Consequences Of Occupational Accidents Research Articles

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The aim of this study is to contribute to the literature by determining the costs and consequences of possible occupational accidents in schools. Another purpose of the study is to focus on the consequences of occupational accidents by determining the amount of costs of occupational accidents based on research conducted on the subject. For this purpose, the conceptual framework of possible occupational accidents in schools was explained, the costs of occupational accidents that often occur in schools were determined and their consequences were focused on. Considering the extent of possible occupational accidents in schools, deaths, loss of limbs and work accidents resulting from injury, the pain experienced and all the damage suffered, it becomes clear to what extent the need to take appropriate and correct measures on the subject in order to prevent occupational accidents is essential. Key Words: School, Occupational Safety, Occupational Accidents

The Relationship between the Economic Consequences of Accidents and Safety Measures: A Case Study

Background: Accidents impose harmful economic consequences for workers, employers, and society. The present study aimed to evaluate the economic consequences of occupational accidents. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted in the Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company in 2020. Data collection tools were a checklist and a researcher-made questionnaire. The reliability of this questionnaire was calculated through Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS statistical software and the significance level was considered 0.05. Results: The reliability of this questionnaire was estimated at α = 0.87. The average lost work day caused by occupational accidents was 36.67 days and the average cost imposed for each accident was 23.97 million Tomans. The total safety index in the studied environment was calculated at 3.59± 1.01. The results of linear multivariate regression analysis indicated that the cost imposed for each accident has a significant relationship with accident type and accident consequence, level of education, number of workers, training hours, work experience, salary, and total safety index (p <0.05). Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that the economic performance of a company can be affected by individual, occupational, and most importantly safety factors of the company. In addition, such factors are considered as strong predictors for economic safety performance.

Occupational health and safety in agriculture. A systematic review

Introduction: The prevalence of occupational diseases in the agricultural sector is higher than in other industries, since agricultural workers are at higher risk of exposure to different chemicals and pesticides, and are more prone to occupational accidents.Objective: To conduct a review of recent literature on occupational health and risk in agriculture.Materials and methods: A literature search was conducted in PubMed, SciencieDirect and Scopus using the following search strategy: type of articles: original research papers; language: English; publication period: 2006-2016; search terms: "agricultural health", "agrarian health", "risk factors", "epidemiology", "causality" and "occupational", used in different combinations ("AND" and "OR").Results: The search yielded 350 articles, of which 102 met the inclusion criteria. Moreover, 5 articles were found in grey literature sources and included in the final analysis. Most research on this topic has been conducted in the United States, which produced 91% (97/107) of the articles included.Conclusions: Most studies on health and safety in agriculture focused primarily on the harmful effects of occupational exposure to agrochemicals and pesticides, and the consequences of occupational accidents. However, since more than 90% of these studies come from the United States, a more comprehensive approach to health in agriculture is required, since what is reported here may be far from the reality of other regions, especially Latin America.

BAHAYA KERJA PENGOLAHAN RSS (RIBBED SMOKE SHEET) MENGGUNAKAN METODE HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT DI PT. PQR

Occupational Safety and Health is the primary means of prevention of occupational accidents, disabilities and deaths so that the consequences of occupational accidents from potential hazards can be prevented. Companies need to develop risk management based on hazard identification and risk assessment compiled in occupational safety and health programs. Occupational health and safety risk management is an effort of hazard management which potentially pose a risk to safety and health to prevent unwanted accident. The data collected in this research is primary data and secondary data. Primary data obtained through direct observation on the floor processing RSS (Ribbed Smoke Sheet) at PT. PQR is useful to observe the potential hazards of work contained in the work area. While the secondary data taken in this study is historical data. The result of determining the risk value for each hazard source contained in PT. PQR is classified by rankings marked with the code E (extreme risk), H (high risk), M (moderate risk), and L (low risk). This is obtained by comparing the severity and probability values of each process / activity. Of the 28 activities, there are 7 activities included in the category of high risk. Process / activity that belonged to high risk is necessary to control to minimize or even eliminate the existing risks. control measures that can be performed on a high risk process / activity is to use a complete Personal Protective Equipment (APD), MSDS, using warning signs, using ladders in sheet sheets, with ergonomic work posture.Factors causing potential work hazards are workers who perform activities of inadvertent, high temperatures, and negligence of workers in using PPE. These control measures are expected to reduce and even eliminate the risk of the process / activity classified as high risk so that the number of workplace accidents can be reduced.

The Relationship between Economic Development and Fatal Occupational Accidents: Evidence from Turkey

Abstract Occupational accidents are among the most important issues of the agenda of working life in Turkey recently. Recently the causes and consequences of occupational accidents which are related to human, occupational and environmental factors have received great attention from the researchers but it has been paid little attention to focused on economic factors. The purpose of this paper is to make a contribution to redressing this gap by examining the relationship between fatal occupational accidents and economic development over the period of 1980 to 2012 for Turkey. In this context, bounds testing approach which is also known as autoregressive distributed lag model is performed. The results indicate the existence of positive relationship between gross domestic product per capita and fatal occupational accidents in the short-run while in the long run this turns out to be in a negative way via economic growth and changes in structure of the economy.

The Relationship between Economic Development and Fatal Occupational Accidents: Evidence from Turkey

Abstract Occupational accidents are among the most important issues of the agenda of working life in Turkey recently. Recently the causes and consequences of occupational accidents which are related to human, occupational and environmental factors have received great attention from the researchers but it has been paid little attention to focused on economic factors. The purpose of this paper is to make a contribution to redressing this gap by examining the relationship between fatal occupational accidents and economic development over the period of 1980 to 2012 for Turkey. In this context, bounds testing approach which is also known as autoregressive distributed lag model is performed. The results indicate the existence of positive relationship between gross domestic product per capita and fatal occupational accidents in the short-run while in the long run this turns out to be in a negative way via economic growth and changes in structure of the economy.

Occupational injury rates in personnel of emergency medical services.

The system of emergency medical services (EMS) in Poland was established in 2006. The risk of occupational injuries to EMS personnel is very high, irrespective of the country where they operate, as they face many hazards in their everyday work. The aim of this study is to describe the type, incidence and consequences of occupational accidents among the personnel of the National Emergency Medical Services in Poland (NEMS - land and air ambulance crews) in 2008-2012. The study reviewed all occupational accidents among the EMS personnel reported to the National Labour Inspectorate in 2008-2012. In the period reported, the number of accidents decreased from 32 in 2008 to just 6 in 2012. Traffic accidents predominated and most of the victims were male paramedics under 30 years of age. The most common injuries included multiple organ injuries and injuries of the cervical spine, chest and trunk. The growing professional experience of the EMS personnel has a beneficial effect on occupational injury rates as they tend to decrease with longer employment. Occupational accidents are definitely more common among ambulance crews than in the personnel of other organizational units of the National Emergency Medical Services.

The Impact of Worker’s Age on the Consequences of Occupational Accidents: Empirical Evidence Using Spanish Data

This paper examines the impact of worker’s age on the consequences of occupational injuries. Using data from the Spanish Statistics on Accidents at Work for 2004–2010, a probit model is estimated in order to analyse the impact of the age on the probability of suffering a severe or fatal accident. Further, a duration model is used to assess the effect of worker’s age on the length of sick leave caused by occupational injuries. The analysis shows that the probability of suffering a severe or fatal accident, as well as the duration of the sick leave, increases with the worker’s age once personal, job, and accident characteristics are controlled for. From a policy perspective, the results point out that decisions about delaying the retirement age require additional measures, such as the occupational reallocation of these older workers towards tasks with lower incidence rates, in order to minimise these effects.

Determinanten van arbeidsongevallen in Nederland: verschillen tussen een retrospectieve en prospectieve onderzoeksopzet

Determinants of occupational accidents in the Netherlands; differences between a retrospective and a prospective study design Determinants of occupational accidents in the Netherlands; differences between a retrospective and a prospective study design Research into the causes of occupational accidents is largely cross-sectional in nature, and has the limitation of possible reversed causality, as the consequences of occupational accidents can be interpreted as causes of the accidents. The current article examines the actual predictors of occupational accidents in the Netherlands using a prospective research design, and compares these predictors with the determinants of occupational accidents from a cross-sectional research design. To this end, longitudinal data from 9,889 employees who participated the Netherlands Working Conditions Cohort Study were analyzed. The results show that the differences in the determinants of occupational accidents in the past (retrospective) and the future (prospective) are limited. The factors that predict accidents are often similar to the factors associated with accidents that workers in the past have had. There are some factors that are an exception and are retrospectively, but not prospectively associated with the occurrence of an accident. Possibly, these are examples of reversed causality. The results moreover show which factors are actual prospective predictors of occupational accidents, and are therefore targets for policymakers and businesses for the prevention of occupational accidents.

Transtorno de estresse pós-traumático decorrente de acidente de trabalho: implicações psicológicas, socioeconômicas e jurídicas

Entre as possíveis consequências dos acidentes de trabalho ressalta-se que, embora os prejuízos físicos sejam mais facilmente percebidos, sintomas e transtornos psiquiátricos têm sido cada vez mais observados. Nesse contexto, o Transtorno de Estresse Pós-Traumático (TEPT) é um dos transtornos mais comuns, causando prejuízos para os trabalhadores e tendo grande impacto na sua qualidade de vida. O objetivo deste artigo foi apresentar uma revisão teórica sobre o TEPT decorrente de acidente de trabalho, bem como revisar as implicações psicológicas, sócio-econômicas e jurídicas desencadeadas pelo transtorno. A partir da revisão da literatura apresentada, fica evidente a repercussão do TEPT para a vida do indivíduo, com prejuízos significativos nas relações familiares, sociais e, sobretudo, no ambiente de trabalho. Finalmente, a discussão sobre o TEPT no contexto do trabalho suscita para a consideração em torno de diferentes eixos: prevenção, avaliação, tratamento e ressarcimento acerca dos prejuízos causados.

Fuzzy approach for reducing subjectivity in estimating occupational accident severity

Quantifying or, more generally, estimating the severity of the possible consequences of occupational accidents is a decisive step in any occupational risk assessment process. Because of the lack of historic information (accident data collection and recording are incipient and insufficient, particularly in construction) and the lack of practical tools in the construction industry, the estimation/quantification of occupational accident severity is a notably arbitrary process rather than a systematic and rigorous assessment.This work proposes several severity functions (based on a safety risk assessment) to represent biomechanical knowledge with the aim of determining the severity level of occupational accidents in the construction industry and, consequently, improving occupational risk assessment quality. We follow a fuzzy approach because it makes it possible to capture and represent imprecise knowledge in a simple and understandable way for users and specialists.

Modelling and forecasting occupational accidents of different severity levels in Spain

The control of accidents at the work place is a critical issue all over the world. The consequences of occupational accidents in terms of costs for the company in which the accidents take place is only one minor matter, being the social impact and the loss of human life the most controversial effects of this important problem. The methods used to forecast future evolution of accidents are often limited to trend estimations and projections, being the scientific literature on this topic rather scarce. This paper aims at showing and predicting the evolution of Spanish occupational accidents of different levels of severity, allowing the evaluation of the influence that preventive actions carried out by public administrations or private companies may have over the number of occupational accidents. Though some contributions may be found on this topic for Spain, this paper is the first contribution that forecast occupational accidents for different levels of severity using Multivariate Unobserved Components models developed in a State Space framework extended to deal with the irregular sampling interval of the data. Data from 1998 to 2009 have been used to test the efficacy of the forecasting system.

Accidents in the construction industry in the Netherlands: An analysis of accident reports using Storybuilder

As part of an ongoing effort by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment of the Netherlands, a research project is being undertaken to construct a causal model for occupational risk. This model should provide quantitative insight into the causes and consequences of occupational accidents. One of the components of the model is a tool to systematically classify and analyse reports of past accidents. This tool ‘Storybuilder’ was described in earlier papers. In this paper, Storybuilder is used to analyse the causes of accidents reported in the database of the Dutch Labour Inspectorate involving people working in the construction industry. Conclusions are drawn on measures to reduce the accident probability. Some of these conclusions are contrary to common beliefs in the industry.

Storybuilder—A tool for the analysis of accident reports

As part of an ongoing effort by the ministry of Social Affairs and Employment of The Netherlands a research project is being undertaken to construct a causal model for the most commonly occurring scenarios related to occupational risk. This model should provide quantitative insight in the causes and consequences of occupational accidents. The results should be used to help selecting optimal strategies to reduce these risks taking the costs of accidents and of measures into account. The research is undertaken by an international consortium under the name of Workgroup Occupational Risk Model. One of the components of the model is a tool to systematically classify and analyse past accidents. This tool: “Storybuilder” and its place in the Occupational Risk Model (ORM) are described in the paper. The paper gives some illustrations of the application of the Storybuilder, drawn from the study of ladder accidents, which forms one of the biggest single accident categories in the Dutch data.

The Consequences to the Injured of Occupational Accidents: A Follow-up Study of an Emergency Department Material

The consequences of occupational accidents to the injured have been studied in a follow-up investigation of an emergency department material comprising almost 7 000 patients. The accident resulted in sick leave for 51% (on average 14.9 working days), in a reduced income for 31% (on average 2 125 Danish 1982 kroner), in a prolonged physical handicap for 6%, in hospitalization for 4.2% (on average 27 days), and in occupational consequences for 1.5%.