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The "accident prone" worker: an example from heavy industry.

D L Mohr1, D I Clemmer

  • 1Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of North Florida, Jacksonville 32216.

Accident; Analysis and Prevention
|April 1, 1988
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This study found that excessive workplace injuries were not concentrated in specific workers over time. Removing injured workers did not significantly reduce future injury rates in this industrial setting.

Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Industrial Safety
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Workplace injuries are a significant concern in heavy industry.
  • Previous studies suggested accident-prone individuals contribute disproportionately to injury rates.
  • The stability of injury patterns within a workforce requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if excessive injuries in a heavy industry workforce are concentrated in specific individuals over time.
  • To assess the impact of removing high-injury-risk workers on future injury occurrence.
  • To analyze injury patterns using medically attended injuries while controlling for confounding factors.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of medically attended injuries in a heavy industry workforce across two successive time periods.

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  • Statistical control for job hazards, worker exposure, age, and changes in job/location.
  • Comparison of observed injury proportions with chance expectations.

    • Main Results:

    • The proportion of workers with excessive injuries did not exceed chance expectations in successive periods.
    • Evidence of stable 'accident repeaters' within this workforce was not found.
    • Removing workers with excessive injuries in one period would not substantially decrease injuries in subsequent periods.

    Conclusions:

    • Injury occurrence in this heavy industry workforce appears to be largely random and not attributable to a stable group of repeat offenders.
    • Interventions targeting specific 'repeaters' may not be an effective strategy for reducing overall workplace injuries.
    • Future injury prevention efforts should consider broader systemic factors beyond individual worker behavior.