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    Accident Causation

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    operations Operational Error Manager behavior/Supervisor behavior Tactical Error unsafe acts unsafe conditions LCU Theory • Accident probability is situational • Overload taxes person’s capacity • Leads to accidents (or illness) • >300 → 79% in 2 yrs • >200 → 51% in 2 yrs • >150 → 37% in 2 yrs #1 Death of Spouse 100 #2 Divorce 73 #3 Marital Separation 65 #4 Jail term 63 #5 Death of family 63 #6 personal injury 53 #12 Pregnancy 40 #30 Mortgage 31 #41 Vacation 13 #42 Christmas 12 Human Factors Models

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    had no way to see how the shuttle would react to heat‚ and stress according to Nasa’s website.The Challenger broke apart 73 seconds while in liftoff on January 28‚ 1986 which killed the 7 astronauts on board‚ and the reason for the incident was because of a booster failure.On April 4th‚ 1983‚ and saw the first spacewalk of the space shuttles program said NASA’s Challenger site & wikipedia. The Challenger has undergone 9 successful missions‚ and the last 1 mission was unsuccessful which killed all of

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    Road Accident

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    Road Accident Road accident is a global tragedy with ever-raising trend. In Malaysia‚ it represents a major public problem because of the high number of victims involved and also the seriousness of the consequences for the victim themselves and to their families as well. Accidents are generally classified as single vehicle accidents in which the vehicle is either colliding with fixed objects or with pedestrians or the vehicle may fall in a ditch and multiple vehicle accidents in which two or more

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    We Could Have Told a Different Story After reading many accounts from slaves and comparing them to the stories of the rich white folk of the same era‚ we can see that the true fanatics were indeed the Southerners who supported slavery. Many of the arguments put forth by credible slaveholders proved to be full of logical fallacies and completely void of any truth based on the reports from slaves. The first and perhaps most ridiculous argument presented by Southerners was that slaves were happy

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    Hms Challenger Journal

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    HMS Challenger Journal Day 1 – December 22nd 1872 The ship set sail from Portsmouth‚ England early yesterday morning and we have been sailing for nearly a whole 24 hours; I’m supposing we’re about 40 degrees north of the equator. It’s a great day for sailing‚ the water is crystal blue‚ my hair is gently blowing though the wind‚ and there’s not a cloud in sight. Today my job was to use the scientific tool‚ the dredge. A dredge takes samples along the surface of the seafloor while being dragged across

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    Worst Car Accident I Have Ever Had I felt a big thud at the front of my truck‚ and at that moment I did not know what had happened. Seconds later I felt my body turning with the vehicle. I grasped the wheel really hard with both of my hands‚ while the glass shattered in to pieces. My head‚ my chest‚ and my arms were soaking in blood. My heart was beating very fast. I thought it was the end of my life. That summer day on 2004‚ I was driving back from work in the afternoon and I took the South

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    Traffic accidents‚ their causes and solutions Became traffic accidents represent significantly obsession and concern for all members of society‚ and has become one of the most important problems that drain material resources and human potential and target communities in the most important elements of life which is the human element in addition to the incurred social problems‚ psychological and material losses is huge‚ which has become imperative to work on solutions and suggestions and put

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    Final Project In psychology there have been many schools of thought. The main ones to have emerged are structuralism‚ functionalism‚ behaviorism‚ Gestalt psychology and psychoanalysis. Some of these have withstood the test of time‚ and are still in use today in modern psychology‚ while others have laid the foundation of modern psychology. Wilhelm Wundt is the founder of psychology as a formal academic discipline (Schultz‚ 2011‚ p. 66) Because of his ideas and the worked that he did in experimental

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    Accidents at Home

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    ‘Most accidents occur in and around the home. Discuss’ We’d all like to believe that our home is a secure‚ comfortable environment‚ but we tend not to notice that this very place holds the potential to become very dangerous. In fact‚ most accidents occur in and around our homes‚ with the consequences involving anything from minor abrasions to a fatality. Believe it or not‚ water one of our most valued necessities in life‚ can not only provide life but also take it. Young children are often the

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    The Best Place I Have Ever Been Most people have been to another country before maybe it’s for business or family trip. The best place I have ever been is Maldives‚ one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Maldives is a country comprised by many small islands, which now people call this country is an island country. Language cannot express the feeling I have to this illustrious country. I still remember when I was 13 years old my mom and I decided to have a trip at somewhere

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