CHARACTERISTIC DATA ANALYSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT IN HEAVY ENGINEERING INDUSTRY

K.Dhanasekar, V.S.Manigandan, H. Abdul Zubar, K.Visagavel

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to analysis the occupational industrial accident in a Heavy Engineering Industry from 2012 to 2013.The data was collected, observed and reviewed from Occupational Health Centre & Health Safety and Environment department. Then accident was categorized by the age wise, shift wise, type of employment, injury on human anatomy, nature of injuries and type of accident. This will be statistical analysis by calculate the total accident rate, chi square, severity and frequency rate. This analysis show higher accident rate in A shift, in 20-29 age group, by contractor workers, cut and contusion injury at finger. The reason is due to workers involved hazardous activity, non-routine and temporary activity is causes of accident, and they were newly employed, insufficient training, contract labour are uneducated and not aware about safety rules. To reduce occupational accident the organization to enhance accident analysis and find causes of accident to preventive similar kind of accident. Then implement the effective safety practice and enhance continual improvement.

Keywords: OCCUPATIONAL

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0323022