Truss Construction Shop Incident

The impact of workplace injury is wide reaching because when hazards of physical and psychological type affect a worker, the impact is not only on the person, but also on the life, the family and of course on the future plans,as well as high

Throughout history, there has been a multitude of events that have helped shape the Occupational Safety and Health doctrines that we have today. Some events have had small impacts, and others have totally reshaped how an entire industry operates. Although there are many incidents that we can talk about, we are going to focus on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Within this subject, we will talk about the specific events that happened, what safety standards existed and what standards were penned because of the incident, and how the existing safety standards keep a similar tragedy from happening in the current era. With all of this information, we will have a better picture of how the world of Occupational Safety and Health evolves throughout

Unfortunately, being injured at work is something many people face on a daily basis. Sometimes accidents are caused when an employee works in a dangerous environment. Other times, the employee is careless or is not provided with the right safety equipment. Regardless of the cause of the accident it is important that the employee has the tools they need to heal and get back to work as quickly as possible.

Have you ever think about people for unsafe work? Each in everyday, hours and minutes, as we step forward into a factory, mills or machineries, significant people are put into danger. Although health and safety in a workplace is necessary for the employers and employees, there are still a lot of injuries and deaths in a workplace. Most people we’re being forced to work even if the job is not safe for them to do so. There are people getting injured and killed every day that’s why we need to put a stop to it now and make the job in a workplace comfortable to everybody.

I have been asked to review three workplace injuries. The review will consist of analysis’s in the rate of recordable injuries (TRIR), the number of recordable injuries that an employee missed work, resulted in a death, reduction in work duty, and transfers (DART/LWDII), and the Severity Rate (SR) of incidents, on an average, of the number of lost days to injuries and illness in the workplace. These lagging indicators are measured after the event, and for comparison, leading indicators will be discussed to offer insight as to prevent the injuries in the future.

In the event that somebody is injured at work the first thing one needs to remember is

This chapter begins with perspectives on work-related risks—both the avoidable and the unavoidable. The legal backdrop includes the watershed Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970, embodying a national policy to reduce or prevent occupational harms, and laws designed to compensate those who suffer them. In the final section we explore the twenty-first-century global dimensions of workplace health and safety. Throughout, we pay particular attention those who are most vulnerable.

On Saturday 10-24-15, a Pankow Carpenter Apprentice was working on a scissor lift with a sledge hammer, breaking tack welds from sheet metal to framing members. During his follow through with the sledge hammer, his hand struck the framing member, where there was a jagged edge that was created from removal of the sheet metal. This caused a laceration to his right, middle finger. Onsite Health and Safety provided first aid, and the employee was sent back to work with no restrictions.

Since the worker suffered such a traumatic injury, it is imperative that the employer first check on the employee to check on the severity of the injury and upon assessment by a trained employee, either the correct medical procedure needs to be administered to the employee or they should call the ambulance so that the employee can be safely transported to the hospital, preventing further damage and ensuring that all measures are in place to repair the injury.

Accidents in the workplace is a serious issue, and you pay dearly if an employee is injured or killed due to an unsafe or dangerous working environment, especially when it's caused by company negligence. You and your management team must understand the laws surrounding the safety of the workplace, and put education training in place for "what if" situations that protects your employees and

Work site injury report: I got up late this morning…I had to make my children’s lunches…. they missed the bus…. I had to take them to school, one here the other there…I was forty-five minutes late to the work site and my team had to start without me. One of my best workers hurt his back trying to complete a two-man job. I should have been there. Safety requires of us to be proactive. This is a universal tool, if you will. We must always be aware of what is going on regardless of where we are and what we are doing, especially what others are doing around us. We see this everywhere we go. Whether we are aware of it or not it is a very big issue. We need to make safety a habit and we need to start right now!

In this case, we are introduced to Carol Matthews, a production manager for World Auto Parts (WAP). Carol is faced with an ethical dilemma of whether or not to tell her boss, Joan Ross, about a workplace safety issue regarding the safety cover of their new Mark 4 gear press and its increased injury rate on its operators. Carol and another production manager, Phil Thomas, have taken notice of the heightened injury rate and have decided that in order for Joan to take action, they both need to inform here individually.

The assigned readings for Unit 2 (Chapters 2, 3 and 6) cover the effects of workplace accidents, accident theories, and workers’ compensation. In professional safety practice, the topics covered in this unit generally include a discussion of “safety metrics”. Measuring safety performance is a mixed bag of calculating and reviewing data associated with “lagging indicators” and “leading indicators”. By definition, lagging indicators are “output” oriented, easy to measure and calculate, but not improvable since they are measures of what already occurred (i.e., losses in the form of accidents, property damage, or loss of life). In contrast, leading indicators are “input” oriented and represent preventative measures taken to improve overall safety and reduce the occurrence of incidents and injuries.

One week ago, John Craftsman, a company employee severely injured his hand while pushing a piece of wood through a table saw during his shift at the Truss Construction Shop. Mr. Craftsman’s accident is the third accident to occur in the current quarter that has workers in the shop upset and claiming unsafe working conditions. The workers have reported to OSHA and the local newspaper that the company has failed to accept responsibility for employee safety. The quarrel over who is responsible for the accident that has caused unwanted publicity and could potentially jeopardize business sales.

No matter what sort of business or organisation you’re involved with there’s always the possibility of an accident or damage to someone’s health. All work exposes people to hazards be they: Dangerous machinery, electricity, manual handling, etc.