Hazard analysis and hazard control hierarchy / Michael S. Wogalter -- Communication-human information processing (c-hip) model / Michael S. Wogalter -- Parent life-saver or infant death-trap? / Shelly Waters Deppa and Elaine D. Allen -- A hazard hanging at the window / Carol Pollock Nelson -- Case of baby seat with no restraint / Chris Mayhorn and Michael Wogalter -- Not a step / Michael J. Kalsher and Michael S. Wogalter -- Colorful rounded-tip scissors : too sharp for children / Alison Q. Vredenburgh, Ilene B. Zackowitz, and Alexandra N. Vredenburgh -- Following the lead : duped by pipe dope / Michael Wogalter and Michael Kalsher -- This game had a bad ending / James M. Miller & Bradley T. Cook -- A close brush with death / Michael S. Wogalter -- The medium is the message : warning presentation matters / David R. Lenorovitz -- Heavier than air / Michael Wogalter, Ken Laughery, and Chris Mayhorn -- Over-reaching consequences / Michael S. Wogalter and Tatyana Kildisheva -- A step for reasonable expectation / H. Harvey Cohen and Cindy Larue -- Don't walk : hazardous to cross mid-block / Ilene B. Zackowitz, Alison G. Vredenburgh & Alexandra N. Vredenburgh -- Beginning with a malfunctioning fuel gauge and ending with a pedestrian casualty / Rudi Mortimer -- A truck driver's dilemma / Joseph Cohen and H. Harvey Cohen -- ROPS, seatbelts, and the unexpected rollover / David R. Lenorovitz, Edward Karnes, and Mike Wogalter -- Don't recline that seat / Kenneth R. Laughery and Michael S. Wogalter -- Out of view worker / William Vigilante Jr. -- Some final comments / Michael S. Wogalter.
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This book has 18 case study chapters investigating various injury scenarios through the use of a Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) analysis. Each injury scenario derives from one or more similar lawsuits (but names, places and some of the details are fictionalized). The scenarios describe a 'slice of life' of people interacting with products, equipment, tasks, and environments before they are seriously hurt. The forensic analyses that follows each scenario gives a background of prior similar events and systematically examines potential causes leading up the injury event, with emphasis on the person-machine interface, human error, hazard analysis, hazard control and a model of communication-human information processing (C-HIP). Chapter authors are highly experienced expert witnesses in HFE. The methods used are general techniques that can be applied to other injury scenarios, but would be better if employed earlier in a product's life cycle to prevent or limit injury. The last chapter offers some broad take-away points that cut across several of the case studies.