Safety Was No Accident

Author : Neil Arason
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554589657
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Accident written by Neil Arason and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is possible to eliminate death and serious injury from Canada’s roads. In other jurisdictions, the European Union, centres in the United States, and at least one automotive company aim to achieve comparable results as early as 2020. In Canada, though, citizens must turn their thinking on its head and make road safety a national priority. Since the motor vehicle first went into mass production, the driver has taken most of the blame for its failures. In a world where each person’s safety is dependent on a system in which millions of drivers must drive perfectly over billions of hours behind the wheel, failure on a massive scale has been the result. When we neglect the central role of the motor vehicle as a dangerous consumer product, the result is one of the largest human-made means for physically assaulting human beings. It is time for Canadians to embrace internationally recognized ways of thinking and enter an era in which the motor vehicle by-product of human carnage is relegated to history. No Accident examines problems related to road safety and makes recommendations for the way forward. Topics include types of drivers; human-related driving errors related to fatigue, speed, alcohol, and distraction and roads; pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit; road engineering; motor vehicle regulation; auto safety design; and collision-avoidance technologies such as radar and camera-based sensors on vehicles that prevent crashes. This multi-disciplinary study demystifies the world of road safety and provides a road map for the next twenty years.

Author : Judy L. Agnew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780937100189
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Safe by Accident? written by Judy L. Agnew and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a scientific look at safety leadership. Part one is an analysis of seven safety leadership practices that don¿t work and what to do instead. Part two presents a model for effective safety leadership and culture change.

Author : James Fuller
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1466968923
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Safety Was No Accident written by James Fuller and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will appeal to aviation engineers, air traffic controllers and all pilots who have taken a U.K. commercial pilots license. It explains how the U.K. Civil Aviation Flying Unit (CAFU) was formed during WWII and the work for which it was intended. How Flight Inspection methods were evolved to meet increasing challenges of improving navigational and landing aids and to ensure suitable flying standards were set for the issue of newly created licence requirements. It details the aircraft provided, their role; the seemingly ever changing Ministries from MCA to the CAA . It plots the beginning and the end of CAFU, asking how and why this occurred; tracks the changes of Ministries, policies, airfields, aircraft, inadequate housing, staff levels and pay, of aircrew and engineers who gave themselves to the safety of aviation, ensuring that to-days commercial aircraft are able to land in zero visibility conditions safely. It is a post-war history of the United Kingdoms effort, to be at the forefront of international aviation safety that is enjoyed by all who fly today. Whether you are a passenger or pilot, CAFU was a small part of this process and one to be proud of.

Author : Jessie Singer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982129689
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book There Are No Accidents written by Jessie Singer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journalist recounts the surprising history of accidents and reveals how they’ve come to define all that’s wrong with America. We hear it all the time: “Sorry, it was just an accident.” And we’ve been deeply conditioned to just accept that explanation and move on. But as Jessie Singer argues convincingly: There are no such things as accidents. The vast majority of mishaps are not random but predictable and preventable. Singer uncovers just how the term “accident” itself protects those in power and leaves the most vulnerable in harm’s way, preventing investigations, pushing off debts, blaming the victims, diluting anger, and even sparking empathy for the perpetrators. As the rate of accidental death skyrockets in America, the poor and people of color end up bearing the brunt of the violence and blame, while the powerful use the excuse of the “accident” to avoid consequences for their actions. Born of the death of her best friend, and the killer who insisted it was an accident, this book is a moving investigation of the sort of tragedies that are all too common, and all too commonly ignored. In this revelatory book, Singer tracks accidental death in America from turn of the century factories and coal mines to today’s urban highways, rural hospitals, and Superfund sites. Drawing connections between traffic accidents, accidental opioid overdoses, and accidental oil spills, Singer proves that what we call accidents are hardly random. Rather, who lives and dies by an accident in America is defined by money and power. She also presents a variety of actions we can take as individuals and as a society to stem the tide of “accidents”—saving lives and holding the guilty to account.

Author : Ryan M. Cleckner
Publisher : North Shadow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780999417331
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book There's Only One You! written by Ryan M. Cleckner and published by North Shadow Press. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even if you don't have guns in your home, you never know where your child will be when they encounter a firearm. Have you done enough to educate your child on how to respond? This book introduces the lesson of "Stop, get away, and tell an adult" to your child in a way that they'll want to hear.

Author : Scott Douglas Sagan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691213062
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Limits of Safety written by Scott Douglas Sagan and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental tragedies such as Chernobyl and the Exxon Valdez remind us that catastrophic accidents are always possible in a world full of hazardous technologies. Yet, the apparently excellent safety record with nuclear weapons has led scholars, policy-makers, and the public alike to believe that nuclear arsenals can serve as a secure deterrent for the foreseeable future. In this provocative book, Scott Sagan challenges such optimism. Sagan's research into formerly classified archives penetrates the veil of safety that has surrounded U.S. nuclear weapons and reveals a hidden history of frightening "close calls" to disaster.

Author : E. Marla Felcher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781567512045
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book It's No Accident written by E. Marla Felcher and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the infant products industry and reveals how many products such as portable cribs, cradles, infant carriers, and car seats can seriously injure children and how corporations keep consumers in the dark about their safety records.

Author : Dr Todd Conklin
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409483541
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pre-Accident Investigations written by Dr Todd Conklin and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-10-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a set of new skills written for the managers that drive safety in their workplace. This is Human Performance theory made simple. If you are starting a new program, revamping an old program, or simply interested in understanding more about safety performance, this guide will be extremely helpful.

Author : U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Product Safety, It's No Accident written by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Product Safety, It's No Accident: For teachers of grades K-6 written by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: