Sentences with phrase «number of catastrophic accidents»

According to Waldock, the number of catastrophic accidents has actually gone down considerably since 2001, but the number of errors and near misses has increased.

Not exact matches

Sure, there have not been huge numbers of accidents at nuclear power stations, but the consequences of such accidents are catastrophic and the true death toll will nOt be known for many years.

This is in stark contrast to the small number of lives lost in only one catastrophic nuclear accident.

Accidents which happen in such an environment are likely to result in catastrophic injuries involving a number of parties at varying degrees of fault.

A number of different accidents can result in this type of catastrophic injury, particularly workplace accidents and car accidents Depending on the degree and further classification of the injury, the individual may never recover from the damage.

Although only 68 fatalities resulted from these accidents, which is the lowest fatality rate since 2002, it is likely that a much higher number of the motorcyclists involved in the 1,877 accidents sustained serious or catastrophic injuries.

The catastrophic nature of aviation insurance can be measured in the number of losses that have cost insurers hundreds of millions of dollars (Aviation accidents and incidents).