RESUMO
This paper investigates determinants of crew and passenger injuries in passenger vessel accidents. Crew and passenger injury equations are estimated for ferry, ocean cruise, and river cruise vessel accidents, utilizing detailed data of individual vessel accidents that were investigated by the U.S. Coast Guard during the time period 2001-2008. The estimation results provide empirical evidence (for the first time in the literature) that crew injuries are determinants of passenger injuries in passenger vessel accidents.
Assuntos
Acidentes/estatística & dados numéricos , Navios , Ferimentos e Lesões/epidemiologia , Humanos , Análise de Regressão , Fatores de Risco , Estados Unidos/epidemiologiaRESUMO
While much work has been done in investigating determinants of oil spillage attributed to vessel accidents, little research has been conducted on the effectiveness of ship hull design in reducing marine pollution. This paper addresses whether the double-hull requirement reduces vessel-accident oil spillage. The volume of oil spillage due to oil-cargo vessel accidents was investigated using tobit regressions and an empirical data set of individual vessel accident pollution incidents investigated by the US Coast Guard from 2001 to 2008. The results indicate that the double hull design on average reduces the size of oil spills by 20% and 62% in tank barge and tanker ship accidents, respectively.
Assuntos
Prevenção de Acidentes/instrumentação , Poluição por Petróleo/prevenção & controle , Navios/instrumentação , Modelos Teóricos , Poluição por Petróleo/estatística & dados numéricos , Análise de Regressão , Estados UnidosRESUMO
PROBLEM: Commercial fishing is one of the least safe occupations. METHOD: The researchers develop a fishing vessel accident probability model for fishing areas off the northeastern United States using logit regression and daily data from 1981 to 1993. RESULTS: The results indicate that fishing vessel accident probability declined over the study period. Higher wind speed is associated with greater accident probability. Medium-size vessels have the highest accident probability, while small vessels have the lowest. Within the study region, accident probability is lower in the southwestern section than in the northeastern section. Accidents are likely to occur closer to shore than offshore. Accident probability is lowest in spring. IMPACT ON INDUSTRY: The probability model is an important building block in development and quantitative assessment of management mechanisms related to safety in the commercial fishing industry.
