Incident prevention tools–incident investigations and pre-job safety analyses

Incident prevention tools–incident investigations and pre-job safety analyses

Careful and thorough incident investigations and pre-job safety analyses completed by knowledgeable and competent individuals can significantly reduce workplace incidents. Working parties must act together to make these safety tools effective. To get the staff units to work together in a co-ordinate...

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Main Author: Colin Morrish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:International Journal of Mining Science and Technology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095268617303476
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spelling doaj-b65cecf8c501493d82417c608d9a8ae32020-11-25T02:30:07ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Mining Science and Technology2095-26862017-07-01274635640Incident prevention tools–incident investigations and pre-job safety analysesColin Morrish0Chartered Safety & Health Practitioner, 137 Sea Road, Westgate-on-Sea, UKCareful and thorough incident investigations and pre-job safety analyses completed by knowledgeable and competent individuals can significantly reduce workplace incidents. Working parties must act together to make these safety tools effective. To get the staff units to work together in a co-ordinated manner, they must be shown the value of their work in preventing accidents. Examples of actual accidents investigated during the author’s 18 years as a mine inspector in Saskatchewan are discussed within the context of pre-job safety analyses. The causes of the accidents are explored with close reference to how pre-job safety analyses could have prevented their occurrence. Keywords: Accident prevention, Incident investigations, Pre-job safety analysis, Directives, Working parties, Behaviour change wheel, Actual caseshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095268617303476
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description Careful and thorough incident investigations and pre-job safety analyses completed by knowledgeable and competent individuals can significantly reduce workplace incidents. Working parties must act together to make these safety tools effective. To get the staff units to work together in a co-ordinated manner, they must be shown the value of their work in preventing accidents. Examples of actual accidents investigated during the author’s 18 years as a mine inspector in Saskatchewan are discussed within the context of pre-job safety analyses. The causes of the accidents are explored with close reference to how pre-job safety analyses could have prevented their occurrence. Keywords: Accident prevention, Incident investigations, Pre-job safety analysis, Directives, Working parties, Behaviour change wheel, Actual cases
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