Analyse and Present Research Information

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Course name: Certificate 1V of Occupational Health and Safety

Unit/Cluster title: Analyse and Present Research Information

Table of Contents

Terms of Reference..............................................................................................3

Introduction...........................................................................................................4

Results .................................................................................................................4

Discussion ............................................................................................................5

Conclusion ...........................................................................................................6

References ...........................................................................................................6

Terms of Reference

Your task is to collect articles from newspapers, journals and the internet that refer to accidents.

Classify the accidents into various types such as industrial, aviation, sporting, home, transport etc

Analyse the articles, select and collect relevant data, e.g.: fatalities, area of injury, and number of accident per type.

Present the data in a table and graph. Format your work using Microsoft Word and Excel or equivalent software.

Review the data and comment on the value of the information in terms of prevention of future accidents. Discuss other benefits you can identify as a result of your research.

Introduction

Background

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2009-10, accident costs include loss of life or injury to people, and the destruction of, and damage to equipment and infrastructure. The majority of deaths were associated with motor vehicles driven on public roads as compared to others.

The world report on road traffic injury prevention reports that each year, 1.2 million are killed by road traffic injuries and more than 3500 people die from such injuries...