Reporting occupational injuries: the first step
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Worker safety training should include instructions and encouragement to make workers report workplace injuries. Older workers and persons, who are at the same work for quite a long period, are likely to refrain from reporting an injury. Commonly unreported injuries include back injuries, followed by soft tissue injuries and sprains. The commonest reasons for refraining from reporting include neglecting the importance of injury and the belief that it may give the supervisor a notion that the worker is careless. 64.4% of the unreported injuries require medical attention.
Publication Name: Journal of Safety Research
Subject: Transportation industry
ISSN: 0022-4375
Year: 1996
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Traumatic work-related fatalities in forestry and sawmill workers in Australia
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An examination of work-related traumatic fatalities shows that, compared to the entire Australian workforce, fatality incidence is highest for loggers, forest service workers and sawmill workers. Data from 79 cases reveal isolation, poor work practice, errors of judgement, and equipment problems as factors contributing to fatal accidents. Correct work practice, communication and medical retrieval in isolated areas, equipment maintenance, and detailed data collection during investigation of accidents would improve working conditions.
Publication Name: Journal of Safety Research
Subject: Transportation industry
ISSN: 0022-4375
Year: 1995
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Evaluation of risk of occupational injuries among underground coal mine workers through multinomial logit analysis
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The risk of injuries to miners working in a group of underground coal mines in India is analyzed. Using binary and multinomial logit techniques, the risk of injuries is measured based on work-practices and work-environment. The binary logit method quantifies the risk of injuries to the miners, while the multinomial logit method quantifies the risk of severe and reportable injuries. The results and the advantages of the binary and multinomial logit techniques over aggregate statistics are discussed.
Publication Name: Journal of Safety Research
Subject: Transportation industry
ISSN: 0022-4375
Year: 1999
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