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  2. Hazard elimination - Wikipedia

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    Hazard elimination is a hazard control strategy based on completely removing a material or process causing a hazard.Elimination is the most effective of the five members of the hierarchy of hazard controls in protecting workers, and where possible should be implemented before all other control methods.

  3. Avoidance (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Avoidance is a British comedy drama television series made for BBC One starring Romesh Ranganathan, Lisa McGrillis, Mandeep Dhillon, Jessica Knappett and Kieran Logendra. The first series was broadcast in 10 June 2022. A second series was commissioned in May 2023; which broadcast from 5 April 2024. [1]

  4. Accident (fallacy) - Wikipedia

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    The fallacy of accident (also called destroying the exception or a dicto simpliciter ad dictum secundum quid) is an informal fallacy where a general rule is applied to an exceptional case. The fallacy of accident gets its name from the fact that one or more accidental features of the specific case make it an exception to the rule.

  5. Controlled flight into terrain - Wikipedia

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    Before the installation of the first electronic terrain warning systems, the only defenses against CFIT were conventional see-and-avoid aviation practices, pilot simulator training, crew resource management (CRM) and radar surveillance by air traffic services. While refinements applied to those practices helped reduced the incidence of CFIT ...

  6. Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory - Wikipedia

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    Uncertainty avoidance (UAI): The uncertainty avoidance index is defined as "a society's tolerance for ambiguity", in which people embrace or avert an event of something unexpected, unknown, or away from the status quo. Societies that score a high degree in this index opt for stiff codes of behavior, guidelines, laws, and generally rely on ...

  7. Risk - Wikipedia

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    Firefighters are exposed to risks of fire and building collapse during their work.. In simple terms, risk is the possibility of something bad happening. [1] Risk involves uncertainty about the effects/implications of an activity with respect to something that humans value (such as health, well-being, wealth, property or the environment), often focusing on negative, undesirable consequences. [2]

  8. Asteroid impact avoidance - Wikipedia

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    Various collision avoidance techniques have different trade-offs with respect to metrics such as overall performance, cost, failure risks, operations, and technology readiness. [60] There are various methods for changing the course of an asteroid/comet. [61]

  9. Kavach (train protection system) - Wikipedia

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    Initially it was known by the name Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). [2] Kavach was adopted by Ministry of Railways as the National ATP System in July 2020. [3] Kavach functioning explained through schematic diagram. Development of Kavach began in the year 2011 as an open-source project. In 2014, field trials commenced.