scholarly journals Research of Surrogate Measure for Freeway Crashes Based on Tire Skid Marks

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Yan Ma ◽  
Wenjing Huang ◽  
Zong Tian ◽  
Donghong Li ◽  
Hongzhou Cai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sliding Window ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Northern Nevada ◽  
Strong Linear Correlation ◽  
Good Potential ◽  
Regression Techniques ◽  
Surrogate Measure ◽  
Traffic Systems ◽  
Traditional Approaches

Traditional approaches to evaluating and predicting safety issues in traffic systems are via crash records. However, considering the characteristics of scarcity, inconsistency, inaccuracy, and incompleteness of crash records, conclusions and recommendations drawn purely based on crashes have limitations. Tire skid marks are considered an indication of some safety hazards, and it could have good potential to be used as surrogates for crashes. By collecting and analyzing the data based on selected arterial and freeway segments in the Reno-Sparks area in northern Nevada, a methodology was developed to categorize different tire skid marks. Sliding window and linear regression techniques were applied to determine any correlation between tire skid marks and crashes. The analyses indicated that there was a relatively strong linear correlation between skid marks and crashes on freeway segments.

Tools to Identify Safety Issues for a Corridor Safety-Improvement Program

2000 ◽  
Vol 1717 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome P. Breyer
Keyword(s):  
Relational Databases ◽  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Highway Safety ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Satellite Systems ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
Safety Improvement

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) recognizes that a new paradigm in highway safety evaluation was brought about by the advent of advanced technologies such as photo log, geographic information systems (GIS), and global-positioning satellite systems. Whereas these technologies are known to serve distinct singular purposes in a highway agency, ADOT has endeavored to explore the possibilities of integrating these technologies for the purpose of providing an all-encompassing perspective of crash history and roadside characteristics in a multimedia display of GIS maps and related photo imagery. The research provides the account of an analytic tool-development process aimed at improving the recognition of highway safety hazards. These hazards might otherwise be apparent if not for the relative complexity of existing relational databases and spatial GIS infrastructure at ADOT. Previous methods of mining data from the ADOT crash databases were limited in functionality as well as in reliability. By promoting the “visualization” of highway safety conditions, the advanced technologies open a wealth of new opportunities in identifying problematic roadside conditions and crash histories. This is expected to lead to an improved economy of implementing safety improvements that are designed properly to mitigate the “real” conditions that can be identified. The research is a companion to the larger, FHWA-sponsored research into establishing a corridor safety-improvement program for Arizona (FHWA Report FHWA-AZ 98-458).

Occupational Health and Safety Hazards in Agriculture

2019 ◽  
pp. 218-239
Author(s):  
Debesh Mishra ◽  
Suchismita Satapathy
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Health And Safety Hazards ◽  
Health And Safety Issues ◽  
Made In

Within the agricultural sector, it becomes essential worldwide to analyze the magnitude of OHS problems. However, there is a lack of study in Odisha (India) to assess the prevailing situations. Hence, an attempt was made in this study to explore the issues related to OHS among the farmers of Odisha in India. There is a dual main contribution in this study. At first the occupational health and safety issues of farmers of Odisha in India were analyzed based on the literature review and the data collected by personal interaction and questionnaires. In the second part, the step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA) method was used to rank the different farming processes, as well as different risks involved in various farming activities.

Passenger Railroad Facility Safety Audit as Revenue Protection

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl M. Berkowitz ◽  
Louis D. Rubenstein
Keyword(s):  
Financial Resources ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Rail System ◽  
Pedestrian Accidents ◽  
Grade Crossings ◽  
Railroad Stations ◽  
Passenger Railroad ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Serious Injuries

Thousands of slip, trip, missteps and fall accidents and train collisions occur each year at railroad stations, terminals, and grade crossings resulting in serious injuries causing a significant drain of financial resources. This paper provides guidance in identifying common safety hazards and easy ways to reduce or eliminate these dangers. This paper will cover a variety of safety issues, which are commonly present in a railroad environment. It also provides estimates regarding the cost of railroad related pedestrian accidents. More than 95 percent of injuries on rail system injuries are minor. The top one percent of injury claims can account for 20 percent of the total claims’ cost.

scholarly journals Safety Issues of Female Workers of Garment Industry in Gazipur District, Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Shohel Mahmud ◽  
D Vinay Rajath
Keyword(s):  
Garment Industry ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Female Worker ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Garment Workers ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Wide Range

We study the prevalence of safety hazards of female worker of the garment industry in Gazipur district, Bangladesh. This study focused on two sub-districts, Sreepur and Kaliakoir, of Gazipur district. Data for this study were collected from 100 female garment workers of the district. This study observes female workers in the industry consistently suffer from a wide range of safety hazards, such simple cut injury and fire incidences at the workplace. This study also analyses the causes and measures to solve the health issues of female garment workers of Gazipur district.

scholarly journals Improving Vegetable Safety in China: Does Co-Regulation Work?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3006
Author(s):  
Lita Alita ◽  
Liesbeth Dries ◽  
Peter Oosterveer
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Rapid Test ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Pesticides Residues ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Market Management ◽  
Quantitative Results

In the last decade, vegetable safety issues have received growing attention from both consumers and public authorities in China, as vegetable safety hazards pose a serious threat to public health. In 2017, the Industry & Trade Bureau in China implemented a “Market Renovation Program”. This program includes the renovation of wholesale and wet markets, the formal registration of all stallholders in these markets and the introduction of a rapid test for pesticides residues. We apply the co-regulation framework to assess the implementation and results of the renovation program on the safety of vegetables. A mixed methods approach is used to investigate the effects of the renovation program. The qualitative study elaborates on the implementation of the renovation program and the behavioural changes of stakeholders in handling vegetables through interviews and field observations. The quantitative results confirm that the renovation program has a positive impact on vegetable safety. In conclusion, this study shows that the key factor for the success of the renovation program is the transition of authority from the local, public authority to the market management.

REVIEWING THE USEFULNESS OF BIM ADOPTION IN IMPROVING SAFETY ENVIRONMENT OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haleh Sadeghi ◽  
Saeed Reza Mohandes ◽  
Abdul Rahim Abdul Hamid ◽  
Christopher Preece ◽  
Ali Hedayati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Safety Equipment ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
The Past ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Serious Injuries

Construction industry has always been beset with injuries and fatalities happened resulting from overlooking pertinent safety rules and regulations. In this regard, Building Information Modeling (BIM) has recently grabbed many practitioners’ attention as a fruitful panacea in order to improve the safety issues of projects. Despite the fact that some studies have been conducted with regard to the usefulness of utilizing BIM in construction projects so as to minimize the accidents occurred in this sector, it is a great moot why there has not been any comprehensive review research scrutinizing the use of BIM in eliminating the safety hazards based on the past undertaken studies. Thus, the authors of this research have aimed at investigating in a great detail how the adoption of BIM in construction projects can bring about significant advantages. From the observations emerged, this conclusion can be drawn that BIM operation in construction industry, particularly prior to the construction stage, would considerably diminish the occurrence of accidents pertaining to safety matters emanating from improving the practitioners’ perception of projects through modeling the diverse safety equipment, and foremost, identifying the potential hazards that may contribute to serious injuries.

Using Decision-Making Block of Computer-Based Intelligent Biomedical Avatar for Applied Research in Bioinformatics

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-34
Author(s):  
Leyla Ayvarovna Gamidullaeva ◽  
Vsevolod Chernyshenko
Keyword(s):  
Applied Research ◽  
Computer Modelling ◽  
General Scheme ◽  
Sliding Window ◽  
Classification Algorithm ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Selection Of

A biomedical task in which the definitions and properties of applied research indicators under study in bioinformatics is formalized. A wide range of traditional approaches used for predicting medical time series were reviewed. Advanced algorithms for predicting moments of reversals of biomedical trends based on machine learning tools were investigated as well. The effectiveness of different kinds of approaches was discussed, and related examples are given. An original securities price dynamics trend classification algorithm, based on the use of the sliding window methodology and biomedical avatar, is described. A general scheme of the classification algorithm to identify biomedical market phases is analyzed and results of computer modelling are presented. Selection of initial and resulting metrics is grounded.

Occupational Health and Safety Issues in Child-Care Work

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 1079-1080
Author(s):  
Naomi G. Swanson ◽  
Chaya S. Piotrkowski ◽  
Barbara Curbow ◽  
Stacey Graville ◽  
Talma Kushnir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Child Care Workers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Child Care Work ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Potential Link ◽  
Health And Safety Hazards

Child-care work obviously contains a range of health and safety hazards for the care providers. We are only beginning to delineate these hazards, and determine their prevalence and seriousness in different types of child-care work. Only with the development of systematic information on health and safety hazards in child-care work can we formulate the most effective types of interventions to reduce on prevent these hazards. The need for such information may be crucial because of the potential link between the health of child-care workers and the health of the children in their care.

Alternative Tracing Gas Mixtures for Valve Fugitive Emission Measurements

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hubert Lejeune ◽  
Laurent Cougnon
Keyword(s):  
Test Procedure ◽  
Gas Mixtures ◽  
Tracer Gas ◽  
Fugitive Emissions ◽  
Fugitive Emission ◽  
Mass Spectrometers ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Leakage Measurement ◽  
Good Potential ◽  
Different Gases

Helium is commonly used as a tracer gas for leakage measurements across the world. This gas is easy to use without safety issues and enables to measure a very wide magnitude of leakage rates with well proven detectors (Mass Spectrometers). Nevertheless, shortage and price increase of helium in several world areas, encourage industry users to look for alternative tracing gases for leakage measurement. The Valve Commission of CETIM has decided to investigate the use of two alternative tracer gas mixtures in the field of packing fugitive emissions testing according to ISO 15848-1. This standard allows the use of Helium and Methane as tracer gases. The leakage measurements based on Hydrogen tracer gas has been developed in the recent years, with the use of Hydrogen (5%)-Nitrogen (95%) mixture for safety concerns. The test programme involves comparative fugitive emission measurements on graphite packing, following ISO 15848-1 test procedure with Helium, Hydrogen (5%)-Nitrogen (95%) and Methane (10%)-Nitrogen (90%) mix tracer gases. Several measuring methods are investigated as sniffing, accumulation, flushing and global vacuum using the relevant detectors for the different gases and measurement methods. Whereas the measurements did not appear to be sensitive enough with the Methane (10%)-Nitrogen (90%) for some measurements methods, the Hydrogen (5%)-Nitrogen (95%) mixture has shown a good potential for fugitive emission measurements according to ISO 15848-1.

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