virsight hearing - Motor Vehicle Hazard Archive Project

All nerbers receive IIR's qu.rte!ly netrl€tter
runnsrizine its dcti!ities and res€a!ih results. ln addition.
founding. sustliDrnq ard orqanizati.onal nenbers receive
copies of a1I !eports, 5tudies .nd lilhs published
by IIR rtthoui separatc charoe.
ToT Is I IR RUn?
IIR s DolicynaLinq body is its Boald of Directors. Board
rerbels sre elected annually by nenbers wiih voting !ights,
shich iDclude all FouDdina. sustaiDlng and P.egular neDbers,
on an 6nnuBl basis. currenr board charrnan rs La.ry E.
Coben. Othe! hesbers iDclude $ayne Fisber, Be!!!ah H.
Coldster.n, John R, Overchlck and David L, Perry.
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The day-to-day managenent ot IIR is carlied out undcr the
direcrion o! its presid€n!, A- Senjanin KelIey. a 1€adids
authority on horor vehicte-related injury causation and
prevenrlon- Ur- *elIey, folherIy senicr vjce p!esident of the
lnsurance Institute for High,ay safety and.n official of the
U.5. Dep.rtmenr or 1!dnsportation, has t'een active rn the
inlury control field to! hore than t{o decades.
D€scri.be IIR's Proor.,n.
In qeneral,, lIR s concern extcDds to products in
the autohotive, aviaiion, nedical, occupatronal, tar'I. hohe
and all olher categories in which produ.t-rsJu.y
!elationships a!€ tound. Its de!eloprns eFphasis in each ot
these is j-n the follosinq areas of uoll:
--CoIlectinE, anatyzinq and dis!!ibutinq data concelnins
the narure, seve!ity, and t!equen.y.f p!oduct !el-Led
j,njuries, rnd relating thcrn !o design, nanutdcture and use
sources for such inforhation ri11 incl.ude research
publisheil by governh€nt, private-secto! and acadenic groups;
conpleted product-injury litr.gationj !egulatory aDd
]egislative proce.dings concerned rith product injury issues.
and specj.al res€arch and tacl-itndinq projecls unale!taxen or
sPonsoled by IIR.
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--Providinq no!ice ro nanufactrr€rs, the rnedical
corn[unity, goverDhent regulatory igencies ahd the general
Fublic of product hazard 6nd injury-causatiob :.rtoihation.