In its 2007 performance report, HSE reported the following statistics: * 241 workers were killed at work. * 141,350 employees suffered serious injuries at work. * 2.2 million people were suffering from an illness they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work. 646,000 of these were new cases in the last 12 months. * 36 million days were lost overall (1.5 days per worker), 30 million due to work-related ill health and 6 million due to workplace injury.
In this section of the report, the authors detail the rate at which destructive fire kills, injures, and causes property loss to Americans. The report states that fire claims the lives of 12,000 people every year in the U.S., making it the second highest cause of accidental death. That isn’t the only human toll, because there are also 300,000 people who are injured by fire on an annual basis. The authors expound on the injuries by detailing the painful experiences of patients who must endure numerous plastic and reconstructive surgeries. The price of destructive fire is estimated at over $11 billion a year in the U.S. Loss of businesses leads to loss of jobs, which is a price that is beyond calculation.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, within the past 10 years, almost 150 people have died from motorcycle accidents in the state of Idaho. Of these fatalities, over 60% were not wearing a helmet. A recent study (Orsay et al., 1994) published in the Center for Disease Control's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, estimates the use of a properly fitted and secured helmet can reduce the risk of death by over 25%, and reduce serious head trauma in a motorcycle accident by almost 35%. Yet many people still refuse to wear a helmet. The financial burden to society from these accidents is staggering.
The initial impact was devastating which left about 300,000 people homeless out of a population of about 410,000. Many of the people were evacuated to nearby cities, and the others lived in makeshift tents on the beach of North beach. In fact years later in 1908 these refugee camps were still in operation. The overall cost of the damages was estimated at the time to be 400 million US Dollars (around 8.2 Billion present Dollars). The fires that were a direct result from the main shock and the aftershocks were just as damaging because of the uncontrollable burning from ruptured gas lines.
2014 South Napa earthquake Location: Napa Date and Time: August 24 at 3:20 a.m. Magnitude: 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale About 200 injured people were treated at Queen of the Valley Medical Centre in Napa. Thirteen of those injured were admitted. Many of the injuries were cuts from fallen wreckage. At least six of the injuries were classified as critical.
A decade after the 2002 Bali Bombing a landmark study has found Australians directly affected by the terrorist attack had relatively good physical health but high rates of psychological distress with 20 percent of those in the study experiencing high levels of distress – twice the rate of the general population. The study by University of Western Sydney researchers and colleagues is one of the first in the world to examine the long term psychological impact of terrorism. The results are published today in the Medical Journal of Australia. Lead author and clinical psychologist, Garry Stevens from the University of Western Sydney’s School of Medicine says the ability to ‘make sense’ of a loved one’s death is considered a central process of grieving.
As members of society, one hears about the various diseases that occur amongst people around us. Continuously one tends to not realize the number of deaths that occur from these diseases. This article presents a study that was conducted that showed an estimate of nearly 4,900 people in Ontario are killed each year from infectious diseases while more than 7 million catch illnesses. Some of these disease consist of hepatitis C and B, E. coli, HIV-AIDS, or the common cold. The article continues to present numerical facts on cases and deaths from these diseases.
These can range from inadequate working conditions, poor equipment, poor practice by other staff; to raising concerns about potential abuse cases and situations of neglect. It is my duty of care to safeguard individuals from harm. All employees should report any concerns of abuse they have. These might include evidence or suspicions of bad practice by colleagues and managers, or abuse by another individual, another worker or an individual’s family or friends. If I
In the year 1906, San Francisco, had a major earthquake causing 3,000 people to die. Then in the year 1994, Northridge L.A, 61 people died this shows that the USA is improving on how to cope with earthquake hazards so they have less of an impact of death rates. Although the USA is a developed country there are more of economic losses. In the year 1906, San Francisco, economic losses were 524, however when it comes to 1994 Northridge, L.A there is an economic loses of 44,000. This shows that even though the USA is coping better they are finding it harder to cope with the impact of economic losses.
You could lose your job and you could have legal action taken against you. | 1.2 Describe how the duty of care affects own work role and how it contributes to the safeguarding and protection of individuals Duty of Care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals | In your role you have a duty of care to raise any concerns you may have about any aspect of your work. These can range from inadequate working conditions, poor equipment, poor practice by other staff; to raising concerns about potential abuse cases and situations of neglect. | It is your duty of care to safeguard individuals from harm. All employees should report any concerns of abuse they have.