The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines aggressive driving as "the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger persons or property"a traffic and not a criminal offense like road rage. Examples include speeding or driving too fast for conditions‚ improper lane changing‚ tailgating and improper passing. Approximately 6‚800‚000 crashes occur in the United States each year; a substantial number are estimated to be caused by aggressive driving
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the WHO and FAO published the Codex Alimentarius which serves as a guideline to food safety.[5] However‚ according to Unit 04 - Communication of Health & Consumers Directorate-General of the European Commission (SANCO): "The Codex‚ while being recommendations for voluntary application by members‚ Codex standards serve in many cases as a basis for national legislation. The reference made to Codex food safety standards in the World Trade Organizations’ Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures
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What is an occupational safety‚ health and environmental professional? To perform their professional functions‚ safety professionals must have education‚ training and experience in a common body of knowledge. Safety professionals need to have a fundamental knowledge of physics‚ chemistry‚ biology‚ physiology‚ statistics‚ mathematics‚ computer science‚ engineering mechanics‚ industrial processes‚ business‚ communication and psychology. Professional safety studies include industrial hygiene and toxicology
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Technological Institute of the Philippines 1338 Arlegui St.‚ Quiapo‚ Manila Compilation of Midterm Topics in Safety Management Submitted By: Buenavista‚ Ma. Theresa Y. Course / Section: / CpE42FA1 Submitted To: Engr. Palisoc February 14‚ 2014 I. Value Based Safety and Off-the Job Safety Value based safety is a positive‚ employee-driven system of safety observations‚ feedback‚ and problem-solving that is highly effective and extensively field-tested. Helps to ensure
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Summary The Safety Management System (SMS) at PNSC is very comprehensive and concise‚ which follows ISM-International Safety Management. ISM is more important than ISO 9001.ISM is also a basic requirement for establishing a shipping company. A shipping company can be severely penalized if it does not follow ISM. For safety of workers at PNSC‚ it has published manuals for everything concerned with shipping; even the schedule of specific duties on shores‚ on office or on the ship is mentioned in
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Health and Safety Always place your baby on his or her back to sleep‚ even for naps. This is the safest sleep position for a healthy baby to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Babies placed on their stomachs to sleep are much more likely to die of SIDS than babies placed on their backs to sleep. Beat the heat and sun Heat-related illness occurs when the body’s temperature control system is overloaded. Those at greatest risk for heat-related illness include infants and children
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diseases. For that reason‚ food safety comes into play. Food safety is a scientific discipline describing handling‚ preparation‚ and storage of food in ways that prevent illness. This includes a set of laws that should be followed to stay away from potentially severe health hazards. Food can transmit disease from individual to individual‚ and also serves as a growth medium for bacteria that can cause food poisoning (Roberts‚ 2001). Debates on genetic food safety include such issues as the impact
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PhD; KELEE E. HANSEN‚ MBA‚ RD; ALAN S. LEVY‚ PhD; ANTHONY VOLK ABSTRACT Objective To compare consumer food-handling behaviors with the Fight BAC! consumer food-safety recommendations. Design Subjects were videotaped in their home while preparing a meal. Videotapes were coded according to Fight BAC! recommendations. A food-safety survey was administered and temperature data was collected. Subjects/Setting A market research company randomly recruited subjects by telephone. Ninety-nine
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CAR SAFETY Active and Passive: Car safety features are grouped into two categories: Active and Passive. Active feature are designed to reduce the likelihood of a crash. Things such as tires‚ brakes‚ lights and steering are active features. The most important of all of them however is the driver. Passive safety features aim to reduce the damage done to a car ’s occupants in the event of a crash. These include things like seatbelts‚ airbags‚ and crumple zones. For all these features any car
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Gun Safety Some people like to shoot guns for hunting‚ some like to shoot them for recreation. Whatever the reason‚ when using guns‚ there are steps you need to take to be safe‚ whether shooting or storing them. The first basic rule is to never assume your gun is not loaded. No matter what‚ always check to make sure there is no ammunition in the gun. Another big rule is to remember that the safety (which is to prevent the gun from firing) of the gun is a mechanical device and can fail. Always
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