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Intro -- TEEN DRIVER SAFETY AND GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSES -- TEEN DRIVER SAFETY AND GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 DRIVERS AGED 16 OR 17 YEARS INVOLVED IN FATAL CRASHES - UNITED STATES, 2004-2008 -- NATIONAL TEEN DRIVER SAFETY WEEK -OCTOBER 17-23, 2010 -- REFERENCES -- Reported by -- Editorial Note -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 TEEN DRIVER SAFETY: ADDITIONAL RESEARCH COULD HELP STATES STRENGTHEN GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSING SYSTEMS -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- MOST STATE GDL SYSTEMS INCLUDE KEY REQUIREMENTS, BUT SPECIFIC PROVISIONS VARY BY STATE AND RESEARCH ON THESE PROVISIONS IS LIMITED -- States Generally Include Requirements That Safety Experts Considered Key, but Specific Provisions Vary among States -- Research Supports Most Key Requirements, but Limited Evidence Exists on Optimal Provisions -- STATES FACE RESEARCH, LEGISLATIVE, AND OTHER CHALLENGES TO IMPROVE TEEN DRIVER SAFETY AND HAVE DEVELOPED STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THEM -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION -- AGENCY COMMENTS -- APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX II: RECOMMENDED GDL REQUIREMENTS -- APPENDIX III. REQUIREMENTS OF A GDL SYSTEM AND STATE DRIVER SAFETY PROVISIONS -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 TEEN DRIVER CRASHES: A REPORT TO CONGRESS, JULY 2008 -- TEEN DRIVER CRASHES -- Teen Driver Crashes -- Contributing Factors to Teen Driver Crash Rates -- Programs to Reduce Teen Driver Crashes -- Stage 1: Learner's Permit -- Stage 2: Intermediate (Provisional) License -- Stage 3: Full Licensure -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- End Notes -- Chapter 4 GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSING SYSTEM -- BACKGROUND -- KEY FACTS -- HOW EFFECTIVE ARE GDL SYSTEMS? -- How Does GDL Work? -- Stage 1: Learner's Permit

VTT Publications 411 ; Deficiencies in ergonomics and safety cause negative consequences for companies, national economy and individuals and therefore safer and more healthy products and work environments are required. Improvements in ergonomics and the safety of existing workplaces increase job satisfaction, decrease absenteeism and accidents in companies and may also have positive effects on the quality of the products of companies. Hazard analysis and risk assessment are widely accepted in product and process design. In the European Union legislators have shifted away from the application of detailed safety requirements towards requirements for application of risk analysis by companies themselves. Manufacturers or their representatives must carry out risk assessment and take results into account in machine design (Directive 98/37/EC). The new regulations are harmonised machine safety requirements within the EU member states and make it possible to market machines throughout the EU. Today, when the revision of the directive is being considered, it is essential to integrate current safety design procedures into systematic machine design processes in order to ensure both an acceptable level of safety in machines and feasible design efforts. This work was carried out in order to integrate European safety requirements into the systematic machine design process. At the beginning of the work, the theoretical framework was described and the first version of the approach was developed. The preliminary approach was tested and further developed in case studies. The case studies cover the redesign of two existing single machines, the design of a large materials handling system and the safety design of a new single machine. The main benefit of the approach fulfilling the European safety requirements was the clarification of the safety design requirements and simultaneous safety design together with other design tasks. The results also indicated that the harmonised C-level standards do not necessarily cover all the essential safety problems related to the machine to be designed and therefore risk assessment is recommended even if the C-level standard is available. In addition, the risk estimation according to EN 954-1 (1997) was unreliable. Individual judgements regarding the severity of consequences and the possibility of a user to avoid accident varied drastically. Finally, the machinery safety directive (Directive 98/37/EC) mixes hazards, technical requirements and safety goals in a confusing manner. Therefore, the proposal for a new draft of the directive on machinery (Proposal for. 1998) should be changed in a such way that it clearly separates the hazards, the technical requirements and the safety goals.

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Air ambulance transport is widely regarded as improving the chances of survival for trauma victims and other critical patients. However, recent increases in the number of air ambulance accidents have led to greater industry scrutiny by government agencies, the public, the media, and the industry itself. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and others have called on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which provides safety oversight, to issue more stringent safety requirements for the industry. This testimony discusses (1) recent trends in the air ambulance industry with regard to its size, composition, and safety record; (2) recent industry and government efforts to improve air ambulance safety; and (3) potential strategies for improving air ambulance safety. This testimony is based primarily on GAO's February 2007 study on air ambulance safety (GAO-07-353). To update and supplement this 2007 report, GAO analyzed the latest safety information from NTSB and FAA, reviewed published literature on the state of the air ambulance industry, and interviewed FAA officials and industry representatives. GAO provided a copy of the draft testimony statement to FAA. FAA provided technical comments, which GAO incorporated as appropriate."

Chapter 8: Emergency Power, Supplies, and Electrical SystemsPurpose; Code References; Types of Systems; Generators; Battery/Uninterruptable Power Supply; Specific Code Requirements; System Components; Additional Requirements for General Anesthesia Locations; Medical Facility Power Outlets/Breakers; Operational Requirements for Emergency Power Systems; Chapter 9: Medical Gases; Risks and Hazards of Medical Gasses; Types of Systems; Code Requirements; Portable Cylinders; Piped Systems; Operational Requirements for Medical Gas Systems; Chapter 10: Medical Equipment; Risks and Hazards.

Zimbabwe is at a critical juncture. After dollarization and favorable economic factors fueled arecovery during 2009-12, Zimbabwe today faces slowing growth, a financial crisis, increasingly erratic weather patterns and rising poverty and inequality. To help respond to these issues, the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) has sought to examine and ultimately better manage its public expenditures, with a view to ensuring public spending is effective, efficient, equitable, and well-targeted to the needs of its changing population, especially the poor.

AbstractPervasive stigma against fat people and evidence for its harmful health consequences highlight the need for a better understanding of people's first‐hand experiences of navigating the world with a stigmatized body size. Drawing on social identity threat theory, we conducted a mixed‐method study with a qualitative examination of threat and safety cues as experienced by people who self‐identify as overweight. In an online survey, 48 people who self‐identified as overweight responded to open‐ended prompts to describe how situational features of a setting signal weight‐based threat and safety to them. Using thematic analysis, we identified several themes that characterized threat and safety cues. Particularly notable were inverse themes, such as structural exclusion versus structural accommodation and homogeneity of others versus general diversity, that highlighted how physical features of, and the people in, an environment positively or negatively impact fat people's psychological experience. Moreover, we conducted exploratory deductive coding using a recent taxonomy of safety cues developed by Kruk and Matsick (in press). Results highlighted how weight‐based stigma both parallels and diverges from other cues of identity safety (e.g., by gender or race/ethnicity). We suggest knowledge about situational cues can inform interventions to mitigate threat and promote safety among both fat people and other stigmatized groups.

Summarization: This section gives an overview of two main requirements of the new 'Seveso II Directive': the safety management systems and the safety report. It compares relevant legislative requirements in the USA, summarises the contents of the recent EC guidance on the preparation of the safety report to meet the requirements of the new Directive and refers to the main elements of a safety management system. ; Presented on: Industrial Safety Series