Prevention and handling of minor work-related accidents
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This post was last edited by fangqiong on 2011-9-13 10:41. Our company has two fine chemical production workshops; there are many employees there, and the level of automation is low, resulting in two or three minor injuries per month. For example; pushing the cart over knocked it down and hurt the hand ； I hurt my foot by moving an iron pipe ； I accidentally broke my leg while going down the stairs ； Fell and got injured after not holding the ladder properly while climbing it ； In short—these are all work-related injuries that shouldn’t occur, yet they do happen. We have strengthened training, but the results have not been satisfactory. I wonder if anyone has any good, practical, and effective methods to solve this problem. Also, how should these minor injuries be dealt with and treated?
Enforce strict management by treating minor injury incidents as serious accidents.
Management is quite strict these days; we hold analysis meetings every time to examine the causes of accidents, and we’ve also established various preventive measures, but accidents still occur
When problems arise, it’s ultimately due to inadequate measures and insufficient supervision and inspection. We also experience small accidents on a regular basis every month. When I discussed this with the workshop managers, they replied, \"Is such a minor issue really considered an accident?\" ”. It’s impossible if the people aren’t aware of it. Regarding analysis meetings, I personally think that even if they are planned, they aren’t carried out. If one is not aware of it, and if there is no sense of responsibility, implementation will be difficult. . Now, minor accidents are included in the daily assessments, but as a result, workshops no longer deal with such minor accidents; they just handle them secretly whenever possible. . .
Takami, yes, there is indeed such a problem. The workshop always uses being busy as an excuse; now things are more strictly controlled, and some minor issues have to be dealt with on one’s own. I saw one case today – a person had a broken leg; it turned out he had fallen and suffered the injury about half a month ago
It’s still a matter of inadequate training; in situations like yours, efforts should not be focused on awareness training, but rather on providing hands-on guidance to staff on how to carry items and move up and down stairs, by creating corresponding standard operating procedures. Safety managers must go to the site to supervise the implementation; it’s not enough to merely provide training or fulfill the obligation of giving information. I think there is a problem with your safety management personnel
Calunkiller has made some insightful points. I’m wondering if there are any similar instruction manuals available for reference. My email address is hbtslcs@163.com; I’ll receive them
If it keeps happening, it’s probably because your accident prevention measures aren’t thorough enough! Have the preventive measures not been established, or have they been established but not implemented? Why is the execution performance poor?