Search results for "Prevention"

Identifying causes, dynamics and consequences of work accidents in forest operations in an alpine context

2016

Abstract In a sustainable perspective, where wood harvesting and use perfectly respond to environmental needs, social sustainability and related health and safety of forest workers cannot be disregarded. The aim of this study was the analysis of the accidents records in public companies in the Province of Trento, in Northern Italy, regarding forest operations in the period 1995–2013. Several information were available thanks to the up-to-date accident books compiled by each company. With an average Frequency index in the examined period of 88 injuries per million hours worked, forest operations were confirmed as one of the most dangerous works along all productive sectors. Monday had a sign…

Skull and Encephalic Injuries Caused by Beach Umbrellas: Case Reports and Review of Literature

2016

This study reports two unusual cases of skull-encephalic injuries in bathers that were caused by violent impacts with beach umbrellas. The first case concerned a 36-year-old man who, while lying on a sun bed, was struck on his left temple by a beach umbrella, which had been blown away by a gust of wind. The second case concerned a six-year-old child who was struck on the right temporal region while he was playing on the sand. Both subjects died. A review of the literature was carried out. Various skull and brain injuries caused by several objects were found, but no injuries caused by beach umbrellas were detected. There were only cases of injuries caused by normal umbrellas. These cases sho…

Questions on terrorism

1980

Erfahrungen bei der verkehrsmedizinischen Oberbegutachtung der Fahrt�chtigkeit

1966

Es wird uber Erfahrungen bei der verkehrsmedizinischen Oberbegutachtung berichtet und als Ergebnis herausgestellt, das die Untersuchung unter der Leitung eines verantwortlichen entsprechend vorgebildeten Arztes erfolgen musse, der Neben-bzw. Erganzungsgutachten uber spezielle von ihm nicht beantwortbare Fragen beiziehen soll. Ein sogenanntes Kommissionsgutachten mit Beteiligung mehrerer Begutachter wird als unzweckmasig bezeichnet.

Effects of Task-Irrelevant Cars on Judgments of Deceleration and Time-to-Contact During Car-Following

2012

Rear-end collisions represent over 25% of crashes with other moving vehicles (NHTSA, 2005). Factors that potentially contribute to such accidents include a driver’s ability to respond to a lead car’s deceleration and to estimate how much time remains until a collision would occur (DeLucia & Tharanathan, 2009). Prior research (Oberfeld & Hecht, 2008) showed that time-to-contact (TTC) judgments of approaching objects were influenced by task-irrelevant distractor objects. This finding has implications for rear-end collisions when drivers must detect a lead car’s deceleration amidst surrounding cars. However, Oberfeld and Hecht simulated a stationary observer rather than a moving obser…

Introduction: the unusualness and contribution of life span longitudinal studies of aggressive and criminal behavior

2009

Low self-control as a precursor to crime and accidents in a Finnish longitudinal study

1995

Leadership and employees’ perceived safety behaviours in a nuclear power plant: A structural equation model

2011

Leadership is considered an essential element in guaranteeing the safe running of organizations. The purpose of the present study is to find out how leader behaviours influence employees' safety behaviours (perceived safety behaviours) in the nuclear field. In an attempt to answer this question, the authors of this research have considered the way this influence is exercised, taking into consideration some important factors like safety culture and safety climate. To achieve this, the empowerment leadership model, based on a behavioural approach to leadership, was used. The sample was made up of 566 employees from a Spanish nuclear power plant. The results indicated that when safety culture …

Broadening the Concept of Poka Yoke Beyond Automotive Industry

2014

Abstract This paper will present the development of the poka yoke systems, which were initially created and implemented just for the automotive industry, also to other domains. For some fields like medicine, constructions or software development there are already articles available on the benefits brought by poka yoke systems’ implementation. Besides these domains the article will contribute to the recognition of poka yoke systems in fields where, although error proofing systems are used, no link to the poka yoke method was made by the authors, creators and users

A force measuring based strategy for failure prevention in incremental forming

2006

Abstract Incremental forming processes show a number of advantages compared to the traditional processes but, at the same time, some drawbacks are clearly known. Current problems, include the slowness of the process, low accuracy and a lack of knowledge in the field of material formability. This paper is focused on the latter issue: an industrially oriented methodology for detecting the approach of failure in incremental forming is proposed. The approach is based on the analysis of the trend of the forming force in order to assess whether the process can be run safely. If not, a proper strategy, to avoid material failure, is proposed and experimentally validated.