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  2. Job safety analysis - Wikipedia

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    Mechanism of injury (MOI) is the means by which an injury occurs. [2] It is important because in the absence of an MoI there is no hazard. Common mechanisms of injury are "slips, trips and falls", for example: Hazard: Ex. a tool bag (in walkway) Mechanism of injury: Ex. trip (over tool bag) Injury = Bone fracture; Other common mechanisms of ...

  3. Public security - Wikipedia

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    Public security or public safety is the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety and security of the public from significant danger, injury, or property damage. It is often conducted by a state government to ensure the protection of citizens, persons in their territory, organizations, and institutions against ...

  4. Waddell's triad - Wikipedia

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    contralateral head injury; The mechanism of injury is an initial impact causing injury to the femur on one side (bumper injury) and the torso on the same side (fender or hood), following which the child is thrown, striking the head on the ground or another object and sustaining injury to the opposite side of the head. [2]

  5. Public policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The policies of the United States of America comprise all actions taken by its federal government.The executive branch is the primary entity through which policies are enacted, however the policies are derived from a collection of laws, executive decisions, and legal precedents.

  6. Occupational injury - Wikipedia

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    In a study in the state of Washington, injured workers were followed for 14 years to determine the long term effects of work injury on employment. The work injuries resulted in an average of 1.06 years of lost productivity for each of the 31,588 allowed claims.

  7. Injury in humans - Wikipedia

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    Major trauma is a severe traumatic injury that has the potential to cause disability or death. Serious traumatic injury most often occurs as a result of traffic collisions. [11] Traumatic injury is the leading cause of death in people under the age of 45. [12] Blunt trauma injuries are caused by the forceful impact of an external object.

  8. Trauma Quality Improvement Program - Wikipedia

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    To participate in the program, patients must meet the following inclusion criteria: be an adult greater than sixteen years of age with at least one valid ICD 9 CM diagnosis code, history of blunt or penetrating mechanisms of injury, or have an AIS score ≥ 3. Eligible patients also must have emergency department or hospital dispositions available.

  9. Reparations (transitional justice) - Wikipedia

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    Reparations are broadly understood as compensation given for an abuse or injury. [1] The colloquial meaning of reparations has changed substantively over the last century. In the early 1900s, reparations were interstate exchanges (see war reparations) that were punitive mechanisms determined by treaty and paid by the surrendering side of a conflict, such as the World War I reparations paid by ...