Analysis of labour risks in the Spanish industrial aerospace sector.

Juan Laguardia,Rafael Garcia-Foncillas,Ana Garcia,Emilio Rubio

doi:10.1590/0001-3765201620140452

Abstract

Labour risk prevention is an activity integrated within Safety and Hygiene at Work in Spain. In 2003, the Electronic Declaration for Accidents at Work, Delt@ (DELTA) was introduced. The industrial aerospace sector is subject to various risks. Our objective is to analyse the Spanish Industrial Aerospace Sector (SIAS) using the ACSOM methodology to assess its labour risks and to prioritise preventive actions. The SIAS and the Services Subsector (SS) were created and the relevant accident rate data were obtained. The ACSOM method was applied through double contrast (deviation and translocation) of the SIAS or SS risk polygon with the considered pattern, accidents from all sectors (ACSOM G) or the SIAS. A list of risks was obtained, ordered by action phases. In the SIAS vs. ACSOM G analysis, radiation risks were the worst, followed by overstrains. Accidents caused by living beings were also significant in the SS vs. SIAE, which will be able to be used to improve Risk Prevention. Radiation is the most significant risk in the SIAS and the SS. Preventive actions will be primary and secondary. ACSOM has shown itself to be a valid tool for the analysis of labour risks.

Highlights

For many years, accidents in the workplace were considered an inevitable consequence of work
The Accident Soma (ACSOM) method was used, given its utility for the comprehensive processing of data related to accidents in the workplace based on the comparison of the sectors to be analysed with the reference pattern (García et al 2007, Rubio et al 2012)
Our findings indicate that risks associated with radiation are significant in the industrial aerospace sector, in good agreement with empirical data from this sector

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Introduction

Accidents in the workplace were considered an inevitable consequence of work. In the 19th century a series of active policies was introduced to protect workers. This protection was aimed at the most vulnerable of workers, children, as reflected in legislation passed in the United Kingdom (The Factory Act 1833, Lee WR 1973) and France (Gaumy and Protea 1982). The year 1900 marked the introduction of the first Spanish Labour Accidents Law, to which new regulations have since been progressively added. The addition of the Electronic Declaration of Accidents at Work, (Delt@) in 2003, led to the creation of a database (DELTA), which has allowed more precise epidemiological studies to be carried out, given the greater capacity for statistical analysis

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