ACCIDENTS & PREVENTION Nancy Ikeda, Safety Manager Oregon/SW Washington Market Comcast Cable Communications
ACCIDENT STATISTICS Oregon OSHA web site: http://www.orosha.org
ACCIDENTS Most Frequent Nature of Injury Strains, Sprains & Tears Fractures Bruises & Contusions Dislocations Musculoskeletal & Connective Tissue Disorders 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
ACCIDENTS Most Frequent Part of Injury Back Trunk Knee(s) Ankle(s) Writs(s) 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
ACCIDENTS Most Frequent Event of Injury Overexertion Bodily Reaction Struck By/Against Object Fall From Elevation Fall to Same Level 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
ACCIDENTS Repeat Claims 1st Claim 3rd Claim 5th Claim 2nd Claim 4th Claim TOTAL REPEATERS 60% 50% 40% 30% 47% 53% 20% 10% 0% 25% 15% 12% 1%
ACCIDENTS What Are The Odds 1 29 Serious Injury/High $ Loss Minor Injury/Minimal $ Loss 300??? Incident (Near Miss) Unsafe Acts H.W. Heinrich s Pyramid (1931) (modified)
ACCIDENTS Oregon Fatalities 60 40 20 47 45 34 * 52 41 0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
ACCIDENTS Oregon Fatalities Of the 41 work-related fatalities in 2003 39% (16) of the workers had been employed for one year or less at the time of their injury, including 5 workers killed during the first month of employment! 61% were employed longer than one year.
ACCIDENTS Oregon Fatalities Of the 41 work-related fatalities in 2003 38 were men and 3 were women. Median age of these workers was 41 years. Youngest worker killed was a 16 years. Oldest worked killed was 75 years.
ACCIDENTS Oregon Transportation Fatalities Transportation accidents resulted in the greatest number of work related fatalities with a total of 22 deaths. Collisions Overturned vehicles Workers struck or pinned by vehicles
ACCIDENTS Highest Risk Incidents Telecommunication s employees are at risk of serious injuries from: Vehicle Crashes Working in/around Traffic Falling from ladders/poles Electrical Contact
PREVENTION Management Involvement & Commitment AND Employee Involvement & Commitment
PREVENTION Management does safety to: 1. Avoid OSHA Penalties 2. Reduce Costs Increase profits 3. Keep Employees Safe
PREVENTION - Management does safety to: 1. Avoid OSHA Penalties Penalties cost the company direct and indirect costs and many times the cost after the penalty is more expensive than the prevention costs.
PREVENTION - Management does safety to: 2. Reduce Costs Increase profits In 1999 in Oregon there were 24,993 claims and the average cost per claim was $10,359. (hidden costs are 3 to 5 times that of direct costs)
PREVENTION - Management does safety to: 3. Keep Employees Safe Increased morale, more efficient employees, and increased employee confidence in the company.
PREVENTION Employees do safety to: 1. Avoid Discipline 2. Avoid Termination/Maintain Good Employment 3. Be Injury Free (for Self & Family)
PREVENTION - Employees do safety to: 1. Avoid Discipline These employee s do not buy into safety and when the threat of discipline is removed they are at high risk of having an incident.
PREVENTION - Employees do safety to: 2. Avoid Termination/Maintain Good Employment Good employees have pride in their work and take the time to work safe for themselves and for their co-workers. Good employees believe that Safety and Quality go hand-in-hand.
PREVENTION - Employees do safety to: 3. Be Injury Free (for Self & Family) Being Injury Free means you go home fully functional every day. You are able to enjoy your life and family and continue to be a contributing member of society.
PREVENTION One Step to Prevention is TRAINING
TRAINING - What Workplace Training Can Do For Workers Worker training is an essential element of every safety and health program. Training helps inexperienced workers.
TRAINING - Requirements General Training Requirements & Job Specific Training Requirements
TRAINING - What Workplace Training Can Not Do For Workers Training isn't likely to help if workers don t understand it, if they are unmotivated, or if managers and supervisors don t enforce safe work practices.
TRAINING FOR PREVENTION Education tells WHY Training shows HOW Experience improves Skills Accountability sustains Behavior
PREVENTION Accountability You have the Right to a Safe Work Environment & You have a Responsibility to be Accountable for your own behavior