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MACCARRON, Ciaran, and ciaran maccarron@watercorporation com au. "CONFINED SPACE FATALITIES." Edith Cowan University. Computing, Health And Science: School Of Exercise, Biomedical & Health Science, 2006. http://adt.ecu.edu.au/adt-public/adt-ECU2007.0023.html.
Full textMacCarron, Ciaran. "Confined space fatalities." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2006. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/81.
Full textKopits, Elizabeth Anne. "Traffic fatalities and economic growth." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/1982.
Full textThesis research directed by: Economics. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
Shaheed, Mohammad Saad B. "Factors affecting motorcycle fatalities in Kansas." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/7020.
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Sunanda Dissanayake
Over the past few years, motorcycle fatalities have increased at an alarming rate in the United States. Motorcycle safety issues in Kansas are no different from the national scenario. Accordingly, this study attempted to investigate motorcycle crashes in Kansas to identify critical characteristics and to evaluate the effect of those on motorcycle crash injury outcomes. State-level motorcycle rider fatality rates were investigated while considering various factors including helmet laws, using generalized least squares regression modeling. A detailed characteristic analysis was carried out for motorcycle crashes, using Kansas crash data. Comparisons were made between several aspects of motorcycle crashes and other vehicle crashes. Analysis using Logistic regression was performed on Kansas motorcycle crash data to identify factor affecting fatal motorcycle crashes. In addition, a survey was conducted focusing on identifying motorcycle rider behaviors, helmet usage patterns, perception towards helmet laws in Kansas, potential problems, crash contributory factors, and difficulty levels of different motorcycle maneuvers to execute. Ordered probit modeling was used to identity factors contributing to increased severity of Kansas motorcycle riders involved in crashes. Results from state-level modeling showed statistically significant relationships between motorcycle fatality rates in a given state as well as several other factors. These factors included weather-related conditions, helmet laws, per capita income, highway mileage of rural roads, population density, education, demographic distributions, and motorcycle registrations in the state. The study showed that states with mandatory helmet laws had 5.6% fewer motorcycle fatalities per 10,000 registrations and 7.85% fewer motorcycle fatalities per 100,000 populations. Characteristic analysis of motorcycle crashes in Kansas revealed that motorcycle maneuvers such as overtaking, motorcyclists being older than 40 years, using motorcycle helmets, using motorcycle helmets and eye protection simultaneously, daytime riding, crashes occurring on roadside shoulders, and influence of alcohol among the riders during crashes had higher risk of ending up as a fatal motorcycle crash in Kansas. Results from the survey conducted among motorcycle riders in Kansas revealed that 71% of respondents thought drivers of other vehicles were the single biggest threat to their own safety. Survey results also revealed that 64% of respondents opposed a mandatory law requiring motorcycle riders and passengers to wear helmets in Kansas. Result from the ordered probit modeling of motorcycle rider injury severity showed that overturned and fixed-object motorcycle crashes, helmet use, younger motorcycle riders, speeding, presence of alcohol among motorcycle riders, and good weather contributed to increased severity of injury of motorcycle riders involved in crashes in Kansas.
Allen, Kathy Cox. "An economic model of highway fatalities." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90961.
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Johansson, Lars. "Teenager fatalities : epidemiology and implications for prevention." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Rättsmedicin, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-36682.
Full textHake, Mark Lewn. "Marijuana Legalization and Traffic Fatalities Involving Cannabinoids." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6330.
Full textKellar, Debra Meridith Mokaren. "The Examination of Vehicle Related Flood Fatalities in the United State, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories of the Virgin Islands and Guam: 1995-2005." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1290537007.
Full textBrodbelt, David Charles. "The confidential enquiry into perioperative small animal fatalities." Thesis, Royal Veterinary College (University of London), 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522178.
Full textDriscoll, Timothy Robert. "The epidemiology of work-related fatalities in Australia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1087.
Full textDriscoll, Timothy Robert. "The epidemiology of work-related fatalities in Australia." University of Sydney, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1087.
Full textBackground: There is no on-going information on the number, rate or circumstances of work-related fatal injury in Australia. This thesis reports on a study aimed to identify and describe all work-related fatalities that occurred in Australia during the four-year period 1989 to 1992, in order to make a significant contribution to the effectiveness of activity designed to prevent work-related traumatic death. Methods: A broad definition of work was used, with particular focus on workers and bystanders. The study also included the injury-related deaths of volunteers, students, persons performing home duties and persons fatally injured on farms but not due to obvious farm work. The data were obtained primarily from coronial files. Files were found for 99.7% of the deaths of interest. Detailed results are presented on the work-related deaths of workers, bystanders and persons fatally injured while engaged in home duties. The results for workers are also compared with those from an earlier study of work-related fatalities in Australia, which covered the years 1982 to 1984 inclusive. Other aspects of work-related deaths are considered in detail, including the effect of employment arrangements; their coverage by occupational health and safety and compensation agencies; their handling by the coronial system; the role of External Cause codes in identifying and monitoring work-related injury deaths; and the reliability and validity of the definitions used to classify work-related injury deaths. Results: There were 2,413 persons fatally injured while working or commuting during the study period (1,787 working; 626 commuting), with a rate of death for working persons of 5.5 per 100,000 persons per year. This compared to the rate of 6.7 for working deaths during 1982 to 1984, with just under half of the decline probably due to changes in the industry distribution of the workforce. Another 802 persons were fatally injured as a result of someone else’s work activity, and 296 persons aged 15 years and over were fatally injured while undertaking active tasks in an unpaid and informal capacity in their own home or in someone else’s home. Thirty-four percent of working deaths were not covered by either occupational health and safety (OHS) or compensation agencies. A consideration of External Cause codes for the period 1979 to 1997 inclusive suggested there was a yearly decrease in the rate of workplace deaths of 2.6% per year, with less than half of this change due to industry changes in the workforce. Deaths occurring in a small number of particular circumstances were found to pose classification problems. Conclusion: Fatal work-related trauma remains an important problem for the Australian community. By understanding how and why these deaths occur, appropriate steps can be taken to prevent similar incidents recurring. It is expected that the results reported here, and other information that has arisen from the study, will make an important contribution to developing this understanding and preventing the occurrence of work- related traumatic death in Australia.
Adam, Mohamed. "Sharp object fatalities in East London : A descriptive study /." Bellville : University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/usrfiles/modules/etd/docs/etd_gen8Srv25Nme4_6999_1277417229.pdf.
Full textDixon, Kurt. "Sharp object fatalities in East London: A descriptive study." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5398_1277417263.
Full textData from the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System (NIMSS) show that homicide is the major cause of death with firearms and sharp objects as the main external causes of death in South Africa. The current study is a descriptive study, describing the epidemiology of sharp object fatalities in the city of East London (also known as Buffalo City) in South Africa. It is a secondary data analysis of mortuary data collected by morticians trained in data collection methods according to World Health Organisation standards. This descriptive study aimed to develop the profile of sharp object fatalities in East London. Most of the findings were consistent with other literature on sharp object violence/homicide and on homicide in general using rates per population denominator data. It also combined variables to arrive at more complex descriptions. The following risk factors were identified: male, between the ages 30-34, being from a disadvantaged population group, alcohol consumption, weekend, between the times 20h00 and 23h59 and if we discount the place of death, &lsquo
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then the greatest percentage of deaths occurred in a private house. The results were interpreted within an ecological and contextual theoretical framework to hypothesize possible etiological factors. The conclusion was that there were multiple variables which all interact and influence one another across all ecological levels and as other studies have recommended, this study too also recommends that more work is needed in order to identify the multiple pathways leading to fatalities, perhaps by way of multivariate studies as well as qualitative studies with perpetrators of sharp object fatalities.
Najafi, Shahriar. "Pavement Friction Management (PFM) - A Step Toward Zero Fatalities." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64457.
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Zhao, Dong. "Exploring Construction Safety and Control Measures through Electrical Fatalities." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71712.
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Matzopoulos, Richard. "Alcohol as a risk factor for train commuting fatalities." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8767.
Full textRailway fatalities are an important subset of transport-related fatalities, which account for about 60% of the fatal unintentional injuries occurring in Cape Town. The Medical Research Council reviewed three and a half years of rail injury data and found that alcohol was one of the main risk factors. Furthermore, 33% of South Africa’s national rail fatalities tested positive for alcohol in 1999. Despite the links between alcohol and all types of transport- related injury, prevention efforts have targeted motor vehicle (MV) drivers exclusively. This study aimed to clarify the relationship between alcohol and the risk of all types of transport-related injury (particularly rail injury). Post mortem reports for transport fatalities were collected retrospectively from the two cape Town mortuaries at Salt River and Tygerberg for the period 1 January 1994 to 31 December 1996. A case control study design was used with the cases comprising rail passenger and rail pedestrian fatalities, while motor vehicle drivers and passengers were the controls for the passenger group and motor vehicle pedestrians were the controls for rail pedestrians. Blood alcohol concentration was the dependent variable, the independent variables were age, sex, race, date of death, day of week, time of injury and mechanism of death and the odds ratio was used as the measure of relative risk The study showed that alcohol consumption is an important risk-factor for rail fatalities. The odds ratios imply that rail passengers are 5.23 or 2.3 times as likely to be intoxicated than motor vehicle passengers or motor vehicle drivers respectively, while rail pedestrians are 1.44 times more likely to be intoxicated than motor vehicle pedestrian fatalities. Alcohol plays as important a role, if not more so, for drunken rail passengers and pedestrians as it does for drunken drivers and road pedestrians. The role of alcohol in rail pedestrian fatalities is significant when compared to motor-vehicle pedestrians as a control group. The study has also demonstrated that data provided by the National injury Mortality Surveillance System can form the basis for analytic studies on the risk-factors of injury. The results complement a growing body of research that documents the adverse health effects of excessive alcohol consumption and provide more evidence for public health campaigners to tackle endemic alcohol abuse in South Africa.
Abbott, Marianne. "Dangerous intervention an analysis of humanitarian fatalities in assistance contexts /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1134419987.
Full textSparks, Simon. "Fatalities : truth and tragedy in texts of Heidegger and Benjamin." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1999. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2317/.
Full textAbbott, Marianne. "Dangerous intervention: an analysis of humanitarian fatalities in assistance contexts." The Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1134419987.
Full textKrause, Robert C. "What is Killing Firefighters? A Study of Volunteer Firefighter Fatalities." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1563365156751977.
Full textRafferty, Paula S. "Spatial Analysis of North Central Texas Traffic Fatalities 2001-2006." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc33195/.
Full textKmet, Leanne Marie. "A small area study of motor vehicle crash fatalities in Alberta." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0019/MQ49630.pdf.
Full textWong, Chelsia. "Contribution of Upholstered Furniture to Residential Fire Fatalities in New Zealand." University of Canterbury. Civil Engineering, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8301.
Full textKey, Heather Joann. "Tornado Fatalities: An In-Depth Look at Physical and Societal Influences." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5714.
Full textKaur, Dharminder. "Identification of Factors Contributing to Traffic Fatalities in the United States." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2015. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27874.
Full textMunyon, James. "A Statistical Analysis of Motor Vehicle Fatalities in the United States." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1491397270639027.
Full textRedman-Ernst, Gilbert M. "Effects of Uber on the Traffic Fatalities in the United States." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1626723722407435.
Full textBarr, Nathan Daniel. "The effects of protective gear and riding experience on motorcycle fatalities." Thesis, Boston University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/12050.
Full textMotorcyclists are one of the most at risk populations on public roads in the United States (2010). While all motorcyclists are required undergo supplemental licensure examinations, and in many states riders are required to wear helmets, there is still a great discrepancy between motorcycle related fatalities and automobile related fatalities – in 2010, this discrepancy was 30 to 1 (2010). This thesis examines current licensure policies and helmet laws across the United States in order to determine if any additional steps can be taken to better protect motorcyclists. Additionally, the use of different types of motorcycles was examined as a means of identifying and better protecting at-risk motorcycle drivers. The goal of this thesis is to determine the effectiveness of protective gear and motorcycle rider experience in preventing motorcycle fatalities and to examine how licensure and training requirements for motorcyclists could affect the number of fatalities of motorcycle riders in the United States of America. Motorcycles make up less than 1% of all vehicles on the road, but are responsible for 12% of all motor vehicle accident related costs in the United States. Additionally, it was found that motorcyclists are 30 times more likely to be involved in a fatal accident than an automobile driver. Helmet laws and enforcement of anti-drinking and driving laws were found to significantly decrease rider fatalities. [TRUNCATED]
Tang, Yuni. "Motor vehicle crash fatalities during Memorial Day weekend from 1981 to 2016." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555345829621715.
Full textWalker, Douglas Greig. "Investigation of the critical factors in scuba diving fatalities Australia 1955-1991." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1993. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/26616.
Full textGarcia, Lucas Aaron. "Fire Training Fatalities and Firefighter Adherence to National fire Protection Association Standards." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6204.
Full textDe, La Paz Jade S. "Distinguishing homicides and suicides in firearm fatalities: the role of skeletal trauma analysis." Thesis, Boston University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/21177.
Full textThe work of an international team of forensic experts led to the final determination that Salvador Allende, former Chilean president (1970-1973), committed suicide by firearm during the military coup against his socialist government on September 11, 1973. Included in the final report was the anthropologists’ skeletal trauma analysis documenting the gunshot trauma to the skull as consistent with the passage of a high velocity projectile under the chin and through the cranial cavity. The anthropological report was part of a multidisciplinary effort to finally address the questions surrounding the manner of Salvador Allende’s death, and to eliminate speculations that he was killed by the military. Although it is not the role of the anthropologist to determine manner of death in a forensic case, expertise in osteology and the biomechanics of high velocity projectile trauma to bone may contribute to the pathologist’s final conclusions about manner of death in firearm fatalities. Previous research looking at variation between homicides and suicides in firearm fatalities has used soft tissue trauma analysis and autopsy reports to identify common characteristics specific to these manners of death. They have found that anatomic location of entrance trauma, bullet direction, number of shots, and range of fire are important factors in understanding this variation. Anthropological research has not explored these differences as they are expressed on the skeleton, however; knowledge of variation in skeletal gunshot trauma, between self-inflicted and other-inflicted gunshot wounds, can better equip anthropologists to report pertinent information that can lead to accurate determinations of manner of death. The current study explores the factors of anatomic location of entrance trauma, bullet direction, and number of shots, with additional consideration to fracture severity and fracture patterns, in place of range of fire. The William M. Bass Donated Skeletal Collection and the Antioquia Modern Skeletal Reference Collection provided a total sample of 15 suicide and 19 homicide cases for this analysis. This research found that localized entry sites to the front and right sides of the head and to the chest were common in suicides. Entries to the left and front sides of the head and to the posterior side of the head and body were common in homicides. Further analysis of sequence of shots and entry sites revealed that the front of the head, common in both homicides and suicides, was more common in secondary gunshot wounds in homicides. Bullet directions common in suicides were right to left through the sagittal plane, and anterior to posterior through the coronal plane. The left to right direction through the sagittal plane was most common for homicides, whereas the anterior to posterior and posterior to anterior directions through the coronal plane were almost equally represented in homicides. Further analysis of sequence of shots and bullet direction revealed that the anterior to posterior direction was more common in secondary gunshot wounds in homicides. The transverse plane did not show statistically significant differences between homicides and suicides for either the inferior to superior or superior to inferior directions. For number of shots, homicides more commonly expressed multiple gunshot wounds and suicides more commonly expressed single gunshot wounds. Fracture severity analyses revealed that the presence of tertiary fractures (concentric fractures) in entrance wounds was more common in suicides. The presence of secondary fractures (radiating fractures) as the most severe fracture in entrance wounds was more common in homicides. These results suggest that fracture severity is higher in suicides, based on the amount of kinetic energy dispersed at impact, although it is unclear what factor influences these differences (range of fire, type of firearm, caliber of bullet, etc.). There was also a significant difference between homicides and suicides in fracture patterns for both entrance and exit wounds. These findings are based on a small sample and should be considered with caution, especially for use in a forensic setting. Further research is crucial to better understanding the variations seen in this study. Specifically, sequencing of shots should be further explored for its utility in distinguishing homicides and suicides as well as providing a better understanding of multi-shot cases. Additionally, more research should be conducted on fracture severity and fracture patterns with specific consideration to the factors that influence the variation seen between homicides and suicides.
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Alromi, Adnan Saleh. "Reduction of Road Fatalities in KSA by Strengthening the Penalty System and Education." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2017. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/362.
Full textNajjar, Hala M. "Using historic accident data to estimate the potential fatalities due to chemical hazards." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2007. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/36116.
Full textDejahang, Mehry. "Australian Industrial and Construction Injuries, Diseases and Fatalities; and Recommendations for Safety Practices." Thesis, Curtin University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/402.
Full textShuhaibar, Nabeel Khalil. "Road accidents in a developing country : characteristics and causes of accident rates in Kuwait." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/8185.
Full textWilliams, Faizel. "Understanding Railway Trespassing in a South African City: The Case Of Cape Town." Master's thesis, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33094.
Full textHaines, Fiona Sally. "The show must go on : organizational responses to traumatic employee fatalities within multiple employer worksites /." Connect to thesis, 1995. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000634.
Full textMalomane, Rixongile. "Investigating the role of alcohol in road traffic collision fatalities in Western Cape, South Africa." Master's thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32791.
Full textGolizadeh, Hamed. "Adoption of building information modelling innovations to reduce occupational fatalities in the Australian construction industry." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2019. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/133919/1/Hamed%20Golizadeh%20Thesis_Redacted.pdf.
Full textÅhström, Lisa. "Traffic Safety in Economic Development : A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Economics, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-345.
Full textThe transportation system is a growing concern as economic development progresses. It has become one of the major causes of air pollution as well as deaths world-wide. Hence, the transportation system is not a sustainable path in the world today. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a fast developing economy with poor traffic safety. Hence, the purpose of the thesis is to examine the relationship between economic development and traffic safety in the UAE. This is achieved with the support of the Kuznetz Curve Hypothesis, which indicates a positive relationship between economic development and road traffic fatalities initially. However, it will come to change into a negative relationship as the economy develops further. In addition, Institutional Theory states that institutions and organizations contribute to a successful economic development. In order to identify the development of traffic safety in the UAE, the characteristics concerning the issue in the country must be defined. Hence, a comprehensive analysis of the traffic safety in the UAE is carried out with the support of the Kuznetz Curve Hypothesis and Institutional Theory. A regression analysis confirms that there is a relationship between traffic fatalities and economic development. Until today, traffic fatalities have increased with national GDP in the UAE. Yet there is no reason to believe that this relationship has changed for the better. However, according to Institutional Theory, an improvement may be achieved through active work. It is important for the public authorities in the UAE to set explicit goals, so that institutions and organizations are able to integrate and coordinate their struggle for a safer traffic.
Öström, Mats. "Vehicle-related injuries : with emphasis on fatality prevention." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Rättsmedicin, 1993. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-101291.
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Johnston, G. M. "The Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Equine Fatalities : a prospective multicentre cohort study of equine perioperative mortality." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.605659.
Full textPedersen, Caroline Louise Charlotte. "Development of a coding system to accurately categorize the causes of construction fatalities and serious injuries." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/8254.
Full textMusa, Kamarul Imran. "Modelling of risk factors, case-fatalities, survival and functional health status for stroke in Kelantan, Malaysia." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2017. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/85712/.
Full textAnderson, Evan D. "The Relationship Between Laws Regulating Use of Mobile Communication Devices by Young Drivers and Crash Fatalities." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2015. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/309849.
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The use of mobile communication devices (MCDs) by drivers is a significant public health problem. Research suggests that MCD use plays a role in almost 400,000 traffic crashes each year, resulting in over 3,000 deaths (NHTSA, 2013). Drivers using an MCD are as much as four times more likely to crash as other motorists (Redelmeier & Tibshirani, 1997). Since 2001 forty-eight states have adopted one or more laws aimed at reducing the use of MCDs by drivers, many of which have been strengthened through subsequent amendments. Evaluations have yielded a mixed picture of their effectiveness (Braitman & McCartt, 2010; Highway Loss Data Institute, 2010; McCartt & Geary, 2004; McCartt, Hellinga, Strouse, & Farmer, 2010). Existing studies, however, have been limited by various design features. This study employs time-series methods to explore whether laws prohibiting use of MCDs by young drivers effectively reduce crash fatalities. The quasi-experimental design relies on an identification strategy that is common in empirical legal studies but has not yet been applied to laws regulating driver MCD use. The implementation of the identification strategy leverages the developing concept of legal epidemiology. Four state laws are ultimately evaluated. The primary analytic approach is difference-in-difference. In two of the four instances, there is some evidence suggesting a protective effect could be attributed to the law. However, this evidence was limited and differed in relation to specification choices. These findings cast doubt on some fifty state panel analyses that have suggested that laws are effectively decreasing MCD use and associated harms.
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LaForte, Josette M. "A study of current efforts at minimizing the occurrence of agricultural child-related injuries and fatalities." Online version, 2003. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003lafortej.pdf.
Full textMcLean, Colin. "Occupational fatalities in Victoria 1990-1993 : a case for the control of damaging energy not behaviour." Thesis, The Author [Mt. Helen, Vic.] :, 1993. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/56124.
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Wichers, Ansie. "Firearm fatalities examined at Salt River Medico-Legal Laboratory in 2009 and their investigative outcome by 2014." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21373.
Full textMatthews, Tasneem. "An investigation of firearm-related injuries and fatalities amongst children in the Cape Metropolitan Area (2001-2006)." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3428.
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