A decade of occupational accidents in Andalusian (Spain) public universities

Suárez-Cebador, Manuel; Rubio-Romero, Juan Carlos; Carrillo-Castrillo, Jesús Antonio; López-Arquillos, Antonio

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2015.07.008

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“…In the literature, some studies can be found concerning teachers' injuries at workplaces in different countries, such as the US [6], China [7], Spain [8],…”

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Injury analysis of teachers’ occupational accidents

Rey-Merchán

López-Arquillos

2022

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BACKGROUND: Occupational accidents among teachers are a cause of concern because of their consequences regarding several parts of the body, such as the neck, back, or extremities; however, the number of studies on this issue is limited. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the possible effects of different variables (gender, age, nationality, experience, sector, day of the week, traffic accidents) associated with occupational injuries suffered by teachers. METHODS: All teachers’ accidents recorded in Spain (136,702) from 2003 to 2018 were analyzed. Odds ratios with a 95% confidence interval were calculated. RESULTS: For injured female workers, being younger than 45, in her first month of experience, in a public school, without risk assessment, and in a traffic accident are the most important factors related to suffering a neck injury. In the case of injured male workers, to be older than 45, in a private school, and no traffic accidents are the factors detected influence suffering an injury in lower extremities. CONCLUSIONS: Institutions and schools should pay special attention to the highest-risk profiles. Results obtained can be a very useful tool for the design and implementation of specific occupational health and safety strategies adapted to the more vulnerable workers in each kind of injury.

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“…In the literature, some studies can be found concerning teachers' injuries at workplaces in different countries, such as the US [6], China [7], Spain [8],…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Injury analysis of teachers’ occupational accidents

Rey-Merchán

López-Arquillos

2022

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“…Injury rate (IFR) is the number of accidents at work per million hours actually worked: Rf ¼ number of accidents at work 106/number of hours effectively worked. Injury severity rate (ISR) reflects the number of work per lost days per million hours actually worked: Rs ¼ the number of lost working days 106/the number of hours effectively worked (Suarez-Cebador et al, 2015).…”

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Public health risk management in international companies

Kalashnikova¹

2021

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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The positive impact of the introduction of labor protection standards (OH&S) in the organization is recognized by governments, employers, and workers. However, knowledge of its effective use in small and medium-sized enterprises is still limited. This case study aims to provide a better understanding of how the implementation of integrated management systems (IMS) affects the improvement of the risk management process in the field of occupational safety in medium-sized businesses. Particular attention was paid to employee awareness of the effectiveness of risk management. The study was conducted in companies working in the field of solid waste management, certified in 2009 with IMS for quality–environment, health, and safety. The development of accidents before and after the introduction of IMS was analyzed, and Internet resources were used to describe the perception. Finally, it has been demonstrated that there has been an improvement in the accounting for accidents at work and that IMS has brought more involvement to risk management activities, but their participation has not yet been reached the desired level.

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“…Their study is informative to ours in that they examined associations among these factors. In Spain, a study attempted to analyze the evolution and characteristics of 931 accidents that had occurred over a decade (2003–2012) in public universities . It showed that dependencies among the variables exist and helped shed light on aspects of the accidents such as when they occurred, who the victims were, how they happened, and what the consequences were.…”

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Investigative Analysis of Safety Risk Assessment at a Science and Technology University: Analysis of 2019 Risk Assessment and 2021 Actual Accidents

Kato,

Iwasaki,

Sunazaki

et al. 2023

ACS Chem. Health Saf.

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Our university has been conducting safety and health risk assessments in accordance with the Basic Health and Safety Policy established in 2005. In this context, a risk assessment of chemical substances has been in place. The implementation of chemical substance risk assessment became mandatory by Japanese law in FY 2016. At our university, the series of safety risk assessments has totaled approximately 6,500 cases. Of these, the most common damage predicted was “Fire” at around 16%, followed by “Burn” at about 13%, and “Chemical burn” at approximately 11%. Of the risk assessments in which “Fire” was the predicted damage, “Chemical substance” was the most frequently identified hazard. Specifically, around 40% of “Chemical substance” was “Flammable liquid”, about 30% was “Spontaneously combustible substance and water-prohibiting substance”, and approximately 9% was “Other hazardous material”. It should be noted that there was a negative association between the percentage of risk assessments performed and the percentage of actual accidents that occurred. That is, what is strongly recognized as a hazard in risk assessment tends to have fewer occurrences as an actual accident cause. As a rule, the identified hazard in the risk assessment and the main cause of the actual accident were consistent, and the risk assessment based on the assumption of several predictable types of damage from a single hazard could have been directly attributed to the prevention of actual accidents.

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A decade of occupational accidents in Andalusian (Spain) public universities

Cited by 19 publications

References 28 publications

Injury analysis of teachers’ occupational accidents

Injury analysis of teachers’ occupational accidents

Public health risk management in international companies

Investigative Analysis of Safety Risk Assessment at a Science and Technology University: Analysis of 2019 Risk Assessment and 2021 Actual Accidents

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