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The Prevention of Occupational Injuries in 2 industrial plants using an Incident Reporting Scheme

The Prevention of Occupational Injuries in 2 industrial plants using an Incident Reporting Scheme. Ole Carstensen Kent Jacob Nielsen Kurt Rasmussen. Working on Safety 3rd international Conference. Background.

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The Prevention of Occupational Injuries in 2 industrial plants using an Incident Reporting Scheme

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  1. The Prevention of Occupational Injuries in 2 industrial plants using an Incident Reporting Scheme Ole Carstensen Kent Jacob Nielsen Kurt Rasmussen Working on Safety 3rd international Conference

  2. Background • Accident or incident analysis is used in proactive accident prevention models based on different theories of accident causation • Ex. “Safety iceberg” assumption

  3. Objectives: • To introduce an in-depth analysis tool for accidents and near-misses in 2 industrial plants • To investigate whether a higher degree of registration and in-depth analysis of minor accidents (MI) and near-misses (NS) will have a preventive effect on the total number of lost time injuries (LTI) in the plants during a 2-year period. • To investigate promoting and inhibiting factors for using an in-depth analysis and registration system in the companies

  4. Time Schedule Post-intervention measurement Pre-intervention measurment Intervention 1/7-01 1/1-02 1/1-03 1/7-03 1/1-04 1/7-04 1/7-02 T0 T2

  5. Intervention • New registration system • Registration of Minor accidents and near-misses • Analyses of the accidents and incidents to discover problem areas and taking preventive measures.

  6. Effect measurement: • Analysis of accident data from 1 year before study start to 2 years after study start. • Questionnaire at baseline and 2 years later • Safety climate, • Management’s commitment to safety • Interviews (with employees) at baseline and 2 years later • Safety practices • Accident registration • Occupational accidents • Safety attitudes

  7. Material and method 57 % of the employees answered the questionnaire twice

  8. Results: Injury rates Significant increase p<0,01 in plant A (T0 to T2)

  9. Results: Injury rates Significant increase p<0,01 in plant A (T0 to T2)

  10. Results: Injury rates Significant decrease p<0,01 in plant A (T0 to T2)

  11. Results: Questionnaire dataSafety Climate 0-68 (highest best) Only significant difference p<0,01 in plant B (T0 to T2)

  12. Results: Questionnaire dataManagements commitment to safety 1-5 (highest best) Only significant difference p<0,01 in plant B (T0 to T2)

  13. Results: Questionnaire dataWillingnes to report Incidents

  14. Results: Interviews • Plant B • Same focus on safety issues as before • Same knowledge on safety as before • No changes in attitudes • Same management commitment to safety • No changes in employees’ understanding of proactive accident prevention and use of analysis of MI and NS. • Plant A • More focus on safety issues • Increased knowledge on safety • Changes in attitudes • More management commitment to safety • No changes in employees’ understanding of proactive accident prevention and use of analysis of MI and NS.

  15. Conclusion: • It is possible to pursue a preventive strategy based on registration and in-dept analysis of occupational accidents and near-misses • A successful implementation of an incident reporting scheme (increase in the reporting of NM’s and MI’s, identifying accident patterns found in the NM and MI-data), was followed by a decline in the incidence of LTI’s at a Danish metal plant.

  16. Conclusion: • Key factors in successful implementation: • Top management commitment. • Willingness to report accidents. • Effects • Increased focus on safety • Improved safety climate scores • Increased workers’ perception of management involvement in safety

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