scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF RISK AND NO-RISK INTERVENTIONS BY MEMBERS OF FIRE AND RESCUE UNITS UNDER MULTI-RISK CONDITIONS

2021 ◽  
pp. 049
Author(s):  
Marijola Božović ◽  
Emina Mihajlović ◽  
Nenad Živković ◽  
Snežana Živković
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Health Assessments ◽  
Discriminant Analyses

The issue of occupational safety and health of the members of fire and rescue units has been continuously studied by numerous authors. Their interest stems from the constant need to improve the methods and procedures of occupational safety and health assessments for fire and rescue unit members, all for the purpose of preventing injuries, primarily the fatal ones. The fact that a certain number of high-risk situations in which firefighters avoid an injury or death remain unreported poses a serious threat to the firefighters’ safety. This threat has been unjustifiably neglected and it is what motivated the research discussed in this paper, which reveals the results of three discriminant analyses.

A Sociotechnical Systems Approach Applying a Novel Taxonomy to a Survey for the Assessment of Safety Performance

2019 ◽  
pp. 71-98
Author(s):  
Toivo Niskanen
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Sociotechnical Systems ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Safety And Health

The aim of this chapter was to explore a sociotechnical systems approach applying a novel taxonomy with respect to safety performance. The study applied a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Workers (n = 120) and managers (n = 85) were asked to complete a questionnaire survey (Appendix). The following hypotheses were supported: “Activities of the management” had positive impacts on five aggregated variables, namely “near-accident investigation and instructions” (H1), “occupational safety and health (OSH) training” (H2), “operations, technical processes, and the safe use of chemicals” (H3), “use of personal protective equipment” (H4), and “measuring, follow-up, and prevention of major accidents” (H5). By undertaking a statistical evaluation and then devising a novel taxonomy, it was possible to gain detailed insights into diverse aspects of a high-risk industry's work with regard to complex sociotechnical systems. When applying the current approach through participatory cooperation, organizations may acquire new perspectives on their safety performance.

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

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-57
Author(s):  
Nismah Panjaitan
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Risk Process ◽  
Hazard Identification ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Safety And Health

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.

Advantages and Limitations of Various Methods Used to Study Occupational Fall Accident Patterns

1983 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 709-709
Author(s):  
H. Harvey Cohen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
The United States ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Workplace Accidents ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

This paper presents a discussion of over six years of research performed by the author and funded principally by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in the United States. Three major studies have thus far looked at falls on level working surfaces, falls on stairs, and falls from ladders. To a lesser extent, in other studies, falls from other elevated workstations have been looked at. A combination of case history, epidemiologically-based, and experimentally controlled, retrospective and prospective, field study approaches have been used, including: 1. Review of existing injury records, 2. Detailed accident investigations, involving both interviews and site observations, 3. Comprehensive, case-control, retrospective interview and site observation surveys, 4. Prospective longitudinal studies involving both setting up and operating for several years safety and health information systems for specific high risk industries, and 5. Video recorded observations of critical incidents as they actually occurred over extended periods at high risk worksites. Findings to date are discussed in light of the types of data best obtainable from each approach, as well as ergonomics principles for controlling workplace accidents resulting from falls.

scholarly journals Has the Electrical Laboratory of Subang State Polytechnic Applied Occupational Safety and Health? Evaluation Report in 2019

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Adhan Efendi ◽  
Yohanes Sinung Nugroho
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Health Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Report ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Method

The application of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) is essential in vocational institutions that have a high risk of accidents. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the application of OSH in the Electrical Laboratory of Subang State Polytechnic using a qualitative descriptive method through observation and interviews. The results of this study indicate that aspects of the application of the standard Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and the use of practical work standards have a score of 66.25% and 62.5%, respectively. Meanwhile, the application of room standards seen from the four main indicators, namely furniture, equipment, educational media, and supporting equipment obtained a total score of 91% (high feasibility). In conclusion, the application of the PPE standard and practical work standard must be considered in detail to improve the overall OSH score.

Use of Occupational Ethnography and Social Marketing Strategies to Develop a Safety Awareness Campaign for Coal Miners

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 2-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine T. Cullen ◽  
Lori N. H. Matthews ◽  
Theodore D. Teske
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Underground Mining ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Coal Miners ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Safety Awareness

Underground mining, like many high-risk industries, is facing a crisis in the near future. This industry has traditionally relied on a master–apprentice relationship to train new workers, but experienced miners are retiring in large numbers, leaving few“masters” to properly train their replacements. With a recent resurgence in mining, many new miners are entering the workforce each day. The rise in the number of inexperienced workers has implications for worker safety in an industry in which one mistake can blow up the entire workplace. The explosion in the Darby Mine in May 2006 that killed five miners illustrates what can happen in hazardous environments such as underground mines. The Health Communications Team at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Spokane Research Laboratory was asked to address this problem by developing new training and safety awareness materials to promote safe flame cutting and welding practices. This article describes how occupational ethnographic techniques provided insights needed for“new product development.” The result of this work was a national initiative to raise awareness and to protect underground coal miners from the dangers of flame cutting and welding in an environment filled with solid fuel and methane (natural gas). Although this project was initially designed for the mining industry, the approach and lessons learned are applicable to any high-risk industry and should be of interest to other social marketing or occupational safety and health professionals.

Occupational Safety And Health Among Immigrant, Latino/a Dairy Workers In Colorado

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren M. Menger ◽  
Florencia Pezzutti ◽  
Andrew Ogle ◽  
Flor Amaya ◽  
John Rosecrance ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Dairy Workers
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