Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

PART 1

Total recordable incidence rate

TRIR= (NO of incidences x 200000)/ Total NO of hours worked by all employees

TRIR= (3 X200000) = 10.226

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The day away, restricted or transferred (DART) rate

DART rate= (No of OSHA recordable injuries and illnesses that resulted in day away, restricted or transferred X 200000)/ employee hours worked

DART rate= (3X200000) = 10.226

58675

 The lost workday injury and illness rate (LWDII)

 LWDII Rate= (No of days lost due to injury or illness X200000)/ Total NO of hours worked by all employees

LWDII Rate= (8X200000) =27.27

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 The severity rate (SR)

SR = Total number lost workdays/ Total number of recordable incidents

SR= 8/3 = 2.667

PART 2

A leading indicator is anything that provides a clue of whether something else might occur in the future. Leading indicators, therefore, indicates an increased likelihood of a future event. In the CSU widget factory, several things can be used as leading indicators. They can be categorized as Behavior-based indicators, operation based indicators, and system-based safety indicators.

Behavior-based indicators for CSU widget factory are; on job safety observations by workers and the ratio of positive to negative safety observation. Operation based safety indicators are those related to the factory’s infrastructure, machinery, and equipment. They include; faulty equipment, number of regulatory inspections, and the type of operations in the factory which in this case is welding. Last but not least is the system based safety indicators. In the CSU factory, they include the number of reported days away from work, the number of safety audits and the number of corrective actions, the number of reported injuries or illnesses. In this regard, I suggest that the factory should inculcate risk assessment, employees’ safety suggestions received, employee safety suggestions acted on, hazard identification, risk profiling, incident investigation, leadership engagement and communication of safety.

PART 3

• Where did the accident occur?

This question helps in determining whether Mr. Smith was working in his work station during the time of the accident.

• Who was working with Mr. Smith that day?

The question helps to know is there could be somebody else who led to the occurrence of the accident and if there were other workers who can act as witnesses.

• When was the person assigned to this department?

The importance of this question is to know if Mr. Smith was well identified in the department and he had enough experience to work there.

• What were the causal factors of the accident?

The purpose of this question is to identify what exactly caused the accident; whether it is factory based or Mr. Smith’s fault.

• What machinery or equipment was involved?

This question will help in identifying whether the accident occurred to faulty machines and equipment.

Theories of accident causation

Human factors theory- this theory suggests that accidents are caused by a chain of events that are due to human error. These events are overload, inappropriate activities, and inappropriate responses. I would use this theory to identify if the accident was due to Mt Smith’s fault. This can be due to ignorance, lack of skills, inappropriate activities or misjudging the degree of risk.

The domino theory states that injuries are caused by factors such as fault of the person, unsafe act, injury or social environment. I would use this theory to assess whether Mr. Smith’s accident was due to the social environment, his fault or other physical hazards.