Occupational electrical accidents: Assessing the role of personal and safety climate factors

Baby, Tiju; Madhu, G.; Renjith, Vishnu

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105229

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“…All the personal factors had a notable effect on the safety atmosphere. The study highlighted the need for safety participation, safety knowledge, safety education, and intervention to decrease personal problems at work 22 .…”

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Latent class analysis of occupational accidents patterns among Iranian industry workers

Saranjam

Shirinzadeh

Davoudi

et al. 2022

Sci Rep

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Occupational accidents (OA) are among the main causes of disabilities and death in developing and developed countries. The aims of this study were to identify the subgroups of OA and assess the independent role of demographic characteristics on the membership of participants in each latent class. This cross-sectional study was performed on 290 workers between 2011 and 2017. Data gathering was done using the reports of accidents recorded in filed lawsuits. Descriptive statistical analysis was done using SPSS 16 and LCA was done using PROC LCA in SAS9.2. For latent classes were identified; namely “critical due to distractions and lack of supervision” (40.1%), “critical due to lack of safety knowledge” (27.9%), “critical due to fatigue and lack of supervision” (13.1%), and “catastrophic” (18.8%). After adjusting for other studied covariates, being illiterate significantly increased the odds of membership in “critical due to fatigue and lack of supervision” (OR = 4.05) and “catastrophic” (OR = 18.99) classes compared to “critical due to distractions and lack of supervision” class. Results of this study showed that the majority of workers fell under the latent class of critical due to distractions and lack of supervision. In addition, it should be noted that although a relatively small percentage of the workers are in the catastrophic class, the probability of occurring death is quite high in this class. Focusing on the education of workers and enhancing manager’s supervision and employing educated workers could help in reducing severe and catastrophic OA.

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Latent class analysis of occupational accidents patterns among Iranian industry workers

Saranjam

Shirinzadeh

Davoudi

et al. 2022

Sci Rep

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“…Other individual factors related to occupational safety and health performance are knowledge [34], motivation, dedication [36], personality neuroticism, physical condition, mental condition, psychomotor condition, worker ability, degree of conformity with SOP, ability to regulate one's own emotions when decisionmaking, the ability to handle other people's emotions, the ability to discuss emotions accurately, impulsive behavior, perception of safety rules and regulations [27], risk taking, social support, self-esteem [35], employee satisfaction index, number of mistakes, and negligence committed [23], [26].…”

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“…Management commitment has an effect of 35% on the safe behavior of workers [63]. Strong management commitment and worker involvement related to occupational safety and health aspects [34] have been shown to significantly improve an organization's safety and health climate and culture because these two factors can positively influence safe work behavior so that safety-related compliance can https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/index be met. Moreover, Management commitment improve occupational safety and health performance [64].…”

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Literature Review: Relating Factors to the Effectiveness of Occupational Health and Safety Program Performance

Mappangile

Ramdhan²

2022

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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Background: Work safety performance assessment is one part of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System activity, which aims to ensure workers' right to safety and health in the workplace and increase productivity. Further identification of factors related to safety performance needs to be done to ensure the quality of the assessment results is accurate, effective, and efficient. Methods: This study is a literature review conducted to explore factors related to the performance of occupational safety and health programs. The literature search was conducted in September 2021. The research sources were taken from several databases, namely Science Direct, ProQuest, and Google Scholar. The Science Direct database found 823 articles, 8,802 ProQuest, and 3,200 Google Scholars. From the entire database, only 22 articles met the inclusion criteria. The variables in this study are the performance of OHS, OHS management system, and work. Results: This literature review shows that there are 19 personal factors, 19 work environment factors, 13 technical factors and 37 organizational factors related to the effectiveness of occupational safety and health program performance. Conclusion: Factors related to occupational safety and health program performance are grouped into four main factors, namely personal factors, work environment factors, technical factors, and organizational factors.

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“…Austin et al [13] Importance of keeping to work schedule, protecting the public from harm, training apprentices in safe working practices, customer satisfaction, reputation protection, right person/right equipment/right job, safety attitudes, old/aging equipment, cheap or low-quality materials, preventative maintenance schedule, poor past workmanship (people without training or poor work quality), hot or dangerous machinery, other chemicals onsite/in proximity, working at heights, working in confined spaces, working in dynamic and distracting environments (e.g., construction site), poor housekeeping, weather conditions, other trades' knowledge and motivation of safety, other trades' ridicule or social pressure to work unsafely, quality of between-trade communication, customer interactions and distractions, time pressure (customers, employers, supervisors), fatigue due to long working hours, stricter safety regulations, quality work procedures and guidelines, public electrical safety campaigns, presence and availability of safety inspectors, lack of preparation when having to work live (expectation it will be dead), customer or engineers' decision to not shut down live equipment, electricians' own decision that de-energizing would be inconvenient, troubleshooting or testing live equipment, working out of hours to de-energize introduces new risks (lighting, etc. ), availability of PPE, inadvertent re-energizing of deactivated equipment by others Baby et al [20] Safety climate, personal stress, social support, job stress, self-esteem Basahel [21] Senior manager safety leadership style Börner and Lassowski [22] Fear of negative repercussions for reporting electrical incidents, absence of recognition for safe working, lack of employee involvement in decision making, relationship quality with peers, senior manager safety leadership style, internal organizational communication quality, effectiveness of job planning and resources Castillo-Rosa et al [23] Age (<25 and over 65 more likely), experience (<1 year experience)…”

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“…Electricity is an invisible energy that requires constant vigilance to manage, given it can strike without warning and small mistakes can carry deadly consequences. In a survey-based study of electrical workers in India, job stress and personal stress were both negatively associated with safety behavior and motivation [20]. In high-risk contexts, mental stress and other factors such as fatigue deplete an employees' resources to complete work safely, with higher job demands shown to reduce safety prevention and involvement practices across multiple industries [34].…”

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Shaping Frontline Practices: A Scoping Review of Human Factors Implicated in Electrical Safety Incidents

Casey

Mason

Huang

et al. 2021

Safety

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Injuries sustained while performing electrical work are a significant threat to the health and safety of workers and occur frequently. In some jurisdictions, non-fatal serious incidents have increased in recent years. Although significant work has been carried out on electrical safety from a human factor perspective, reviews of this literature are sparse. Thus, the purpose of this review is to collate and summarize human factors implicated in electrical safety events. Articles were collected from three databases (Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar), using the search terms: safety, electri*, human factors, and arc flash. Titles and abstracts were screened, full-text reviews were conducted, and 18 articles were included in the final review. Quality checks were undertaken using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool and the Critical Appraisal Skills Program. Environmental, individual, team, organizational, and macro factors were identified in the literature as factors which shape frontline electrical worker behavior, highlighting the complexity of injury prevention. The key contributions of this paper include: (1) a holistic and integrated summary of human factors implicated in electrical safety events, (2) the application of an established theoretical model to explain dynamic forces implicated in electrical safety incidents, and (3) several practical implications and recommendations to improve electrical safety. It is recommended that this framework is used to develop and test future interventions at the individual, team, organizational, and regulator level to mitigate risk and create meaningful and sustainable change in the electrical safety space.

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Occupational electrical accidents: Assessing the role of personal and safety climate factors

Cited by 28 publications

References 198 publications

Latent class analysis of occupational accidents patterns among Iranian industry workers

Latent class analysis of occupational accidents patterns among Iranian industry workers

Literature Review: Relating Factors to the Effectiveness of Occupational Health and Safety Program Performance

Shaping Frontline Practices: A Scoping Review of Human Factors Implicated in Electrical Safety Incidents

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