your search for Occupational/Environmental Health expert witnesses to a specific area by selecting a state from the drop down box. (jurispro.com)
- WHO HQ Library catalog › Results of search for 'su:{Accidents, Occupational. (who.int)
- The technology company Caverion has taken a step further and has, as one of the first in the industry, developed an app for smartphone and tablet that ensures employees against occupational accidents. (readytrack.com.au)
- Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder frequently occur as a consequence of occupational accidents. (mdpi.com)
- Work-related accidents occur with some frequency. (mdpi.com)
- Accidents can occur if the radiation source is used improperly, or if safety controls fail. (cdc.gov)
- 'Accidents on board' refers to incidents that occur during transportation in the course of work. (marketbusinessnews.com)
- Commuting accidents are those that occur while traveling to or from work. (marketbusinessnews.com)
- According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), about 270 million work-related accidents and about two million deaths occur around the world every year. (docplayer.net)
- You pay just $144.40/month…for up to $1,000,000 of occupational accident insurance, with benefits for medical and dental expenses, disability income and accidental death and dismemberment PLUS non-occupational accident benefits. (ooida.com)
- The amount of the pension paid depends on two criteria: the worker's permanent disability severity rating and their salary before the accident. (cleiss.fr)
- Provides independent contractors and families with coverage for losses, including medical expenses and disability, that may follow accidents. (ati-ins.com)
- For temporary disability, daily allowance from accident insurance can be paid for a maximum of one year. (ytk-yhdistys.fi)
- Occupational Therapy utilizes the "occupations" of self-care, work and leisure activities to increase independence, enhance development and/or prevent disability. (huntsvillehospital.org)
- 35.06 As for the other terms, the parties are subject to the provisions of the Act respecting Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases. (cupeu.org)
- This report focuses on the importance of national reporting of occupational accidents and diseases and how it can be improved, as well as data collection systems and how the data can be evaluated and analyzed. (ilo.org)
- This report highlights the need for and the benefits of an improved and effective national system for reporting, data collection and analysis of occupational accidents and diseases. (ilo.org)
- Almost 80% of the chefs surveyed said that they have had an accident or near miss at work that they attribute to fatigue, and 51% report they suffer from depression due to being overworked. (personneltoday.com)
- The report introduced the issue and analysed the law and practice in respect of the recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases and the list of occupational diseases in various countries. (ilo.org)
- A recent report provides a comprehensive overview of trends in accidents in organisations within the inspectorate's authority. (europa.eu)
- Mererani - Mining sector-related accidents are on a worrisome upward trend, according to a new report, which shows that 27 people lost their lives within the first five months of this year. (org.in)
- The Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) also reflects these developments in its recently-published report commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Law on Occupational Risk Prevention. (equaltimes.org)
- In its 2014 Annual Report, the Public Prosecutions Service notes the increase in sentences related to occupational accidents and urges the government to set up specialised tribunals to provide a "rapid response" to these offences, given that the average time lag between the incident and the court decision is currently between six and eight years. (equaltimes.org)
- Give your employer all necessary information for filing an accident report and make sure that the employer submits an accident report to the insurance company. (ytk-yhdistys.fi)
- A new report issued by the International Labor Organization quantifies the number of people who die each year around the world from work-related accidents and work-related diseases. (aiha.org)
- If the incident/accident was the result of a building defect, or has caused a building defect, please also report it to Estates Operations via their Defect reporting system . (imperial.ac.uk)
- That same year, the International Commission on Occupational Health created the Work Organisation and Psychosocial Factors (ICOH-WOPS) scientific committee, which focused primarily on OHP. (wikipedia.org)
- It will analyse accidents at work and occupational diseases of physiotherapists along with work-related physical and psychosocial stress and job satisfaction. (biomedcentral.com)
- The Governing Body also indicated that the development of a mechanism for regularly updating the list of occupational diseases should be examined by the Conference as part of the above agenda item. (ilo.org)
- If the Conference so decides, these texts will serve as a basis for the discussion, at the 90th Session (2002), of the question of the recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases and the list of occupational diseases. (ilo.org)
- Practical recommendations on how to establish a new system or improve an existing one are given on the basis of the experience in the well-proven German system of statutory accident insurance. (ilo.org)
- If the employer does not have a statutory accident insurance at the time of the accident, the accident shall be reported to the Federation of Accident Insurance Institutions. (ytk-yhdistys.fi)
- We analysed routine data of the German Institute for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services (BGW) on accidents at work and occurring en route to/from work as well as occupational diseases of physiotherapists. (biomedcentral.com)
- This paper analyses routine data on accidents at work and occupational diseases of physiotherapists who work in physiotherapy practices and are insured with the Institute for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services (BGW). (biomedcentral.com)
- What is the Difference Between an Accident and an Incident? (scribd.com)
- In occupational health and safety lingo, the terms "accident" and "incident" may appear to be interchangeable - but they're not. (scribd.com)
- An accident is actually an incident that resulted in someone being injured or damage being done to property. (scribd.com)
- And the responsibility for reporting an incident vs. reporting an accident may fall on different shoulders. (scribd.com)
- Incident: Means an occurance other than an accident with the operation of an aircraft, which affects or could affect the safety of operations. (scribd.com)
- Incident An occurrence other than an accident associated with the operation of an aircraft. (scribd.com)
- anything involved in an incident is replaceable or manageable and does not involve Loss-of-Life.Accident An occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft.cos-mag. (scribd.com)
- Bob Breslin.org/financing-safety/accident-vs-incident With an incident. (scribd.com)
- Please fill out and submit the Online Accident and Incident form . (mcgill.ca)
- For printable Accident & Incident Forms, please click here . (mcgill.ca)
- For all accidents, form F2508 must be completed and sent to the ICC within 10 days of the incident etc occurring. (croydon.gov.uk)
- Everyone in a workplace must look out for their own occupational safety and that of others and work actively to prevent accidents. (tyosuojelu.fi)
- Prevent accidents from ever happening again. (ccohs.ca)
- You can take action now to prevent an accident or fall. (middlesbrough.gov.uk)
- In order to prevent work-related accidents and diseases, Sony Brazil annually elects employees from various areas to the Internal Commission for the Prevention of Accidents, in accordance with Regulatory Standard 05 of the Ministry of Labor of Brazil. (sony.net)
- To eliminate accidents involving heavy machinery and cranes, exhaustive steps are taken to prevent cranes and heavy machinery with three-point support from falling, and to prevent contact with and runaway incidents for vehicle-type construction machinery. (shimz.co.jp)
- Stricter legislation might help reduce noise levels at work, according to this Cochrane Review covering 29 studies of interventions to prevent occupational hearing loss. (personneltoday.com)
- The International Labor Organization (ILO) says that over 337 million accidents happen at work globally each year. (marketbusinessnews.com)
- On the basis of accident insurance indemnities are paid for both occupational accidents and diseases. (ytk-yhdistys.fi)
- Many accidents are preventable with the proper training and toxic gas monitoring safety equipment. (ohsonline.com)
- Although the word "accident" may imply something that is outside of our control, in fact most accidents are preventable, if people simply follow the occupational health and safety guidelines and policies adopted for their workplace. (scribd.com)
- The State Treasury compensates the occupational accidents and diseases occurring to the state employees. (ytk-yhdistys.fi)
- The insurance compensates for losses caused by occupational accidents or diseases. (stm.fi)
- With this in mind, consideration has been taken of the needs of developing countries and of countries which intend to establish or to modify their systems on the recording and notification of occupational accidents, occupational diseases, commuting accidents, dangerous occurrences and incidents. (ilo.org)
- It is the employer's responsibility to educate and train employees in safety procedures, to reduce the number of incidents - and accidents - on the jobsite. (scribd.com)
- Accident prevention is a responsibility shared by everyone in the workplace, and every member of staff must be prepared for accidents and learn from any previous incidents. (tyosuojelu.fi)
- These arrangements include the requirement to investigate the immediate and underlying causes of accidents and incidents to ensure that remedial actions are taken and lessons learnt. (imperial.ac.uk)
- The terms 'work accident' , 'workplace accident,' or 'accident at work' mean the same as 'occupational accident. (marketbusinessnews.com)
- The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is responsible for developing and preparing the legislation concerning insurance against occupational accidents and diseases. (stm.fi)
- The costs of occupational accident benefits were estimated to be R$8.5 million, with around half a million work days lost during the year studied. (docplayer.net)
- According to the Director General of the Labour Inspectorate Maret Maripuu, there are 14 occupational accidents every day in Estonia. (ti.ee)
- Occupational accidents have been the focus of the Labor Inspectorate, companies, organizations and trade unions for many years, and it is only now that we have begun to realize how technology can help. (readytrack.com.au)
- What are the main explanations of occupational diseases and accidents at work in the agricultural sector? (repec.org)
- The aim of this paper is to investigate the causes of occupational diseases and accidents at work (ODA) in the Italian agricultural sector. (repec.org)
- 1 Rev Saúde Pública 2006;40(6) Vilma Sousa Santana I José Bouzas Araújo-Filho I Paulo Rogério Albuquerque- Oliveira II Anadergh Barbosa-Branco III Occupational accidents: social insurance costs and work days lost ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To estimate the proportion of occupational accident benefits granted within the total for health-related social security benefits, viewing the costs according to benefit type and the impact on productivity according to work days lost. (docplayer.net)
- What are the main dangers of a nuclear power plant accident? (cdc.gov)
- Sony Brazil Manaus plant, which is engaged in the electronics sector, promotes and maintains the physical health, mental health and overall well-being of its employees as one of its main occupational health and safety (OHS) objectives. (sony.net)
- This month's look at occupational health research includes studies on noise at work and how outdoor breaks can relieve stress at work. (personneltoday.com)