Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to Examine the Basic Index Factors of Occupational associated – Taiwan Power Company as an Example

• Main Authors: Cai-Huei LIAO, 廖采慧
• Other Authors: Meei-Yuh Ku
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67015325957260435658

碩士 === 國立勤益科技大學 === 工業工程與管理系 === 100 === The fact that Taiwan Power Company (TPC) frequently faces high-risk electrical work has led to the company’s large number of occupational accidents and casualties every year. In fact, over 40,000 TPC employees and contractors deal with high voltage and work under extremely risky conditions, such as underground, in a tunnel, or on top of a power line tower on a daily basis. To protect the life and safety of TPC employees and to maintain the sustainability of power business, the issue of occupational accident is especially worth looking into. In accordance, this research applies Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to examine the index factors of TPC-associated occupational accidents and to collect the data of TPC-associated occupational accidents over the past 10 years. Moreover, interviews with personnel at the management level and field engineers are conducted and analyzed through AHP in a hope to find out the primary index factors as well as hidden risk factors that account for occupational accidents of TPC employees. As a result, this research has discovered that both personnel at the management level and field engineers regard “fall from high places” and “electrical safety hazards” as the primary forms of occupational accidents, and they also rank “hazard awareness” as top one index factor for preventing and improving occupational accidents. To avoid occupational accidents resulted from multi-level contracting, that is, contractors generally failing to follow occupational safety regulations due to a lack of awareness or knowledge of occupational safety and public health, TPC contractors should enhance safety training among employees, and the employees should strictly follow the standards of safe operation. With the efforts from both sides, occupational accidents should be less likely to occur.