TY - GEN
T1 - Analysis of Non-fatal Occupational Accidents in a Ready-mixed Concrete Company
AU - Prasetyo, Yogi Tri
AU - Sario, Maria Cristina
AU - Chuenyindee, Thanatorn
AU - Nadlifatin, Reny
AU - Persada, Satria Fadil
AU - Sittiwatethanasiri, Thaninrat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The production and delivery of ready-mixed concrete consist of several activities which expose employees to considerable safety hazards that lead to occupational accidents. The study aimed to determine the significant factors contributing to non-fatal occupational accidents in the ready-mixed concrete industry in Qatar. A total of 84 non-fatal occupational accidents were collected from a ready-mixed concrete company in Qatar. A coding scheme was developed based on available literature and the company's existing classification to analyze each accident in terms of employee, injury, and accident characteristics. Cross-tabulation analysis was used to determine the associations between categorical factors. Frequency distribution showed that regular employees aged between 25 and 44 years old were mostly involved in accidents, with hand/arm and leg/foot being mostly injured. The most common accident types were struck by an object (44%), slip, trip or fall on the same level (23.8%), and caught in between objects (17.9%). The majority of work-related accidents (71%) could be attributed to unsafe behavior, particularly due to improper use of PPE. Strong significant associations were observed between activity type and accident root cause, as well as injured body type and accident root cause. The significant factors contributing to non-fatal occupational accidents were determined through the study. The insights obtained from this study could be used by the company in designing a comprehensive safety management program with the goal of driving occupational injuries to a lower level.
AB - The production and delivery of ready-mixed concrete consist of several activities which expose employees to considerable safety hazards that lead to occupational accidents. The study aimed to determine the significant factors contributing to non-fatal occupational accidents in the ready-mixed concrete industry in Qatar. A total of 84 non-fatal occupational accidents were collected from a ready-mixed concrete company in Qatar. A coding scheme was developed based on available literature and the company's existing classification to analyze each accident in terms of employee, injury, and accident characteristics. Cross-tabulation analysis was used to determine the associations between categorical factors. Frequency distribution showed that regular employees aged between 25 and 44 years old were mostly involved in accidents, with hand/arm and leg/foot being mostly injured. The most common accident types were struck by an object (44%), slip, trip or fall on the same level (23.8%), and caught in between objects (17.9%). The majority of work-related accidents (71%) could be attributed to unsafe behavior, particularly due to improper use of PPE. Strong significant associations were observed between activity type and accident root cause, as well as injured body type and accident root cause. The significant factors contributing to non-fatal occupational accidents were determined through the study. The insights obtained from this study could be used by the company in designing a comprehensive safety management program with the goal of driving occupational injuries to a lower level.
KW - accident analysis
KW - occupational injury
KW - ready-mixed concrete
KW - safety
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85146338816&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IEEM55944.2022.9989710
DO - 10.1109/IEEM55944.2022.9989710
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85146338816
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
SP - 1
EP - 5
BT - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2022
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2022
Y2 - 7 December 2022 through 10 December 2022
ER -