Single-vehicle accident

first reason is that motor car accidents are the leading cause of death between the ages of 5 and 34 years old. The second reason is the use of cellphones on the road especially texting is the main target of police and lawmakers. The final reason is the what we can do. What can we do to stop losing innocent people, due to the reckless endangerment of texting and driving. We should have more laws for texting and driving to keep innocent lives safe. Motor car accidents are the leading causes of…

Many accidents today are blamed on texting and driving. Careless people who text while being behind the wheel commit murder everyday, killing whoever is behind the other car involved in the accident. Being able to attain a license and drive may be a dream to many young teenagers, but it could as easily become a nightmare. The use of technology has steadily grown over these past couple of years and it is only increasing as time passes, distracting us from much more important things. Texting while…

Dress codes in the workplace are necessary. They help to keep the employees safe while in the workplace. For example, they also help keep the articles that the employee could be wearing away from moving parts. If there were no dress codes enforcing loose articles, there could be major injuries. They help keep the employees safe by adding a protective layer between objects and the employee. Many employers will provide the employee with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when the employee is…

3 million worker succumbed in workplace and work related fatalities and many more work related injuries and illnesses (ILO, 2013). Globally, entire workforce is crying out for effective safety management system and historically, after the major accident of Flixborough in 1974 and other incidents like Seveso (1976) and Piper alpha(1988)the organizational need to develop safety management system grew and since then the requirement of occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) has…

work safely on jobsites free of avoidable hazards. When hazards cannot be completely eliminated, we proactively deploy safety measures to prevent injuries. On the rare occasion of an accident or near-miss, we are ready to respond quickly and effectively to minimize the extent of injuries and prevent similar accidents/incidents from occurring…

is that business is currently still looking bleak and all efforts and energy must be focused on, besides securing contracts, saving money. One of the biggest money wasting culprits in the construction industry is accidents – and few employers realise just how great the effect of an accident can be. The construction industry contributes vastly to the statistics of employee injuries and fatalities and this can…

reported immediately after the event, including what could have been possible causes of the crash - vandalism, terrorism or fracturing of the rail or track. Research into this found that the main suspect for the cause of the crash immediately after the accident was fracturing of the rail or track. The research also includes the public’s reaction to the crash and how the numerous other rail incidents preceding the crash at Hatfield affected this. The current perception of the chain of events are…

I noticed several engineering controls that stood out to me. I noticed that the crane has guardrails, hand holds, and steps that provided an easy and safe way to access the crane. I also noticed that electrical cords were covered to prevent any accident from happening. The crane also prevented workers from lifting heavy objects. Some methods of administrative controls that I observed were that they rotated job schedules in order to limit the amount of time an individual is working. I also…

involve a distracted driver each day” (CDC, 2016). Have you ever been in an automobile accident and quickly realized that a small electronic device was the cause? Millions of Americans see this kind of blatant disregard for human life played out each year with the utilizing of mobile phones while driving. Distractive driving is defined as anything that takes the attention of a driver off of the safe operation of a vehicle. A…

Every year, approximately 385,000 healthcare employees in the hospital are accidently injured while handling or disposing of needles. In non-acute facilities, 600,000 individuals are injured, including those who are not handling the devices first-hand. A needlestick commonly occurs in the process of disposal, during use on a patient, or after disposal if the device is not properly placed in a sharps container. These statistics can easily be avoided by proper education and training.…