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Miners and poultry workers, for example, must make repeated motions which can cause tendon, muscular, and skeletal injuries. [10] [11] Jobs that involve repeated motion patterns or prolonged posture within a work cycle, or both, may be repetitive. Young athletes are predisposed to RSIs due to an underdeveloped musculoskeletal system. [12]
Diving in conditions beyond the diver's competence, with high risk of accident due to inability to deal with known environmental hazards. Over-optimistic self-assessment of personal competence by the diver. Insufficient information due to inadequate training. Objective assessment and accurate feedback during training.
[1] According to a study performed at Stanford University, 21% of injuries observed in elite college athletes caused them to miss at least one day of sports activity, and approximately 77% of these injuries involved the knee, leg, ankle, or foot. [1] The leading cause of death from sports injuries is traumatic head or neck injuries. [2]
Diving safety is the aspect of underwater diving operations and activities concerned with the safety of the participants. The safety of underwater diving depends on four factors: the environment, the equipment, behaviour of the individual diver and performance of the dive team.
Risk is the lack of certainty about the outcome of making a particular choice. Statistically, the level of downside risk can be calculated as the product of the probability that harm occurs (e.g., that an accident happens) multiplied by the severity of that harm (i.e., the average amount of harm or more conservatively the maximum credible amount of harm).
The most common types of MCIs are generally caused by terrorism, mass-transportation accidents, fires or natural disasters. A multiple casualty incident is one in which there are multiple casualties. The key difference from a mass casualty incident is that in a multiple casualty incident the resources available are sufficient to manage the ...
When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for prosthetic limbs. The roughly $50,000 leg with the electronically controlled ...
Providing carts, dollies, or jacks to move heavy items so they do not have to be lifted. [10] Substitution is the practice of replacing the current hazard with one that is not as harmful. [9] For ergonomic hazards, this could involve: Replacing heavy materials with lighter alternatives.