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Acidentes de Trabalho/estatística & dados numéricos , Violência/estatística & dados numéricos , Local de Trabalho/estatística & dados numéricos , Ferimentos e Lesões/epidemiologia , Acidentes de Trabalho/prevenção & controle , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Finlândia/epidemiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Fatores de Risco , Gestão de Riscos , Violência/prevenção & controle , Ferimentos e Lesões/prevenção & controleRESUMO
The aim of this article is to examine organizational factors influencing serious occupational accidents. The study was part of a larger project investigating 99 serious occupational accidents in southern Finland. A workplace analysis and an accident analysis were done at accident sites. In connection with this investigation, 73 victims, 91 foremen, and 83 co-workers were interviewed with a structured questionnaire. The results showed that the need to save time, tight schedules, and a lack of caution had a greater influence on accidents than did the foremen, co-workers, customers, professional pride, curiosity, or the wage system. Big companies had the lowest risk of serious occupational accidents. Accident risk was significantly greater for subcontractors than for main contractors.
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Acidentes de Trabalho/psicologia , Objetivos Organizacionais , Política Organizacional , Acidentes de Trabalho/prevenção & controle , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores de Risco , Segurança , Carga de Trabalho/psicologiaRESUMO
There is a present a wide variety of methods to be used for the identification and evaluation of hazards. The information resulting from a hazard analysis can be used to develop measures for either the elimination or the control of hazards. Hazard analysis has not yet been used very widely in industry. More information is needed, eg, about the applicability of methods to different types of systems. A joint project, where hazard analysis was applied to various fields, was carried out in the Nordic countries. One part of this project concentrated on the light metal industry. A trial was carried out on a production line for which man-machine tasks play an important role. Job analysis was selected as the means of revealing possible accidents. On the production line this procedure turned out to be a good point for systematic investigation. The selection of the methods to be applied within a system should be done carefully. It is important that sufficient knowledge is available both about the characteristics of the system and about the existing methods. The rapid increase of information in this area makes it possible to put hazard analysis to better use in industry.