Introduction The management of occupational safety and health requires a shared approach among team members to be effective. After experiencing a number of accidents, the safety, health and environment (SHE) cluster came up with an initiative of developing SHE pacts within teams at the mine. These pacts were binding and were based upon a shared vision and values for the team and were supported by a set of critical behaviours to address identified focal risks faced by the team. Methods An external facilitator who is a specialist in behavioural based safety approaches was engaged to roll-out the program over a period of three months. The facilitator played a background role in the process letting the team members come up with their top five risks and the set of behaviours needed to address the risks and the values needed to sustain those behaviours overtime and the overall vision for the team. The SHE pact was signed off by all for commitment and accountability. The document was framed and put on the noticeboards of the team's work area with a photograph of all the team members and their signatures. Result Acceptability of the SHE pact by the teams was high. The end points for usage within teams was defined by the number of stop and fixes carried out, the number of SHE related observations/inspections carried out by team members, commendations/rewards for SHE observations, near miss reporting statistics and supervisor inspections. There was a notable increase of these leading indicators after the adoption of the SHE pacts.
IntroductionMental illnesses are common among general population. They are responsible for decreased quality of life, work absenteeism, premature deaths and increasing costs for health systems. Mental diseases can be caused or aggravated by occupational factors and might increase the risk of accidents in the mining industry, if they are not properly detected and treated. The aim of this study was to estimate the association between distress and psychosocial risk at work in a mining company in Valparaiso region, Chile.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted during 2014–2015 in Andina Division, located in Los Andes, Chile. 343 mining workers were invited to participate (response rate 99.7%), classified according to work-tasks into operative (n=253) and administrative workers (n=79). The adapted survey of Working Conditions and Health in Latin America, GHQ-12 (Goldberg´s health questionnaire) of mental symptoms and ISTAS-21 questionnaire of psychosocial risk were applied. The main outcome was distress (GHQ-12 ≥5). Descriptive, bivariate (chi2 test) and logistic regression (multivariate) analyses controlling for potential confounding factors were performed.ResultsPrevalence of distress was 23.6%. Sensitivity analysis (GHQ-12 ≥7) showed a prevalence of potential mental illness of 8.6%. No differences were observed between workers from main company and subcontractors or between operative and administrative workers. Not being able to concentrate (43%), feeling under stress (43%) and losing much sleep (35%) were the most frequently reported. In bivariate analysis, a statistically significant association was found between the presence of distress and high strain jobs (27.5%; p=0.02). No statistically significant association was found between low job security or type of job and distress. In logistic regression analysis, workers in high strain jobs (OR:2.02; 95% CI: 1.10 to 3.71) were at increased odds of distress, compared to low strain jobs.DiscussionHigh strain jobs might be related to distress in Chilean miners. The causes declared for distress could increase the risk of accidents in mining industry.
MSD prevention, which enables to integrate MSD prevention programs into safety management system in nursing homes. The essential aspects are the established MSD prevention programs have to be a fully integrated into general and safety management system in the organisation and the magnitude of complexity of MSD risk factors (including behavioural-cultural aspects of MSD), like most culturally-based things, must be recognised, acknowledged and be managed.
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