Safety
and accident prevention are, for the most part, ethically clear-cut
areas; safety is important and we must prevent accidents. The issues
up for discussion, though, are not whether to, but how to efficiently
prevent accidents and how high accident prevention is on our list
of priorities. On this issue the Jewish ethical and halakhic approach
is straightforward: it places an extremely high emphasis on safety
and takes a clearly proactive approach to accident prevention. This
page is dedicated to the memory of accident victims with a prayer
that it will help to raise awareness in this crucial area.
Thanks
to Professor Yechiel (Cyril) Domb and Rabbi Menachem Slae for their
help with collecting sources
 Basic
Sources
8 Biblical Mitzvot (commandments) relating to
accident prevention
5 Jewish values relating
to accident prevention
In
The News
Fears
that publicizing chemical accident locations might increase the
chances of terrorist attacks, from ABC News -- Dilemna:
the public's right to know vs. public security. Are the fears
realistic? Are there ways of solving the problem? Please
comment
A
Biblical Model for Accident Prevention:
Learning from the biblical commandment of ma'akeh -- fencing in
a roof -- 5 lessons about prevention: design,
responsibility, and rationalizations
Ideas:
How to Prevent Accidents
Common Sense, Scientific Method, & Accident Prevention
Professor Cyril Domb -- Emeritus Professor of
Physics, Bar Ilan University and Director of the Nebenzahl Institute
for Human Safety and Accident Prevention -- A lecture delivered
to the Israel Physical Society on April 10, 1995
Traffic
Accidents in Israel
36 steps proven to aid in preventing traffic
accidents --
1997 Statistics
-- from Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics
"Enough Traffic
Deaths!" -- An Israeli site on the struggle
against traffic accidents in Israel
Reader
Response:
Accident Prevention,
Insurance, and Risk Management
From: Simcha Green Yeshiva Insurance Agency
The
Speed Limit Controversy
Correspondence with reader JS -- Do higher speed limits actually contribute
to preventing traffic accidents?
Links
Institute for Home and Business
Safety -- an initiative of the insurance industry to reduce
deaths, injuries, property damage, economic losses and human suffering caused
by natural disasters
Occupational Health and Safety
-- the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
Institute for Safety Through Design
-- the National Safety Council
Chemsafety.gov -- United States
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
The Helping Hand --
Industrial Hygiene, Environment & Loss Prevention, Inc.
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