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  2. Suspension trauma - Wikipedia

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    Worker hanging strapped into a safety harness during a fall rescue drill. Suspension trauma, also known as orthostatic shock while suspended, harness hang syndrome (HHS), suspension syndrome, or orthostatic intolerance, is an effect which occurs when the human body is held upright without any movement for a period of time.

  3. Fall protection - Wikipedia

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    Fall arrest is an active form of fall protection which main purpose is to stop a person from falling and the fall impact on the ground after they had fallen. These fall arrest assist of harness, single or multiple anchor points, and a self- retracting lifeline or safety lanyard. [11] Full Body Safety Harnesses

  4. Fall arrest - Wikipedia

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    Safety net Safety line. Fall arrest is the form of fall protection which involves the safe stopping of a person already falling. It is one of several forms of fall protection, forms which also include fall guarding (general protection that prevents persons from entering a fall hazard area e.g., guard rails) and fall restraint (personal protection which prevents persons who are in a fall hazard ...

  5. Falls in older adults - Wikipedia

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    Fall prevention is usually a priority in healthcare settings. [7] A 2006 review of literature identified the need for standardization of falls taxonomy due to the variation within research. [8] The Prevention of Falls Network Europe (ProFane) taxonomy for the definition and reporting of falls aimed at mitigating this problem. [9]

  6. Runaway truck ramp - Wikipedia

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    Problems include sudden, forceful deceleration; sand being affected by weather conditions (moisture and freezing); and vehicles vaulting and/or overturning after contacting the sand pile. Mechanical-arrestor escape ramp : a proprietary system of stainless-steel nets transversely spanning a paved ramp to engage and retard a runaway vehicle.

  7. Pedro Flores (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    Pedro Edralin Flores (26 April 1896 – 3 January 1964) [1] was a Filipino businessman and yo-yo maker who has been credited with popularizing yo-yos in the United States.He patented an innovation to yo-yos that used a loop instead of a knot around the axle, allowing for new tricks such as the ability to "sleep".

  8. Drop attack - Wikipedia

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    Depiction of a drop attack. A drop attack is a sudden fall without loss of consciousness.Drop attacks stem from diverse mechanisms, including orthopedic causes (for example, leg weakness and knee instability), hemodynamic causes (for example, transient vertebrobasilar insufficiency, a type of interruption of blood flow to the brain), and neurologic causes (such as epileptic seizures or ...

  9. Flashback arrestor - Wikipedia

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    Liquid seal flame arrestors are liquid barriers following the principle of a siphon where the liquid stops the entering deflagration and/or detonation and extinguishes the flame, they work by bubbling the gas through a non-flammable and ideally non-gas-absorbing liquid, which is typically water.