Lost-time Injuries Research Articles

Exploring the Impact of Organizational Initiatives on Work Environment Safety and Health for Public Health

Workplace safety and health efforts in public health are organizational endeavours that include practices, policies, and interventions intended to reduce hazards, enhance well-being, and guarantee adherence to health and safety laws.We provide the findings from a phone conversation and in-person interviews with 286 manufacturing companies.We carried out a cross-sectional study of the attitudes, behaviours, and policies related to health and safety at work. All company types were subjected to analyses using data from the Lost Time Injury frequency rate (LTIFR). Paternalistic efforts, the documentation of occupational safety and public health (OSPH) measures, more worker participation in making decisions, and enhancing managerial perspectives about the importance of OSPH were all linked to very low LTIFR. The results show the advantages of a proactive strategy for developing a culture of wellness and security in public health contexts and emphasize the crucial role that organizational commitment plays in establishing safer and healthier workplaces.In conclusion, safer workplaces are characterized by worker and management engagement in OSPH activities. Additionally, there is a correlation between reduced injury rates and management's overall concern for OSPH, as demonstrated by both attitudes and practical actions.

Is precarious employment an occupational hazard? Evidence from Ontario, Canada

ObjectivesTo examine the association between precarious employment and risk of occupational injury or illness in Ontario, Canada.MethodsWe combined accepted lost-time compensation claims from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board with...

Occupational Accidents in Agriculture in a Developing Country: What are the Particularities? Example of the Société de Cultures Légumières (SCL) of Saint-Louis in Senegal between 2017 and 2021

This study aimed at describing the types of occupational accidents in an agriculture company in Senegal where that field, even on a large scale, has retained a large part of manual activities; it also help to point out the factors involved in order to identify major areas for prevention. We made a retrospective study from January 1st, 2017, to December 31st, 2021, at the SCL, covering all victims of work-related accidents according to the ILO definition. There were 965 occupational accidents, of which 131 (13%) are commuting accidents. Lost-time injuries accounted for 44.4%. Accidents were of low severity in 88.7% of cases, high in 6.8% of cases and very high in 4.5% of cases. The frequency and severity rates were respectively 24.3% and 0.24%. The victims were mainly men (67.8%), aged on average 35.3 years and working in their positions for 3.4 years. The predominant lesion was wound with 46.9% of cases. The severity of the accident was inversely related to seniority. It was also related to gender, with women having more serious accidents than men. Commuting accidents were also 14.2 times more serious than on-site accidents. Occupational accidents in agriculture are more common in developing countries. Unlike developed countries, they are more often of low to very low severity. Hand tools are the mostly incriminated and lack of experience is one of the prominent factors.

Safety Maturity Level Assessment for Effective HSE Plan Development at Logistic Service Company in Ancol

Introduction: PT. XYZ is a logistics service company located at the Tanjung Priok port that carries out loading and unloading activities to support the operations of oil and gas companies. The achievement of leading indicators has been good. However, accidents still happen even though they are not as fatality accidents. This study aims to assess the maturity level of the Safety Culture at PT. XYZ and designing the right OHS program so that it is expected that the OSH program can reduce the number of lost time injuries in the company. Methods: This research is a qualitative descriptive study with a cross-sectional study design, and primary data was taken through interviews, field observations, and secondary data through company records. The author uses an interview guide from Industrial Safety Culture Evaluation Tools and Guidance for primary, key, and supporting informants. The main informants comprised five management representatives from supervisor to assistant manager level and five employee representatives. Results: PT. XYZ is a calculative level in safety culture, although the commitment dimension is in a proactive stage. However, information, awareness, and behavior are still at a calculative level. Conclusion: The company must improve communication methods, including effective communication, and provide consultation and training media for OHS issues.

The influence of hazard control and prevention toward safety behaviors and safety outcomes in coal-fired power plants using PLS-SEM

Introduction: The electrical utility industry, which plays a vital role in sustaining other sectors, contributes to high occupational accident rates in the utility industries. The high accident rate shows that there has been insufficient effort made to control unsafe actions and conditions in the workplace. This study aims to examine the influence of hazard control and prevention as leading indicators of safety behaviors and outcomes in coal-fired power plants in Malaysia. Methods: This quantitative research was conducted by distributing survey questionnaires randomly to five coal-fired power plants in Peninsular Malaysia. A total of 340 respondents were involved in this research. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis was performed using SmartPLS to validate and examine the relationship of the proposed model. Results: The results validate the construct of hazard control and prevention consisting of planning, action, managing, and verifying, while the safety outcomes construct consists of occupational accidents, fatal accidents, near misses, and lost time injuries. The results indicate that hazard control and prevention significantly relate to safety compliance, safety participation, safety motivation, and safety knowledge. Moreover, safety outcomes were influenced negatively by hazard control and prevention through safety compliance. Conclusion: The model provides a better understanding of the influence of hazard control and prevention on safety behavior and outcomes. Practical Applications: The model can be used as guidance for practitioners and researchers in planning and implementing hazard control and prevention to improve health and safety in the workplace.

Effects of sex and age on work-related upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders in Ontario, Canada.

Effective targeting of workplace upper extremity musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) prevention strategies requires the identification of demographic groups most at risk. Workers' compensation data provides an effective means of surveillance of MSDs at the population level. The primary purpose of this study was to identify the effects of age and sex on rates of tendon injuries of the wrist and hand, carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), epicondylitis, and soft tissue shoulder injuries in Ontario, Canada between 2000-2019 using workers' compensation data from the Association of Workers Compensation Boards of Canada (AWCBC). Age and sex specific rates of lost-time injury claims from the four identified injury categories as well as "non-specific" upper extremity MSDs which did not fit into the four categories were calculated by standardizing injury claim totals with "at-risk" population estimates from the Canada Labour Force Survey. A multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the effects of age and sex on rates of specific injury claims. Statistically significant age and sex effects were identified for rates of claims from tendon injuries of the wrist and hand, CTS, and shoulder injuries, while only age effects were significant for epicondylitis. Between 2000-2019, rates of claims from the four injury categories studied and the magnitude of the age and sex effects declined substantially over time. Detailed surveillance of workplace ergonomic hazards in Ontario workplaces is needed to determine what is causing rates of upper extremity claims to decline.

Analysis of the Effect of Contractor Safety Management System (CSMS) on Health and Safety Culture at PT. Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk

It is known that there are several losses in the company's operating activities caused by the performance of contractors who have little understanding of occupational health and safety (OHS). Negligence by contractors can pose danger to the company's operations and cause accidents. therefore activities of contractors must be managed properly to ensure safety in every work activity on contractors, so it requires the management of contractor workers, namely the Contractor Safety Management System (CSMS). The method used in this research is a descriptive qualitative analysis method of in-depth interviews, distribution of questionnaires, and field observations. The data will then be analyzed. Result: From the analysis that has been carried out, the results of research by interviewing workers, the implementation of CSMS began in 2014. PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, Tbk experienced a drastic reduction in lost time injury to zero accidents Where before the CSMS implementation, accidents were very frequent; 56 accidents in 2008 and 56 accidents in 2009. In conclusion, PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, Tbk has implemented CSMS properly and adequately. PT. Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, Tbk involving contractor workers in the most questionnaire results are Accident and Near Accident Investigations, Safety Monitoring, Safety Talks, Making Work Permits and Hazardous Work Permits, Equipment Certification, Emergency Response, Personal Protective Equipment The factors that affect the effectiveness of CSMS implementation the most are training factors, communication factors, and behavioral factors, this can be seen in fewer rejections from respondents regarding the contents of the questionnaire

REVIEW THE ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS OF LOST TIME INJURIES IN AN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM BY USING AN EXPLANATORY PROGRAM

Health and safety problem can be described by statistics it can only be understood by knowing and feeling the pain, suffering, and depression. Health and safety has a legal responsibility to protect it for everyone who can affect in the workplace. This includes manufacturers, suppliers, designers and controllers of work places and employees. Work injury is one of the major problems in manufacturing and production systems industries; it is reduced production efficiency and affects the cost. To gain flexibility from a traditional manufacturing system and production efficiency, this paper is about the application of estimating technology to preview and synthesis of Lost Time of Work Injuries in industry systems aims to provide a safe working environment for all employees to achieve safe workplaces, safe systems of work, and safety understanding within our workforce. Our industry oftenhas a poor record in dealing with modern and development techniques. Thus, as one of the targets, this leads to perform a helpful program plane to provide guidelines of management, employees to eliminate hazards, given the enormous cost of occupational personal damage in industry and to develop safe work methods work site. This work proposed a general methodology for constructing an explanatory software system to review and analysis workers injuries in a work site. The program language used is Axes, which suitable to shows categories of incidences and estimates costs to workers, employers and society of workplace injuries and work-related ill health. Data of the system was collected in the State Company for Woolen Industries in Al-Kadhumiaa in Iraq.The resulting is to provide a simple obvious outline system to evaluate lost time injury and the net-costs on safety interfering at the company level to reduce occupational morbidity and generating a helpful system to estimate of the total costs to employers and workers of workplace accidents and work-related ill health.

Data Exploration and Statistical Analysis of Lost Time Injury in Manufacturing Industries

Accident (whether major or minor) is unexpected and inevitable due to dynamic nature of works, lack of workmanship, and lots of activities in industries. Some occur due to negligence, lack of knowledge or skill, improper handling of tools or equipment, lackadaisical attitudes towards the safety precautions. These attitudes result to highly prevalent exposure to dangers by employees in some industries. The study identified the industries with peculiar risk cases and safety conditions, design questionnaires applicable to accident reporting cases for the industries, model the percentage effect of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities (variables) on yearly basis, and model lost time injuries, illnesses, and fatalities with statistical analysis against the cost of implications. The software used in this study was SPSS version 25 while model built was Multi-linear regression and a correlation matrix was used to check the relationship between the dependent variable (i.e. cost of implication) and the independent variables (percentage of injuries, illnesses and fatalities). The results showed that, the independent variables have significant effects on the dependent variable. However, while considering the individual effect on the dependent variable, only the percentage of illnesses have significant effect on the dependent variable. This implies that, the industries are less concerned to the workers’ benefits and other allowances which causes fatigue on the workers and have much effect on the costs.

Safety in Off-Site Construction: Simulation of Crane-Lifting Operations Using VR and BIM

Tower cranes are frequently used for installation of prefabricated modules and are on-demand resources in off-site construction. Tower cranes, however, are associated with many site accidents and severe injuries. Proper safety training that builds upon hazard perception of tower crane operators will help to increase safety performance and reduce site accidents. Toward this aim, the current study develops a framework that facilitates the development of context-aware safety training for lifting processes. This framework is then evaluated for its applicability by creating safety training scenarios using building information models (BIM) and virtual reality (VR). The resultant outcome from employment of the framework developed in this study is enhanced situational awareness of tower crane operators that allows them to anticipate risks in a fast-paced construction environment, thereby reducing the number of safety incidents and (lost time injuries) LTIs. This framework allows inexperienced contractors to adopt newer construction methods, such as off-site prefabrication, by mitigating safety risks with context-aware training.

Identifikasi Bahaya Dan Pengendalian Risiko Sebagai Upaya Mencegah Dan Mengurangi Risiko Kecelakaan Kerja Pada Tambang Batubara Provinsi Kalimantan Timur

Occupational safety and health is a problem that has always been related to the world of work since the beginning of the industrial world began is the emergence of work accidents in their activities that have the potential to cause hazards and work accidents such as property damage, lost time injury to cause fatality . The purpose of this study is to determine the identification of hazards and control the risk of work accidents based on the determination of the risk value of the source of hazard and appropriate control to reduce and eliminate the risk of hazards. The research method carried out is to descriptively describe the situation or object in facts with direct observation. The first thing to do is to find the source of danger using hazard source data, potential hazard data, and K3LH performance report data, then hazard identification and risk assessment based on OHSAS references. Hazards that have been identified are evaluated for risk level. The results of the study found the source of danger that often occurs, namely the concentration of very thick dust and the absence of warning signs. Based on the results of the study, the evaluation carried out is to identify hazards based on the source of hazards obtained in the field and assess and control the source of hazards to reduce the risk of work accidents. From the assessment results, 4 types of risks were obtained, namely four near-miss risks, four property damage risks, three lost time injury risks, and three fatality risks. Conclusions Based on the results of hazard identification and risk control, the hazards that must be prioritized are the risk of fatality and the risk of lost time injury.

Factors Associated with Lost Time Injury among Paramedics in Victoria, Australia

Background The dynamic and uncontrolled nature of paramedic work frequently exposes these workers to physical and psychological injury. Often paramedic injury rates are estimated based on national injury surveillance data or compensation databases. These data sources tend to only capture cases of a more serious nature and overlook the broader factors that contribute to injury. This limits our understanding of the true burden of paramedic injury and the characteristics associated with increased injury severity. Objectives To describe the incidence and proportions of paramedic occupational injury in Victoria, Australia, and to determine the injury-related characteristics associated with lost time from work. Methods A retrospective analysis of paramedic injury report data from the single state-wide ambulance service in Victoria, Australia – Ambulance Victoria. Injuries reported between 1 January 2015 and 30 June 2020 were included. Chi-square tests of independence were used to explore shift and injury characteristic variables that may be associated with time lost from work. Results Over the study period, 7,591 paramedic injuries were reported that met the inclusion criteria, of which 2,124 (28%) resulted in lost time from work. The cumulative incidence of paramedic injury was 333.8 injuries per 1,000 FTE workers per year, and the rate of lost time injury was 93.0 per 1,000 FTE workers per year. Musculoskeletal injuries were the most frequently reported injury type irrespective of lost time status. Manual handling followed by psychological stressors were the two leading mechanisms of injury based on incidence. Psychological injury was associated with lost time from work (X2= 384.2, p < 0.001). Conversely, injury to the head and neck (X2= 7.5, p = 0.006), and upper limb injuries (X2= 104.5, p < 0.001), were more strongly associated with no lost time from work. Conclusions Paramedics working in Victoria have a higher rate of work-related injury than other Australian workers. Injury-related factors that are often overlooked, such as time, shift type, location, and injury characteristics, all contribute to an increased risk of lost time injury. An understanding of the factors that contribute to an increase in injury severity may facilitate the development and targeting of appropriate interventions.

Increased all-cause mortality following occupational injury: a comparison of two states

ObjectivesTo measure the impact of lost-time occupational injuries on all-cause mortality in Washington State and, using the same data elements and study design, to determine whether the estimated impact was...

Analisis Risiko Kecelakaan dan Bahaya Kerja dengan Metode HIRARC (Hazard Identification Risk Assesment and Risk Control) Bagian Produksi

Even though good regulations and work procedures have been made, the Zero Lost Time Injury program and the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE), work risks and accidents still occur in the production division of PT. XYZ. The purpose of this research is to identify the dangers arising from work accidents and to know the risks of work accidents and the hazards and their impacts. HIRARC (Hazard Identification Risk Assessment and Risk Control) method. by identifying risks, how to assess risk control risk. Data collection is carried out by field observations, interviews, and analysis of standard operating procedure documents. Accident risks and dangers are found in many activities in transportation and unloading of materials, activities for determining finish good into drums, unloading filter paper activities, there are many risks of accidents and hazards including: material fall, being hit by raw material, pinched feet when unloading etc. The impacts include: Minor Injury, P.A.K, Permanent Disability, Major Material Losses, and even Fatality. Strict action against workers who violate regulations and do not use PPE according to standards.

Opioid prescriptions for individuals receiving workers' compensation in Michigan.

PurposeWe evaluated the prevalence of opioid prescriptions after injury and associated characteristics among workers receiving workers’ compensation for a lost work time injury.MethodsInjured workers identified in Michigan’s Workers’ Compensation records from 2016 to 2018 were linked to the opioid prescription history in the Michigan Automated Prescription System.ResultsAmong the 46,934 injured workers with paid claims, the prevalence of receiving an opioid prescription, morphine milligram equivalents (MME) per prescription, number of opioid prescription and probability of receiving opioids prescription>90 days after injury decreased from 2016–2018. Despite the decrease over 50% of the injured workers received an opioid prescription. Being over 34 years, a male, having had an opioid prescription before the injury, working in construction or having an amputation or sprain/strain of the shoulder had a significantly higher probability of receiving an opioid prescription, a higher MME per prescription, a higher number of opioid prescriptions and a higher probability having opioids prescription >90 days after the injury.ConclusionsEven though opioid prescribing patterns generally decreased from 2016 to 2018 (64.5–52.8%), injured workers in Michigan had a higher prevalence of opioid prescription after injury, than those reported from other states.

Kajian Penerapan Stop Work Authority Terhadap First Aid Case Untuk Nol Lost Time Injury

Safety and health in workplace is one of the main issues that must be considered in running company’s activities with the humanity, economic and regulation reason. By those reasons the companies will be motivated to make a safe work environment. Beside as a compliment to above reasons, the commitment, and a proof of zero lost time injury (LTI) will strengthen business competitiveness, because some work agreements among companies have been based on the requirement of work health and safety system application (SMK3). Generally, many ways in getting SMK3 good work performance, for example the application of stop work authority (SWA) if the activities have a potential hazard, safety card if there is a potential hazard in working area, Job safety observation and the others. This research takes the application of SWA and its influence on the amount of first aid case. According to Frank Bird’s theory which is known as accident pyramid, the more near miss happened, the more first aid cases, facilities damages, and fatalities. Stop work authority is hoped to minimize or to eliminate the first aid case so that no lost time injury.

Systematic Literature Review on Indicators Use in Safety Management Practices among Utility Industries.

Background: Workers in utility industries are exposed to occupational accidents due to inadequate safety management systems. Accordingly, it is necessary to characterize and compare the available literature on indicators used in safety management practices in the utility industries. Methods: The systematic literature review was based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis statement. This study considered 25 related studies from Web of Science and Scopus databases. Results: Further review of these articles resulted in three mains performance indicators; namely, driven leading indicators, observant leading indicators, and lagging indicators consisting of 15 sub-indicators. Conclusions: Future studies should consider researching a more comprehensive range of utility industries, measuring subjective and objective indicators, integrating risk management into safety management practices, and validating the influence of leading indicators on safety outcomes. Further, researchers recommend including accidents, fatalities, lost time injuries, and near misses in safety outcomes.

Differences in occupational health and safety efforts between adopters and non-adopters of certified occupational health and safety management systems

Certified occupational health and safety management systems (COHSMSs) continue to grow in popularity and to diffuse to new industries. This study investigated differences in occupational health and safety efforts between adopters and non-adopters of COHSMSs. We used cross-sectional survey data from 4,202 Danish workplaces from all sectors to compare self-reported occupational health and safety efforts in workplaces with a COHSMS and workplaces without a COHSMS. The ‘systematic process-related OHS efforts’ and ‘content-related OHS efforts’ were scored on five and seven scales, respectively, for both adopters and non-adopters. The results of linear regression analysis revealed significantly lower score values for non-adopters than for adopters of COHSMSs, which means certified workplaces perform better than non-certified workplaces in both process-related and content-related OHS activities. We conclude that COHSMSs workplaces have a higher overall level of efforts for both process and content OHS activities. The study therefore supports the assumption that COHSMS adopters provide a higher level of OHS management than non-adopters, and that using the company’s OHS performance as merely ‘window dressing’ is not a general feature of adopters. However, the results also indicate that a small group of COHSMS adopters has a considerably lower level of OHS effort than non-adopters, which implies that the certification system does not necessarily secure a high level of OHS management for all adopters. Furthermore, a small group of adopters have high process activities and low content activities, suggesting a decoupling between the systematic OHS processes and the specific preventive activities in the workplace, which could be a sign of window dressing. Further research is needed to establish the possible effects on health and safety outcomes, such as lost-time injuries.

ANALISIS PENERAPAN TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTANANCE (TPM) DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN METODE OVERALL EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVENESS (OEE) DI PT XYZ

This study aims to analyze the application of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in a pharmaceutical company in Bandung which is currently moving from an increasingly widespread industrial location, so that there are new products. TPM is a useful system in increasing productivity, increasing productivity on various production tools and equipment with only the necessary maintenance investment. Evaluation of the implementation of the TPM pillars is carried out through the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) analysis method, visual management, lost time injury (LTI) and time accident rate (TAR). Another result is that the implementation of the planned maintenance pillar has not reached the target according to the standard, both in terms of availability and performance rate parameters. The pillar that has not been implemented in this company is autonomous maintenance. The conclusion from this research is that PT XYZ has not effectively implemented TPM in its factory operations. The recommendation from this research is the need for the implementation of autonomous maintenance pillars and scheduled replacement of engine components to solve problems that exist in the factory and can be focused in particular on critical work areas

Markov Chain theoretic approach to modelling industrial safety: some results from Nigeria oil and gas industry

the oil and gas industry. This study seeks to unravel the hidden details enwrapped in the safety data which enable the development of a model that would be effective in predicting future occurrence of industrial accidents. The purpose of this study is to spotlight the epidemiological impact of industrial accidents which claim lives, maim personnel and lower productivity through loss of man-hours. The major strategy adopted consists of the examination of a 10-year unified industrial accident recorded from 2007 to 2016 in the oil and gas sector of the Niger Delta of Nigeria. The Markov Chain model was applied to determine how workers habituate among different positions in the company before getting entrapped in any of the absorbing states. The industrial accident records are examined for embedded Markov properties, namely: stochastic regularity, absorbing behavior and the long-run distribution amongst the various states. The statistical computations were carried out with the aid of Matlab (R2017a) software. The historical Health Safety and Environment (HSE) statistical data were found to have an absorbing chain property. Thirteen (13) transition states were defined and named as; fatality, medical treatment, first aid cases, Lost time injury frequency, restricted work cases, first aid case, near miss, lost time injury, environmental incident, fire incident, unsafe acts, unsafe condition and number of attendance of clinic. The result from the study also revealed that staff makes between 17-18 habituations before being trapped in an absorbing state. Remarkably, 99% of workers in the organization had severe medical treatment cases (MTCs) as a result of work-related occupational illness and injury. The implication of the study is that the safety policy outlook of this company should be reorganized to reduce its lost workdays due to minor injury and illness.