Citation

Grondstrom R, Jarl T, Thorson J. J. Occup. Accid. 1980; 2(4): 283-289.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

Grundstrom, R., Jarl, T. and Thorson, J., 1980. Serious occupational accidents -- An investigation of causes. Journal of Occupational Accidents, 2: 283-289.This study assumes from the outset that occupational accidents are attributable to well-known risks which could or should have been eliminated earlier. It is based on 114 non-fatal cases and 201 fatal ones. All fatal accidents and most of the non-fatal ones occurred in Sweden in 1973. The analysis supports the hypothesis that more than one third of the accidents occurred because of insufficient safety measures for which employers were responsible and almost a quarter because of negligence on the part of the in jured persons themselves. About one fifth of the victims were injured because of technical or organizational insufficiencies. It is the authors' opinion that to achieve effective accident prevention, the safety training of foremen should be better. Industrial safety effort should be concentrated on those activities in which serious injuries most often occur.