Analysis and Evaluation of Effectiveness of Inter- Ventions for Prevention of Occupational Accidents (original) (raw)

Analyzing the risks of accidents and occupational diseases from the perspective of the work system

New Trends in Sustainable Business and Consumption

The field of occupational safety and health is focused on identifying the risks of occupational injury or illness and applying measures to reduce them until they are eliminated. Occupational risks of occupational injury or illness from the point of view of occupational safety and health are present in all areas of activity. It is true that the magnitude of the risk is directly influenced by the degree of danger of the processes that take place in that field of activity and the probability with which they occur. Over time it has developed several forms of occupational risk analysis as a dimension. In this way, events leading to accidents or occupational diseases or to the environment can be better understood. In order to be able to measure the extent of the occupational risk of occupational injury or illness, assessment methods are used that quantify the occupational risk. The main purpose of the research study is to analyze the risks of accidents and occupational diseases taking into account the four elements of the work system: performer, means of production, production environment and workload. Following the assessment of the risks of occupational injury or improvement, managers receive information on the presence of occupational risks present in the organization, as well as the evolution of these risks when there are changes in production processes. These changes are due to changes in materials, manufacturing processes, legislative changes, upgrades, technological or environmental accidents, conversions or upgrades of production lines. The importance of the research study is represented by the identification and assessment of the risks of occupational injury and illness from the point of view of occupational safety that enter into the economic equation. Thus, we appreciate that the economic interest must not take precedence over considerations related to safety at work.

Considerations on Prevention and Protections Measures Against Occupational Risks

Journal of Research and Innovation for Sustainable Society, 2023

A general trend, manifested at the European and international level, is to promote the use of scientific methods in preventive activity, both in terms of the design of work security measures, and the motivation of employers for the application of these measures. The argument to which any entrepreneur reacts positively is profit. As a result, prevention specialists have tried to demonstrate that efforts to reduce the number of occupational accidents and illnesses ultimately bring financial benefits to the company. The paper presents the classification, prioritization and distribution of prevention and protection measures on the 4 components of the work system: the worker, the workload, the means of production, the work environment. Also, a case study on taking measures for a job is presented. Keywords: occupational safety and health, prevention and protection measures, identification of professional risks, assessment of risks 1.Introduction Protection at the workplace aims to improve working conditions and prevent work accidents and occupational diseases. Consequently, Community legislation requires Member States to adopt measures to compel employers to create safe and healthy working conditions. The way in which the European Union seeks to achieve social objectives in the field of work is the tripartite consensus: legislatoremployer-employees. For dialogue to be fruitful, appropriate arguments are needed for all parties involved. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), work-related accidents are still far too frequently. Globally, work-related mortality accounts for 5% of all deaths; but this percentage has increased dramatically in last few years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in the context of COVID-19, new requirements on the labour market, such as remote working, appropriate protective measures and the appropriate use of personal protective equipment when physical presence cannot be avoided, require new approaches to ensure health and safety. The modern approach to preventive activity, which requires its organization according to the principles of scientific management, as well as the integration of occupational safety management into the general management of industrial organizations, necessarily requires the design of tools to measure the economic efficiency of preventive

Key aspect of safety at work: A comprehensive literature review

Safety at work is a challeging issue for firms and governments worldwide. This paper presents a comprehensive literature review on occupational accidents. We analyze causes of injury and risk factors, economic and social consequences, Occupational Health and Safety Management System areas of priority and effectiveness of interventions. We highlight the key role of workers and of prevention programs. Accident prevention is a means of reducing negative effects of accidents and increasing productivity. Furthermore, prevention can raise creditworthiness and lower insurance premiums.

The Impact of Prevention Measures and Organisational Factors on Occupational Injuries

2007

This paper analyses the impact of a series of managerial and organisational factors on occupational injuries. These consist of occupational safety measures, as regards both the intensity and the orientation of risk prevention in companies, and the adoption of certain work organisation practices, quality management and the use of flexible production technologies. We estimate a negative binomial regression based on a sample of 213 Spanish industrial establishments, defining a constant random parameter to take account of non-observable heterogeneity. Our results show that occupational safety measures, the intensive use of quality management tools and the empowerment of workers all help to reduce the number of injuries. We have also confirmed the presence of synergies between the organisational factors analysed and the development of an occupational safety strategy featuring participation and the extension of prevention to all levels of the organisation.

Risk assessment and prevention of occupational accidents

2010

Being struck by moving objects, becoming caught up/jammed, cutting 35. Being struck by own hand tools 36. Being struck by moving parts of machinery-operating 37. Being struck by moving parts of machinery-maintenance 38. Being struck by moving parts of machinery-preparing 39. Being struck by moving parts of machinery-cleaning 9. Vehicles Collisions 40. Loss of control over vehicle 10. Electricity Electric shock 41. Contact with electricityelectrical equipment 42. Contact with electricitywhen installing/repairing 11. Heat or cold Burns 43 Burns-frostbite/burns from cold/hot surfaces or naked flames 44 Fires-combustion from "hot" work 12. Chemical Poisoning, etching 45. Discharge of hazardous chemicals from open containers 46. Contact with uncovered hazardous chemicals (without discharge) 47 Release of chemical risk from closed containerswork/filling/draining 48 Release of chemical risk from closed containers-without transportation 49. Release of chemical risk from closed containerswhen closing containers 50. Release of chemical risk from closed containerswork in the proximity of a discharge 13. Lifting, heavy loads Strain injuries 51. Extreme exertionsheavy lifting 52. Extreme exertionsinappropriate movements Walls, doors, buildings, access restrictions, railings, screens, filters, containers, tanks, pipe routings, etc Retain and prevent movement or displacement Safety belts, harnesses, hoarding, grilles, bolts, supports, etc Cohesion force, tensile strength, robustness, hardness Components that cannot fracture in sections, e.g. fracture-proof glass Energy absorbent, able to absorb released energy, transmitted energy

Occupational health and safety risk management

ANNALS OF THE ORADEA UNIVERSITY. Fascicle of Management and Technological Engineering., 2018

The ongoing industrial revolution also includes the health and safety domain, which assists this development process. The participants and beneficiaries of this revolution don't have to endure a lowering of the protection levels from the beginning of it. Consequently, the health and safety domain needs to play its role in this historical stage. The risks of injury and illness are managed from the beginning, when the technological processes are being developed, on each production stage, until the end of every technological process. In order to achieve this, the professional risks must be identified, quantified, ranked and evaluated such that, the elaborated measures will eliminate or decrease the risks from the source. This control process of occupational health and safety risks of injury or illness uses documents which are applicable to any organization. These documents are legally required in each state, being instruments of the organization management, working like a system along with all other documents.

Promoting a culture of health and safety at work: safety–a permanent priority

Risk Analysis VIII, 2012

The human consequences of occupational accidents in Algeria are multiples of their action on the profitability and the added value, knowing that the company is the employee's home and the damage of each may affect the whole. Moreover, understanding and applying concepts of risk management in their Anglo-Saxon sense is completely absent in our companies. Preventive measures are still insufficient, especially for the protection of workers who are often left on their own. This results in an uneven maturity of companies, different strategies considered and dissimilar organizational choices. Of the more than 50,000 accidents/year that have been recorded in Algerian companies, between 750 and 800 of those accidents have caused deaths. The number of days lost that are automatically compensated is 14 10 5. These costs are exorbitant for the whole of society and even more so for the companies themselves (the continuing rise of absenteeism, disruption of ongoing work and lost production, etc...). Conscious of the importance of industrial safety control for the future of our industrial heritage, we covet raising employees' and employers' awareness on the importance of all issues raised by technological risks within companies. Everything has to be done in order to avoid an accident which breaks or handicaps a human life; the objective of this paper. Instantly, everything has to be done to ensure the means to provide occupational health and make the industrial action daily to ensure the safety of its personnel in different companies or even in each workplace. Thus, a permanent anticipation of work accidents and occupational diseases can therefore be reached and to develop a permanent and sustainable culture of prevention in companies. So we hope that prevention is on Risk Analysis VIII 405

Managing work safety by analising injuries at work

IETI Transactions on Ergonomics and Safety, 2018

The process of harmonization of regulatory acts in the area of occupational safety and health with the norms of European Union is taking its course. However, there can be a long way from normative regulation of occupational safety and health to safe work environment. We observe the results of application of measures for safe work through the number of injuries at work. In the paper we will make an analysis of injuries at work in 2016 and 2017, and show the state of safety in real life. As a method of research, the secondary data analysis is used.

A LITERATURE REVIEW ON GLOBAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PRACTICE & ACCIDENTS SEVERITY

This literature review focuses on researches undertaken since 1980s onwards. The purpose of the study is to identify existing gaps on workplace safety and health management and propose future research areas. The review adds value to existing electronic database through integration of researches' results. To identify existing gaps, a systematic literature review approach has been used. The reviews were undertaken through keywords and safety related topics. In the literature, various characteristics of workplace safety and health problems were found emanating from the lack of operational activities of the employees, internal working environment and external environment those impose hazards on employee temporarily, permanently and on working environments. The integration of multidisciplinary approaches and collaborative model of hub and peripheral industries to protect workplace safety hazards to develop multilevel model has been undermined in many researches. The other face of finding is that knowledge transfer mechanism and industrial topology factors are left. Some researches finding showed that they have focused on single problems related to health and health factors leaving universal improving workplace safety. In general, this literature reviews compare various studies output based on their research method and findings to fills gap and add value to a body of knowledge.