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E916 Struck accidentally by falling object; E917 Striking against or struck accidentally by objects or persons; E918 Caught accidentally in or between objects; E919 Accidents caused by machinery; E920 Accidents caused by cutting and piercing instruments or objects; E921 Accident caused by explosion of pressure vessel
Road traffic collisions generally fall into one of five common types: Lane departure crashes, which occur when a driver leaves the lane they are in and collides with another vehicle or a roadside object. These include head-on collisions and roadway departure collisions. Collisions at junctions, including rear-end collision and angle or side impacts
When a moving object impacts the stationary head, coup injuries are typical, [3] while contrecoup injuries are produced when the moving head strikes a stationary object. [ 1 ] Coup and contrecoup injuries are considered focal brain injuries – those that occur in a particular spot in the brain – as opposed to diffuse injuries, which occur ...
Displacement of air by the explosion creates a blast wind that can throw victims against solid objects. [3] Injuries resulting from this type of traumatic impact are referred to as tertiary blast injuries. Tertiary injuries may present as some combination of blunt and penetrating trauma, including bone fractures and coup contre-coup injuries ...
The codes needed to launch a U.S. nuclear strike are supposed to be kept close to the president at all times. Bill Clinton once lost the nuclear codes for months, and a 'comedy of errors' kept ...
At normal speeds, during a perfectly inelastic collision, an object struck by a projectile will deform, and this deformation will absorb most or all of the force of the collision. Viewed from a conservation of energy perspective, the kinetic energy of the projectile is changed into heat and sound energy, as a result of the deformations and ...
Striking actors have voted to expand their walkout to include the lucrative video game market, a step that could put new pressure on Hollywood studios to make a deal with the performers who ...
The two set up a date and met a few days later — but neither of them could have imagined they'd fall in love within 14 days. “We went on that first date and there were so many coincidences ...