From:
James Kaufman <jkaufman**At_Symbol_Here**LABSAFETYINSTITUTE.ORG>
Subject:
Re: [DCHAS-L] Skydiving culture. Was: [DCHAS-L] Safety training swag?
Date:
Oct 25, 2022 15:49 UTC
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ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
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<4D0D51DE-B655-48E8-9207-16538D498317**At_Symbol_Here**rstuartcih.org>
That is very true.
As Geraldine Cox, VP of Research for CMA, once said: "We ignore the risks of the things we want to do and invoke the risks of the things we don't want to do."
I had little concern riding my two motorcycles (not at the same time)! ... Jim
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> >I want to suggest another way of looking at this made popular by Trevor Kletz in Great Britain. It's called the F.A.F.R. (fatal accident frequency rate). It compares the deaths from different activities per unit time of exposure.
>
I have seen many different denominators used in risk calculations, but none have been of particular interest to the people in the numerator, whether the risk is fatal, serious injuries, minor injuries or loss of productivity.
- Ralph
Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
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