wait for their families to be returned. Co-workers and friends would be the second people to consider. We will also approach them the same by being careful with our words. With the co-workers we want to assure them that this was a freak accident and that before the mine is back up and operating again that there will be more safety measures in place. Some potential needs to be provided to the families of the miners in receiving a message about this event would be to address them very carefully
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Key Terms and Concepts Accident-analysis report is defined as a report that is completed when the accident in questions is serious. This analysis report requires special skills and should be undertaken only by an individual with those skills. The term also means at any of the following circumstances result from the accident in question: death, loss of consciousness, professional medical, etc. (Goetsch, p.166). Accident investigation is defined as an investigation its purpose is to collect
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Falls from elevated workstations are one of the top causes of injury and death among American workers. That’s why the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has strict requirements companies must follow to make workstations such as scaffolding as safe as possible. Employers on Oahu and Maui can rely on Atlas Sales Company to provide quality scaffolding equipment and safety training on every construction project. As Hawaii’s largest supplier of scaffolding equipment, they understand OSHA regulations
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The Colgan Air 3407 crash was a tragedy and reshaped the aviation industry, as we know it today. Everyone on the aircraft including all crewmembers were killed in the crash just outside of Buffalo, New York. The investigation into the crash was very extensive and deemed the crash as pilot error. Using the SHELL model I have determined how certain human factors contributed to the horrific crash. The SHELL model is used to identify what human factors played a role in crashes. SHELL helps us understand
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A culture of safety includes the organization’s activities, standards, approaches, communication methods, and leadership attitudes to prevent or minimize adverse events, and to support safety behaviors at all levels. “Improving the culture of safety within health care is an essential component of preventing or reducing errors and improving overall health care quality” (“Safety Culture,” 2016). A culture of safety would benefit Drew’s case and the patient’s at his hospital, because a culture of
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Volleyball is a non-contact sport that allows players to play as a team and build skills without any physical contact between teams. Even though this is a non-contact sport, injuries happen due to running into others, landing or jumping wrong, and overuse of muscles. Due to this, research has been conducted on the percentage of injuries and the best ways to prevent specific injuries. There are different ways for prevention and some positions are more at risk than others. In volleyball, it is more
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There are several websites that state the importance of playground safety. The website that I read and looked over discussed sixteen different components of playground safety. This website is Kidshealth.org and is located under playground safety. This website gave the different characteristics of a safe playground and the importance of providing children with a safe area to play in. Overall, this website focused on different components of providing children with a safe play environment. There are
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In the middle of a crash, how will you protect your life? The combo of Seatbelt and airbag is probably the way to go. Seat belts stretch just enough that they decelerate a person to save their life. Plus, airbags let out air as you run into them. When a person crashes without any seatbelt or airbag, they keep going at the same speed as they were. This is because of Newton's first law, the law of inertia. It states that an object is to stay at rest until a force acts on it. The seatbelt and airbag
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For many years, widespread spinal immobilization has been commonplace among blunt trauma patients in a prehospital setting, despite an absence of probable spinal injury. In fact, since the introduction of prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS), 89.4% of all trauma patients transported to the emergency department by ambulance have some form of cervical spine control, compared to 2.1% of patients prior to PHTLS (Kon Jin, Goslings & Ponsen). According to Kon Jin, Goslings & Ponsen (2013), “the reason
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People can get into an accident in all kinds of situations, including while on the job. Whether driving is a required part of your work, or if you have to run the occasional errand for your boss, your employer may be liable for any accidents that you cause, depending on the circumstances. Vicarious Liability When one person works for another, that person is considered the agent of the principal. In most instances, an agent is an employee, and the principal is his or her employer. The legal theory
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