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The National Safety Council has posted an abstract of an article by Sylvie Leclercq dealing with preventing same level falls. Until the beginning of the 1990s, research into the prevention of same level falls was particularly focused on slipping by measuring slip resistance and trying to improve that to make flooring less slippery.
Also studied were the events that happen before and after the person who is falling loses balance. According to the study, same level falls represent at least 20% of all occupational accidents (Skiba, 1983; H.S.E., 1985; CNAM, 1995).
A study showed in 1993 - 2% of fatal accidents in France involved same level falls and 22% of lost work days were due to same level falls. Other studies have shown that
bone fractures are the most common injury caused by a fall (Manning, 1983; Skiba, 1983; Buck & Coleman, 1985; Gagey, 1994).
Also studied were the events that happen before and after the person who is falling loses balance. According to the study, same level falls represent at least 20% of all occupational accidents (Skiba, 1983; H.S.E., 1985; CNAM, 1995).
A study showed in 1993 - 2% of fatal accidents in France involved same level falls and 22% of lost work days were due to same level falls. Other studies have shown that
bone fractures are the most common injury caused by a fall (Manning, 1983; Skiba, 1983; Buck & Coleman, 1985; Gagey, 1994).
Labels: fractured bone, personal injury, slip and fall, trip and fall, wrongful death
All lanes of Highway 53 in Braselton were shut down last Thursday evening for nearly two-hours as crews worked to clear a wreck near the Hall/Jackson County line.
Trooper Land with the Georgia State Patrol said that a tractor-trailer driven by 61-year-old Carl Manning failed to yield the right of way and turned into traffic while trying to enter a Chevron.
A car traveling east attempted to avoid the collision by swerving into the turn lane. The vehicle and the tractor-trailer crashed head on. The tractor trailer came to rest on top of the car.
The driver of the car, 53-year-old Daniel Moye of Watkinsville, had serious injuries and had to be flown by helicopter to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
The truck driver only complained of minor injuries.
Trooper Land with the Georgia State Patrol said that a tractor-trailer driven by 61-year-old Carl Manning failed to yield the right of way and turned into traffic while trying to enter a Chevron.
A car traveling east attempted to avoid the collision by swerving into the turn lane. The vehicle and the tractor-trailer crashed head on. The tractor trailer came to rest on top of the car.
The driver of the car, 53-year-old Daniel Moye of Watkinsville, had serious injuries and had to be flown by helicopter to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
The truck driver only complained of minor injuries.
Labels: atlanta, auto accident, car crashes, Grady Hospital, tractor trailer
For advice on coping with the pain and loss of quality of life, a victim of medical malpractice may want to look at www.mitss.org
Labels: medical malpractice, pain and suffering, quality of life
On July 4, 2008, Medical Economics published a letter written by Dr. Janice Scully describing her experience being a victim of medical malpractice. About 3 and a half years ago she went to the hospital after discovering a hard mass the size of a fist in her abdomen.
She was seen by my internist, then underwent a CT scan and was scheduled for a biopsy of what was most likely lymphoma. At the time, I was worried about the cancer, not the abdominal needle biopsy. Doctors perform thousands of diagnostic needle biopsies on patients suspected of having cancer.
So Dr. Scully assumed there was nothing to worry about. However, after the procedure she experienced awful pain. The radiologist had inadvertently injected the potent blood-clotting agent into an artery, thereby halting blood flow to six feet of her small intestine.
Saying he didn't understand what had happened, the radiologist assumed no responsibility and offered no apology. As for my surgeon, he wrote in my discharge summary that I had a dead bowel, but he never ventured a guess as to its etiology. The oncologist who was covering for my regular one refused to talk about it.
The hospital's CEO promised a formal explanation - but it never came.
She couldn't find an attorney to take my case. Dr. Scully encountered a wall of silence that victims of medical error too often run up against. Forced to search for months for answers that could have been communicated to me in minutes, I felt humiliated.
She was seen by my internist, then underwent a CT scan and was scheduled for a biopsy of what was most likely lymphoma. At the time, I was worried about the cancer, not the abdominal needle biopsy. Doctors perform thousands of diagnostic needle biopsies on patients suspected of having cancer.
So Dr. Scully assumed there was nothing to worry about. However, after the procedure she experienced awful pain. The radiologist had inadvertently injected the potent blood-clotting agent into an artery, thereby halting blood flow to six feet of her small intestine.
Saying he didn't understand what had happened, the radiologist assumed no responsibility and offered no apology. As for my surgeon, he wrote in my discharge summary that I had a dead bowel, but he never ventured a guess as to its etiology. The oncologist who was covering for my regular one refused to talk about it.
The hospital's CEO promised a formal explanation - but it never came.
She couldn't find an attorney to take my case. Dr. Scully encountered a wall of silence that victims of medical error too often run up against. Forced to search for months for answers that could have been communicated to me in minutes, I felt humiliated.
Labels: medical malpractice, pain, wall of silence
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