Abstract
David Anton studied medicine at Charing Cross Medical School and then joined the RAF, becoming Head of Biomechanics and Aircraft Accident Investigation. He investigated over 200 air crashes, including the Kegworth air disaster in 1989 and was responsible for the updated design of the ejection seat, which is still used today. He won the Richard Fox Linton Memorial Prize in 1981 for his ‘Stirling efforts in the investigation of flying accidents and the advancement of measures for the promotion of safety in flight’. He then moved into occupational health, working for a variety of NHS Trusts, for Unigate and other companies and then founding the firm of Anton, Hodges and Baron. He was responsible for training future occupational health physicians and had input into new methods for assessment of Specialist Registrars. He later said of this part of his career ‘I was surprised to find how large the burden of...
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