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Occupational health law: A guide for industry
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confirmed that elderly drivers have a higher than average risk of accident involvement for right turning movements ai junctions, and at rural junctions generally. For some other kinds of accident, such as certain types of single-vehicle accident, elderly drivers have a lower than average risk of involvement. The youngest drivers have a higher than average risk of involvement in all kinds of accidents studied.
‘Der Elektrounfall.
(The Electrical Accident.) K. Brinkmann and H. Schaefer, (ed). SpringerVerlag. New York, 1982. 324 pp. $54.50. (In German.)
The result of an interdisciplinary, cooperative effort by physicians and electrotechnical engineers, this book is the first compilation of information from the extraordinarily heterogeneous field of electrical accident and electrical hazard research. It covers prevention and safety measures, first aid, the problem of the “accident prone” personality, and accident certification, as well as legal principles for the prevention of electrical accidents.
Highway Killers. Russell A. Byrd. Vantage Press, Inc., New York, 1978. 244 pp. $7.95.
This book is directed at the prevention of traffic accidents through road improvements. Its author speaks from his experience of almost six decades and five million miles as a bus driver in the U.S. Using photographs and accident data, Mr. Byrd gives a chapter-by-chapter analysis of the major types of roadway defects-the “twenty killers”-responsible for turning “out of control” driving situations into serious and life threatening accidents. Responsibility for the correction of highway hazards is placed on all the people concerned with the construction, design and use of public highways.
Occupational
He&h
Law:
A Guide for Industry. Joseph LaDou, (ed). Marcel Dekker, Inc.,
New York, 1981. 214 pp. This book has been prepared to assist those in the occupational health field in coping with the legal problems that they may face. Its authors indicate and assess various legislative restrictions in the U.S. and areas of concern. The chapters are designed to show the occupational health specialist both the benefits and shortcomings of occupational health legislation in the U.S. The subjects covered range from workers’ compensation to employment discrimination and include many areas of legal hazard that occupational physicians must face, with suggestions for foreseeing and avoiding legal involvements.
Verkehrskonflikttechnik-Grundlagen und Anwendungsbeispiele. (Trariic Conflicts TechniquePrinciples and Examples of Application.) Von Bernhard Zimolong. Heft 35. Bundesanstalt fur Straaenwesen, Ktiln, German Federal Republic, 1982. 72 pp. (German with English summary.)
The traffic conflicts technique is based on the consideration that observable road user interactions are the result of decisions made in situations involving elements of risk or danger. These decisions can lead to safe encounters or confrontations, conflicts, or else to accidents. The number of confrontations and conflicts, just like the number of accidents, can be used to
Publications
489
confirmed that elderly drivers have a higher than average risk of accident involvement for right turning movements ai junctions, and at rural junctions generally. For some other kinds of accident, such as certain types of single-vehicle accident, elderly drivers have a lower than average risk of involvement. The youngest drivers have a higher than average risk of involvement in all kinds of accidents studied.
‘Der Elektrounfall.
(The Electrical Accident.) K. Brinkmann and H. Schaefer, (ed). SpringerVerlag. New York, 1982. 324 pp. $54.50. (In German.)
The result of an interdisciplinary, cooperative effort by physicians and electrotechnical engineers, this book is the first compilation of information from the extraordinarily heterogeneous field of electrical accident and electrical hazard research. It covers prevention and safety measures, first aid, the problem of the “accident prone” personality, and accident certification, as well as legal principles for the prevention of electrical accidents.
Highway Killers. Russell A. Byrd. Vantage Press, Inc., New York, 1978. 244 pp. $7.95.
This book is directed at the prevention of traffic accidents through road improvements. Its author speaks from his experience of almost six decades and five million miles as a bus driver in the U.S. Using photographs and accident data, Mr. Byrd gives a chapter-by-chapter analysis of the major types of roadway defects-the “twenty killers”-responsible for turning “out of control” driving situations into serious and life threatening accidents. Responsibility for the correction of highway hazards is placed on all the people concerned with the construction, design and use of public highways.
Occupational
He&h
Law:
A Guide for Industry. Joseph LaDou, (ed). Marcel Dekker, Inc.,
New York, 1981. 214 pp. This book has been prepared to assist those in the occupational health field in coping with the legal problems that they may face. Its authors indicate and assess various legislative restrictions in the U.S. and areas of concern. The chapters are designed to show the occupational health specialist both the benefits and shortcomings of occupational health legislation in the U.S. The subjects covered range from workers’ compensation to employment discrimination and include many areas of legal hazard that occupational physicians must face, with suggestions for foreseeing and avoiding legal involvements.
Verkehrskonflikttechnik-Grundlagen und Anwendungsbeispiele. (Trariic Conflicts TechniquePrinciples and Examples of Application.) Von Bernhard Zimolong. Heft 35. Bundesanstalt fur Straaenwesen, Ktiln, German Federal Republic, 1982. 72 pp. (German with English summary.)
The traffic conflicts technique is based on the consideration that observable road user interactions are the result of decisions made in situations involving elements of risk or danger. These decisions can lead to safe encounters or confrontations, conflicts, or else to accidents. The number of confrontations and conflicts, just like the number of accidents, can be used to