Title
Reduction of the Rate of Accidents at Work through the Implementation of an Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSHS) in the Industrial Electromechanical Industry
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC
Abstract
Accidents at work in industry are very important factors that must be addressed. They often occur because of lack of a Safety and Health at Work management system (OSHS). The electromechanical industry requires the observance of different safety procedures because as it is a risky activity many equipment and mechanical tools are employed and operators must comply with established protocols so that regrettable accidents do not happen. The research aimed to reduce the rate of occupational accidents of employees of an industrial electromechanical company through the implementation of an OSHS at work. There were identified the probable causes of accidents at work during 10 weeks. The proposed implemented system took into consideration the following 5 phases: policy, scope, planning, implementation and verification. As a result of the implementation, there was a reduction in occupational accidents of about 87.5% (from 8 accidents to just 1). It confirms the need to manage risky activities safely in manufacturing companies in order to have regularity in the production processes and guarantee the health of workers
Start page
319
End page
324
Volume
91
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Otras ingenierías y tecnologías
Salud ocupacional
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85134059470
Source
Chemical Engineering Transactions
ISSN of the container
22839216
Sponsor(s)
To César Vallejo University for academic support in the development of research.
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