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Hazardous Materials Serious Crash Analysis: First Phase Final Report |
6. What are the shortcomings of the data that you are using?
| FMCSA HQ Manager | FMCSA Field HM Expert | FMCSA HQ MCMIS Expert | FAA HM Expert | Chemical Industry HM Expert | HM Carrier Association Official | Explosives Group Official | Chemical Industry HM Expert | State HM Enforcement Official | HM Carrier Representative | HM Carrier Association Official | RSPA HM Expert | USCG HM Expert | NHTSA HM Expert | RSPA_HMIS Expert | State HM Enforcement Official | State HM Enforcement Official | State HM Enforcement Official | HM Carrier Association official | State HM Enforcement Official | State HM Association Official | TOTAL | |
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| Lack of Details or Actual Data | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Commodity Flow | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Package Population Numbers | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Incident Causes and Package Failures | X | X | X | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Successes | X | X | X | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pre-Crash | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The "Middle Number" - How Much Hazmat is Flying | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Conditional Release Probability Data (container design, release size) | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Modal Data (rail, truck, barge, etc.) | X | X | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bulk Containers in 5800.1 Report | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| More Accurate Accident Rate Data for all Modes | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| No Central Data Repository for Motor Carrier Data | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Denominator (or exposure data) Often Limited | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Uniformity | X | X | X | X | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Difficulty in Relating Different Databases | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Differences Between Definition of Incidents | X | X | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Differences Between Definition of Shipments | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Marine Industry Needs Same Shipping Paper, Marking, Labeling, and Placarding Requirements | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source Specific Complaints | X | X | X | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quality and quantity problems with MCMIS | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "SafeStat" does not show a carrier's safety performance over time | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "SafeStat" not comprehensive due to some states lagging behind on reporting | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Regarding MCS-82 or 90 no follow up notice given when liability insurance is cancelled | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 | ||||||||||
| Timeliness | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Limitations of self reported data | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cumbersome, poor indexing, not user friendly | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Company identification frequently a problem | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Underreporting | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Quality is uneven | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessibility of information | X | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Completeness and accuracy of data | X | X | X | X | 4 |
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