A Report On The Workers Compensation Board

Over the past five years, as the economy continues to improve, a growing number of workers are returning to jobs in construction. Historically, an increase in employment means that more workers are exposed to hazards that will likely result in more serious and fatal injuries. Among the top four reasons construction workers are injured, falls remain the leading cause of fatal injury (Bethancourt, 2017). Nevertheless, falls are the leading cause of death in construction. According to OSHA, all construction workers exposed to fall hazards more than 6 ft must be provided fall protection in the form of a guardrail, safety net or personal fall arrest system. OSHA (2010) has also stated that personal fall restraint, when applied correctly, is acceptable

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Reporting of Injuries,Diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations of 1995 requires the reporting of work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences. The Act applies to all work related activities, but not to all work related incidents. The objective of the regulations is to enable the enforcing authorities to identify where and how risks arise and to investigate serious accidents so as to prevent them from occurring in the future and thus providing a safer work environment. The enforcing authorities can then help and advise you on preventive action to reduce injury, ill health and accidental loss,the main points of our own policy that relate to this are:

Accidents: slips, trips, falls, burns, chocking, misuse of equipment etc.; illnesses: food-borne, flue, influenza, colds, asthma, seizures, convulsions, fainting, cardiac arrest, allergic reactions etc.

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 – it require employers and others to report accidents and some diseases that arise out of or in

The US Department of Labor has recorded a steady decrease of work-related injuries and fatalities since 2012 and as of 2014, 120 work related fatalities have been recorded, 38% lower than 2013 (6). This decline in fatalities can be attributed to several factors, safer equipment, more safety regulations, etc.

Read the reported injuries/illnesses below that you have received and based on the attached OSHA information, answer the questions.

According to the Bureau of Labor, statistics indicate that more than 4.1 million people were hurt or injured on-the-job in 2006 and 5,488 were killed in 2007 (Gomez-Mejia, Balkin, & Cardy, 2010, p. 511). Laws and regulatory requirements are currently in place to standardize and promote workplace safety. Organizations with extensive safety programs have reduced number of accidents, decreased workers’ compensation claims and lawsuits and lesser accident-related expenditures (Gomez-Mejia, et al, 2010, p. 511). This paper discusses the effects of legal, safety and regulatory requirements in

Probably accidents that are caused because of trucks, bikes, cars, boats even! Personal injuries surprisingly also include the fact that if you get bitten by one’s dog you may file a case against the owner of the dog. You charge any medical organization if you face any medical accident or a dental accident instead. There are thousands of people who file cases for sexual abuse and for rape cases. You have the right to take a stand against those production organizations that have produced defective products. If you work at an organization and you get injured there you have the full authority to file a case against the organization, even if it was a slip and fall

Canada’s roads and parking lots are some of the busiest in the world. They also make up for some of the most unsafe work areas. In terms of overall occupational safety, current national figures show casualties and injuries are at their highest level. A good number of these safety problems are caused by workers being struck by oncoming vehicles, or them being injured by machinery and equipment or failure by the professionals to put on protective gear while at the work

This report has multiple strengths. One such strength is that the report is made to be as accessible as possible, illustrated by “Acronyms and Abbreviations” section. By adding this section, readers can constantly refer back to it when they encounter an abbreviation they do not understand. The report also gives a thorough background of all subjects involved with this incident, including the company and the factory involved in the accident. Specifically, much information is given about parts of the facility, as well as the emergency response. The incident analysis itself was strong and gave insight about how this accident may have happened, along with plenty of evidence. The recommendations are strong and provide sensible strategies to avoid

Accidental falls are one of the leading causes of death in the construction industry today. Falls are a persistent hazard that employees face on the construction site that can occur during simple acts such as climbing a ladder or a result of a complex series of events. According to OSHA, 36.9 percent of all construction related accidental deaths in CY 2013 were from falls (OSHA commonly used statistics, n.d.). Fall injuries make up a considerable financial burden for construction companies and insurance companies. Between workers’ compensation, medical bills, and other cost associated with falls it is estimated that fall incidents account for $70 billion annually. Workers have a right to be safe while at their job site. Following rules and regulations, as well as being properly trained and equipped will greatly reduce the risk of fall incidents.

Between the oil boom period of 2003 to 2013, according to the data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) as compiled by the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), occupational fatality rate of oil and gas workers was seven times higher than the national average (Mode & Conway, 2008) and 2.5% higher than that of construction workers (Witter, Tenney, Clark & Newman, 2014). Not neglecting other hazards like chemical exposure, noise and other environmental hazards present, accidents resulting from transportation and direct contact of workers with equipment far exceeded others (Mason, Retzer, Hill & Lincoln, 2015). In a sharp contrast, according to the data released by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the recordable non-fatal accidents in the construction sector was three times more than that of the oil and gas extraction sector (Witter et al). Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a government safety regulation and administration body has frowned at the increasing trend (Cable, 2013), promising new safety

In the United States, construction has always been one of the most dangerous industries to work in. The number of fatalities that occur in this industry year after year demonstrate this. In 2014, 19.6% of worker fatalities, in private industry, were in construction (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2015) despite the industry comprising only 6.8% of the total work force. This epidemic is not unique to the United States. Essentially every country faces similar problems regarding construction safety. For example, in 2004 the Australian construction industry employed approximately 8% of the countries workforce. However, workers compensation statistics indicated that the industry’s incidence rate was 28.6 per 1000 employees,

According to OSHA, there are 4 common types of struck-by hazards in construction; struck by falling object, struck by flying object, struck by swinging object, and struck by rolling object Each of these is a related potential hazard involved in the hoisting of construction material on the project site. As stated in the OSHA Training Institute’s Construction Focus Four: Struck-By Hazards Instructor Guide, “Occupational fatalities caused by struck-by hazards are a serious concern. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report titled “Manner in which fatal injuries occurred, 2009” preliminary data, the category of “Contact with objects and equipment is 17% of the total 4,340 fatal work injuries. Of that 17% the sub-category of “Struck-by object” was 10% (more than half).” As well, according to the BLS, in 2008 34% of crane related deaths were caused by struck-by incidents, with 14% of the struck by incidents involving materials being hoisted by a crane. See the table from the OSHA Training Institute’s Construction Focus Four: Struck-By