Collection and analysis of work surface accident profile data, final report.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Accident Circumstance Profiles were developed to describe the various tasks, work surfaces, footwear and industries which have frequent and serious work surfaces related injuries. Existing injury data, including workers' compensation agency tabulations and first reports of injury, were analyzed. Profile development was also supplemented by field visits to 50 accident sites in 9 organizations. The accident sites visited were selected to emphasize slips and falls that had occurred on dry surfaces. Site visits included measurements of coefficient of friction (COF) that were then correlated with the work tasks and body positions. Injury data fRom, William N.orkers compensation files were of little value in determining specific features of work surface accidents, however, the first reports of injury were useful in identifying specific accident patterns. Analysis of 3,270 injury reports revealed several high risk accident circumstances related to a variety of work surface problems. The authors suggest that the recurrent accident patterns require training and housekeeping countermeasures, rather than specifications for materials. They also make recommendations for areas requiring further research.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Automation Dust Environmental Monitoring Metal Workers Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Silicon Dioxide

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• Keywords:
  Accident-investigations; Contract-210-76-0150 Industrial-processes NIOSH-Contract Occupational-safety Risk-factors Safety-factors Safety-research Safety-training Surface-properties Task-performance Work-environment Work-practices

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-166
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00099316
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1977 Dec; :1-166
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Performing Organization:
  Safety Sciences, Division of WSA, Inc., San Diego, California
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fc9607722325016c86078432ac2783cfbba7bd37f856422622b2d42c57a99dc97117cb9b793649e17a0e9719fba0d44c9462093389f7f2d26b773e2a0f725165
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178962/cdc_178962_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.40 MB ]