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- From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
- Subject: Re: Helmets (again): Skiing Safety
- References: <AfNLR5m00WB8BHI7IU@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov (News Administrator)
- Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 21:54:24 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.215424.23380@nas.nasa.gov>
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- In article <AfNLR5m00WB8BHI7IU@andrew.cmu.edu> "Harold S. Lessure"
- <hl0t+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- <I have the H book which I am ready to mail you..>
- >OK, now I want to know the source of these statistics...I'd love to
- >cite these on occasion..
-
- I am looking a lot for this up for the r.b. FAQ and the r.climbing
- FAQ (re: law suits). For the stats, I am talking to the National
- Park Service (I have a couple of documents for climbing fatalities
- (easier to document than injures), several professional organization
- safety committees, insurance companies (an ex-boss's husband works for
- Fireman's Fund), a net.lawyer, a real judge, etc. I have decided that
- I have to stick to fatalities because of that. This forces putting on
- hold a film I am searching for within NBC......
-
- >Seriosly folks, I've seen lots of references to injury stats...but
- >no one cites sources...Anybody willing to oblige?
- >
- >Also think it'd be good for the FAQ!!
-
- The problem is that most of these figures are off the top of people's heads.
- They sit on individual accident reports and legal records, and I don't
- have time to swim thru these. The stuff is creeping long, it's a modest
- priority.
-
- Brought to you by the Agency who said that space shuttles had a 1:10000 chance
- of blowing up. Wonder how they determined that figure?......
-
- --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
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