Factor Analysis of Industrial Injuries with the Purpose to Improve the Procedures for Training the Employees in Occupational Safety during Coal Mining

2021 ◽  
pp. 82-87
Author(s):  
M.L. Rudakov ◽  
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V.V. Smirnyakova ◽  
Ya.V. Almosova ◽  
A.P. Kargopolova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Injury Rate ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Underground Miner ◽  
Industrial Injuries

The article describes the concept of «zero injury», within the framework of which the current level of injury rate in the coal industry is analyzed, the causes of juries are given, and also, the problem of personnel qualification is raised. On the example of JSC «SUEK-Kuzbass», the analysis of industrial injury rate is presented. There are three key causes of injury: technical, systemic, and human factors. Qualitative dependence of the level of injury rate on time is given in the implementation of preventive measures — technical, systemic, and aimed at the formation of a safety culture, proposed by the International Labor Organization as a hypothesis confirmed at the number of enterprises in the mining industry, construction, and transport. Detailed analysis is conducted on such factors as profession, age and experience of the victims, the time elapsed after the start of the shift until the injury at work, as well as the competence of employees in safety matters. According to the analysis over the past three years, the most traumatic professions are: drifter, engineering and technical worker, underground miner, electrical fitter (locksmith), face miner, mining operator and driver. The most frequent injuries occurred with the employees with work experience of up to a year, from 5 to 10 years, and over 15 years. By age groups, the largest number of injuries was recorded for the employees aged from 31 to 35 years, which roughly corresponds to 5–10 years of work experience. Considering such a factor as the time from the beginning of a work shift to injury, it shall be noted that the greatest number of injuries occurs at the beginning of the shift and in the period 4–7 hours from the beginning of the shift. In accordance with GOST R ISO 45001—2020, the conducted analysis is an element of risk assessment and opportunities for further improvement of training programs for the employees in the field of occupational safety.

A Sugeno Fuzzy Model for Noise Induced Hearing Loss in the Mining Industry

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. 25-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santosh Kumar Nanda ◽  
D.P. Tripathy ◽  
Sarat Kumar Patra
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Fuzzy Model ◽  
Noise Induced Hearing Loss ◽  
Industrial Workers ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Takagi Sugeno

This paper describes a fuzzy system approach to modeling of noise-induced hearing loss, one of the most dangerous effects of noise in the mining industry. Hearing loss has been considered as a function of noise level, frequency, and exposure time. The model is simulated using MATLAB for Takagi-Sugeno-Kang (TSK) inference mechanism. The model results are compared with the survey findings of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Pittsburgh and were found to be in good agreement. The model clearly brings out the salient features of the surveys concerning the variation of hearing loss with frequency for various duration of exposure times, viz., the hearing loss is not appreciable below 2kHz. The model results closely match with the NIOSH results in 2–6 kHz at 90 dB (A) and with the EPA results in 2–8 kHz at 85 dBA. It was observed that for 0–6 years of exposure, the hearing loss as per NIOSH was between 0 – 20 dB, whereas it was between 0–25 dB (not significant) as per American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (AAOO). The model clearly shows that the duration of exposure can be used to infer the hearing loss for mining and industrial workers of different age groups.

International Labor Organization

1952 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-120
Keyword(s):  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Director General ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Governing Body ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Egyptian Government ◽  
Two Bodies

The 117th session of the Governing Body of the International Labor Organization met at Geneva from November 22 to 26, 1951 under the chairmanship of Paul Ramadier. Meetings of the Governing Body's committees on manpower and employment, finance and administration, relations with other international organizations, industrial committees, technical assistance, and allocations preceded the session, at which reports of these committees were considered. Also on the Governing Body's agenda was the report of the third session of the Asian Advisory Committee, which was held in Geneva from November 10 to 13. The Governing Body authorized the Director-General (Morse) to consult the Egyptian government on suggestions which might result in an investigation by ILO of Egyptian charges that United Kingdom military authorities were using arms to force Egyptians to work in the Suez Canal zone. Among its other decisions the Governing Body accepted an invitation from Brazil to hold ILO's Fifth American Regional Conference at Rio de Janeiro from April 17 to 30, 19S2, authorized the Director-General to undertake consultations with a view to the convening of a tripartite meeting of representatives from coal-producing countries on problems of the coal mining industry, and reaffirmed the need for ILO to continue to assist governments in solving immediate practical problems in the manpower field and, particularly, to provide them with technical assistance concerning the migration process. An invitation from Turkey to locate ILO's Near and Middle East Manpower Field Office at Istanbul was accepted, and an agreement by ILO and the Council of Europe providing for cooperation between the two bodies approved. It was decided that the next session of the Governing Body should be held at Geneva from March 11 to 14, 1952.

scholarly journals Occupational Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) Issues Linked to Erosion of Systems and Replacement of Machines

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-134
Author(s):  
Talha Majeed Khan ◽  
◽  
Qais Aslam
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Work Related ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The Future ◽  
Risk Managers

Managing market risk under unknown future shocks is a critical issue for policymakers, investors and professional risk managers. These shocks can be external to the firm, like demand conditions or conditions in the market as well as internal shocks like inefficiencies or issues of governance in a business entity. More important is the health of machines and viability of systems that are in place in a firm that might threaten the safety of the workforce, tend to take the organizational management towards expensive litigation and eroding in the future of its brand position. “According to recent estimates released by the International Labor Organization (ILO), each year 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases (of which 2.4 million are disease-related) and an additional 374 million workers suffer from non-fatal occupational accidents. It is estimated that lost workdays globally represent almost 4 percent of the world’s GDP” (International Labor Organization (ILO), 2019) Problem statement A large number of firms in Pakistan are noncompliance of governance guideline especially in Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) and therefore the present study will take as SHE as its basis to investigate the future issues in the industrial sector of Pakistan.

Review of the International Experience in Terms of Ensuring Safe Work

2021 ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
S.G. Bisakaev ◽  
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S.A. Bekeeva ◽  
Е.V. Savvin ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Safe Work ◽  
The Republic

To implement the Strategic development plan for the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with the codes and standards of the International Labor Organization, it became necessary to develop the Concept of Safe Work. Review of the international labor codes and standards in the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shows various approaches of the current system of public administration. Development of the international practice in the field of occupational safety and health is moving from compensatory to preventive measures. When developing the Concept of Safe Work in the Republic of Kazakhstan, it is required to consider the international labor codes and standards, and the experience of the Great Britain, Germany, Finland, France, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, the United States, and Japan. Tripartite and risk-oriented approaches are of particular interest. It is also necessary to study and adapt the efficient international experience: monitoring based on the assessment of occupational risks at the enterprises; participation of the state inspectors in the work of the centralized committee for monitoring and control over the observance of labor legislation; control and verification of the use of allocated funds; participation of insurance organizations in the financial measures for occupational safety and health, subsidization for the modernization of the outdated equipment; the program to assist and support small and medium-sized enterprises in risk assessment; system and culture of safe work with personal responsibility of the manager; laboratories for checking the classification of personal protective equipment by purpose depending on the protective properties. Scientific research, adaptation, and development of the scientific and methodological foundations for ensuring safe work in the priority sectors of the country economy, as well as bringing the safety and health management system of the Republic of Kazakhstan in line with the codes and standards of the International Labor Organization, are of great importance.

International Labor Organization

1954 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-393
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Continuous Activities

The eighth annual report of the International Labor Organization to the United Nations noted that certain projects, although desirable, had had to be deferred or eliminated from the 1955 program and budget for financial reasons. A number of periodical technical meetings which would ordinarily have been held in 1955 had had to be postponed, and certain ILO projects under the Expanded Program of Technical Assistance as well as a number of ILO field activities financed under the regular budget had been also adversely affected by the shortage of funds. The first chapter of the report dealt with major developments in the work of ILO in 1953 and the early part of 1954; these lay in the fields of productivity, wages and housing in underdeveloped areas, workers in non-metropolitan territories, indigenous workers in independent countries, agricultural labor including plantation workers, and national labor departments. The second chapter of the report summarized the semi-continuous activities of ILO in such fields as occupational safety and health, manpower, and statistics.

scholarly journals Risk-Based Methodology for Determining Priority Directions for Improving Occupational Safety in the Mining Industry of the Arctic Zone

Resources ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Semyon Gendler ◽  
Elizaveta Prokhorova
Keyword(s):  
Injury Risk ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Injury Rate ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Joint Stock Company ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Stock Company ◽  
Injury Rates

Over the past 10 years, the mining industry of Russia has seen a greater than three-fold decrease in injury rates, thanks to the successful implementation of innovative labor safety technologies. Despite this, injury levels remain unacceptably high compared to the leading mining countries, which results in increased mining costs. For the mining areas of the Arctic Zone—unlike other regions located in areas with a more favorable climate—the injury rates are influenced not only by the underground labor conditions, but also by the adverse environmental factors. For the Russian Arctic zone, the overall injury risk is proposed to be calculated as the combined impact of occupational and background risk. In this article, we have performed correlation analysis of the overall injury risks in regions of the Arctic zone and regions with favorable climate conditions. Using the Kirov branch of “Apatit”, Joint-stock company (JSC) as an example, we have calculated the risks related specifically to occupational injury rates. We have constructed the relative injury risks and their changes over time and have developed a “basic injury rate matrix” that makes it possible to visualize the results of the comparative analysis of the injury rates on the company’s production sites and to determine priority avenues for improving the occupational safety and lowering the injury rates.

scholarly journals Occupational Sex Segregation And Economic Development

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Swanson
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Sex Segregation ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Occupational Sex Segregation ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
National Examination ◽  
Similar Work ◽  
International Labor

<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Occupational sex segregation is an important measure of equality between men and women in the labor force.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>As men and women share more occupations and increasingly perform the same jobs in the workplace, occupational sex segregation decreases, indicating a more similar work experience between the sexes, as well as an increase in gender equality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In this paper a cross-national examination of D, an index of dissimilarity, is presented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Data from the International Labor Organization is used to calculate D for various countries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Using the United Nations&rsquo; classification of countries into least developed, developing, developed, and Eastern European, this paper examines the effect of economic development on occupational sex segregation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

scholarly journals The Dynamics of Indicators of Industrial Injuries in Karaganda Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (56) ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
Galina Jaxybekova ◽  
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Gazima Bermagambetova ◽  
Berik Tuleubayev ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Injury Rate ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Work Related ◽  
National Indicator ◽  
Disability Rate ◽  
Industrial Injuries ◽  
Karaganda Region

The aim of the study. To conduct a comparative analysis of the indicators of industrial injuries in Karaganda region for 2015-2019. Methods. The article analyzes the data on industrial injuries in Karaganda region for 2015-2019 years by the method of descriptive statistics, as well as the material consequences of accidents. Results. In Karaganda region, the number of victims in accidents related to labor activity per 100 thousand adult populations is 2.5 times, and the number of deaths is 2.2 times higher than the national indicator. Over the 5-year period, there has been a slight decrease in the number of work-related fatalities from 9.9% in 2015 to 9% for 2019. At the same time, there was a 1.2-fold increase in material costs. Conclusions. In Karaganda region for 2015-2019, the number of people injured at work decreased. Nevertheless, the level of industrial injuries remains quite high, indicating the need to improve the procedure of certification of production facilities on working conditions, as well as the regulatory framework on compliance with working conditions in the mining industry. Keywords: occupational injury rate, fatality rate, disability rate, Karaganda region, Kazakhstan

The International Labor Organization

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Swepston
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Health Protection ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Industrial Accidents ◽  
Codes Of Practice ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The Right

Occupational safety and health (OSH) is a vital part of the right to health. While the International Labor Organization (ILO) historically treated OSH as an entirely technical matter, it has increasingly been influenced by a human rights agenda. The ILO has responded by adopting and promoting a large number of international standards—in the form of conventions, recommendations, and codes of practice that result in protection against dangers at work. These standards combat specific risks, guide the establishment of health protection across industries, provide guidance for dealing with HIV and AIDS in the workplace, help to set up systems of health protection, provide for how disabled workers can function, and design social security regimes. The ILO also provides practical help to prevent accidents and diseases at the workplace and to stop industrial accidents that kill and injure large numbers of workers—and that have a damaging influence on public health.

scholarly journals Traumatism Risk Reduction by Means of Technologies of Continuous Development of Workers’ Competency in Occupational Safety

2019 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 01041
Author(s):  
Yuri Ivanov ◽  
Anatoly Fomin ◽  
Aleksey Voroshilov ◽  
Gennady Sedelnikov
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Continuous Development ◽  
Coal Mining Industry ◽  
Study Materials ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Safe Work ◽  
And Control

The article is dedicated to the video informational technologies of continuous development and control of workers’ competency in occupational safety, providing significant reduction of occupational traumatism in coal mining industry. Most modern approaches to develop workers’ competency are based on the technologies, providing maximal memorization of study materials and efficient forming of initial working skills and safe work experience. Some examples of use of the technology, as well as practical results for 2014-2017 in JSC “SUEK-Kuzbass”. Key words: coal mining industry, traumatism, occupational safety, occupational safety training, competency, occupational risks.

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