Bicycle infrastructure and the incidence rate of crashes with cars: a case-control study with Strava data in Atlanta - Garber MD, Watkins KE, Flanders WD, Kramer MR, Lobelo RLF, Mooney SJ, Ederer DJ, McCullough LE.
Introduction Bicycling has individual and collective health benefits. Safety concerns are a deterrent to bicycling. Incomplete data on bicycling volumes has limited epidemiologic research investigating safety impacts of bicycle infrastructure, such as pro...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Risky driving behaviors and employer motor vehicle safety policies among U.S. oil and gas extraction workers - Wingate KC, Pratt S, Ramirez-Cardenas A, Hagan-Haynes K.
INTRODUCTION: Over half of fatal occupational injuries in the oil and gas extraction (OGE) industry are due to transportation incidents. While driving for work is common in this industry and risky driving behaviors have been identified as contributing fact...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

The relationship between perceived management commitment to safety, psychological empowerment, and safety performance among emergency nurses in Jordan - Allowh SN, Malak MZ, Alnawafleh AH, Ta'Amnha M.
PURPOSE: Nurses are susceptible to unfavorable effects of workplace accidents and injuries, therefore, perceived management commitment to safety and psychological empowerment can help nurses to participate in safety measures and adhere to safety performanc...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Association between social vulnerability index and hospital readmission following gunshot injuries - Siu M, Perez Coulter A, Knee A, Tirabassi MV.
INTRODUCTION: No association regarding classification of social vulnerability and outcomes of patients with gunshot injury have been described. Our goal was to assess whether the socioeconomic vulnerability index (SVI), is associated with an increased risk...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Construction industry workers' compensation injury claims due to slips, trips, and falls - Ohio, 2010-2017 - Socias-Morales C, Konda S, Bell JL, Wurzelbacher SJ, Naber SJ, Scott Earnest G, Garza EP, Meyers AR, Scharf T.
This study describes the burden and circumstances surrounding injuries related to compensable slip, trip, and fall (STF) claims from private constructi...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Determinants of the duration of sick leave due to occupational injuries: evidence from Spanish manufacturing - Arocena P, Garc ía-Carrizosa LM.
INTRODUCTION: Despite the significant economic impact of occupational injuries on companies and society, studies focused on analyzing the determinants of workdays lost due to sick leave remain scarce and incomplete. This paper contributes to this issue by ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

2022 National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS): preventing workplace injuries in a changing world - Castillo DN, Schuler CR, Socias-Morales CM, Sinelnikov S.
About NOIRS: The National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS) is the only conference solely dedicated to occupational injury research and prevention. The 8th NOIRS, sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) a...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news

Prevalence of alcohol and other drug detections in non-transport injury events - Lau G, Mitra B, Gabbe BJ, Dietze PM, Reeder S, Cameron PA, Smit DV, Schneider HG, Symons E, Koolstra C, Stewart C, Beck B.
OBJECTIVE: To measure the prevalence of alcohol and/or other drug (AOD) detections in suspected major trauma patients with non-transport injuries who presented to an adult major trauma centre. METHODS: This registry-based cohort study examined the ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Time series, seasonality and trend evaluation of 7  years (2015-2021) of OSHA severe injury data - Gomes H, Parasram V, Collins J, Socias-Morales C.
This study examined the OSHA severe injury reports (SIRs) ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news

Road accessibility and safety analysis in gated and non-gated housing communities - Adnan NA, Mahadzir ZA, Hashim H, Yusoff ZM, Rasam ARA, Mokhtar ES.
The relationship between crime and the built environment has been extensively investigated in the field of urban design and planning. Gated housing area refers to a physical personal area with limited access and is governed by special rules, restricting or...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Imaging-detected sports injuries and imaging-guided interventions in athletes during the 2022 FIFA football (soccer) World Cup - Bordalo M, Serner A, Yamashiro E, Al-Musa E, Djadoun MA, Al-Khelaifi K, Schumacher YO, Al-Kuwari AJ, Massey A, D'Hooghe P, Cardinale M.
OBJECTIVE: To describe imaging-detected musculoskeletal injuries and image-guided interventional procedures during the 2022 FIFA football (soccer) World Cup. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis of all radiologic examinations performed in ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Introducing ROLE: a database of rebel leader attributes in armed conflict - Acosta B, Huang R, Silverman D.
Existing literature on civil wars relies predominantly on state- and organization-level variables to understand conflict dynamics and outcomes. In this article, we propose that rebel leaders' personal backgrounds and experiences are also key to explaining ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Validation of a portable shoe tread scanner to predict slip risk - Hemler SL, Beschorner KE.
PROBLEM: Worn shoes are an important contributor to occupational slip and fall injuries. Tools to assess worn tread are emerging; imaging tools offer the potential to assist. The aim of this study was to develop a shoe tread scanner and evaluate its effect...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Short- and long-run impacts of gasoline price and macroeconomic factors on road traffic safety in Nigeria - Akinyemi YC.
This paper examined the short- and long-run impacts of gasoline price, macroeconomic factors and road length on road traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities in Nigeria. Annual data from 1995 to 2019 and autoregressive distributed lag approach were employe...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

FTX sues Sam Bankman-Fried ’s parents for allegedly ‘siphoning’ millions of dollars for their ‘own personal benefit’
In a late court filing on Monday, the bankruptcy estate of FTX sued the parents of founder Sam Bankman-Fried, seeking to recover millions of dollars that it alleges were fraudulently transferred and misappropriated. In the 63-page lawsuit, the estate alleges that FTX was a self-described "family…#ftx #sambankmanfried #allanjosephbankman #stanfordlawschool #bankmanfried #enron #jonrayiii #ftxeurope #nauru #barbarafried
Source: Reuters: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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