SAFETY AND HEALTH ADVISORS TRAINING COURSE

Presented By: M. Marewangepo

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COURSE COVERAGE
Source of Statistics & Their Flow Concepts & Definitions Uses and Users of Occ. Statistics
Coverage Type of Information Bases Comparative Measures Dissemination

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SOURCES
Compensation Statistics (S.I. 68 of 1990) Part VI Sections 47-55 Challenges - underreporting Other Sources of Data Administrative Establishment Surveys/ Censuses Labour Force Surveys

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FLOW
Occ. Injury Occurs Statistical Report -Publication Dissemination (www, hard copy)
Days lost <1

Employer notified ASAP (3days)

Incomplete Forms
HO Statistics -Editing -Coding -Capturing

Statistical Tabulation & Analysis

Report to G.M Region Preliminary Stat. Form filled

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DEFINITIONS
Occupational Accidents: an unexpected and unplanned occurrence, including acts of violence, arising out of or in connection with work which results in one or more workers incurring a personal injury, disease or death (ILO). Commuting Accident: an accident occurring on the habitual route, in either direction, between the place of work or work-related training and: (i) workers principal or secondary residence; (ii) place where the worker usually takes his or her meals; or (iii) place where he or she usually receives his or her remuneration; which results in death or personal injury; NB: In Zimbabwe commuting accidents are not compensated

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DEFINITIONS (cntd.)
Occupational Injury:

any injury or death resulting from an occupational accident

Occupational Disease: is a disease contracted as a result of an exposure over a period of time to risk factors arising from work activity

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measurements
Occupational Injury: unit of observation should be the case of occupational injury, i.e. the case of one worker incurring an occupational injury as a result of one occupational accident Fatal Occupational Injury: for measurement purposes, a fatal occupational injury is an occupational injury leading to death within one year from the day of the occupational accident

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Measurements (cntd.)
Time Lost Due to Occupational Injuries : - time lost should be measured separately for each case of occupational injury leading to temporary incapacity for work to a maximum of one year - time lost should be measured inclusively from the day after the day of the accident, to the day prior to the day of return to work - time lost as a result of permanent incapacity for work or fatal occupational injuries may also be estimated

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Uses of occupational injury statistics

The principal objective of the statistics is to provide relevant information on occupational injuries for prevention purposes . The statistics can be used for a number of reasons, such as :
- identification of risk areas - surveillance - Set priorities for intervention - detect changes in the pattern and occurrence of injuries - inform employers, employers organisations, workers and workers organisations of the risk associated with their work and workplaces, so that they can take an active part in their own safety - evaluate effectiveness of preventive measures

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Uses of occupational injury statistics (cntd.)

- quantify consequences of occupational injuries
- to provide a basis for policy-making - provision of information for developing training papers for accident prevention programmes - provision of information for research purposes

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Users of occupational injury statistics

The major users of statistics;
Employers Workers Representatives e.g Trade Unions Research Institutions and Universities ILO Other Internations Organisations OSH practioners

NB: Statistics user producer dialogue is encouraged

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COVERAGE
information about the enterprise, establishment or local unit information about the person injured information about the injury information about the accident and its circumstances

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COVERAGE
The following additional information can also be collected:

- incapacity for work expressed in calendar days of absence from work

- shift - total number of workers injured in the accident - work process - specific activity

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TYPES OF INFORMATION
1. Information about the enterprise, establishment or local unit: location economic activity size(number of workers) 2. Information about the person injured:

sex
age occupation status in employment

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TYPES OF INFORMATION (cntd.)

3. Information about the injury:

whether fatal or non-fatal

type of injury body part injured 4. Information about the accident and its circumstances: place of accident date and time of the accident

type of accident/mode of injury

material agency of injury deviation which resulted in the accident

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BASES FOR COLLECTING OCCUPATIONAL INJURY STATISTICS

Year of Report Year of Payment Year of Finalisation Year of Occurrence

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REFERENCE period & periodicity

The statistics should be compiled at least once a year for a reference period of not more than a year. Shorter reference periods can also be considered

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Comparative measures
(a) The frequency rate occupational injury:
(Number of new cases of occupational
injury in the reference period) _________________________________ (Total number of hours worked by workers in the reference group in the reference period) x 1 000 000

of

new

cases

of

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Comparative measures (cntd.)

Example on Frequency Rate

Consider the following; Reference group: Construction industry in Zimbabwe Reference period: 1 month Total workers: 1 000 6 workers injured once, 1 worker injured twice & 3 workers injured once but while working outside the country Working hrs per week: 40 Hrs worked by the 1 000 workers = 40 * 4 * 1 000 = 160 000 hrs
Then, Frequency rate = 8 injuries

* 1 000 000

160 000 hrs = 50 injuries per 1 000 000 hrs

i.e. out of every 1 000 000 hours 50 injuries occur
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Comparative measures (cntd.)

(b) The incidence rate of new cases of occupational injury:

(No. of new cases of occupational injury in the reference period) ___________________________________ (Total number of workers in the reference group in the reference period)

x 1 000

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Comparative measures (cntd.)

Example on Incidence Rate
Consider the scenario on the 1st example;
Then, Incidence rate = 8 injuries
1 000 workers

* 1 000

= 8 injuries per 1 000 workers

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Comparative measures (cntd.)

(c) The severity rate of new cases of occupational injury:

(No. of days lost as a result of new cases of occupational injury during the reference period) ___________________________________________
(Total amount of time worked by workers in the reference group during reference period)

x 1 000 000

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Comparative measures (cntd.)

Example on Severity Rate
Consider the scenario on the 1st example; and if the number of days

lost through the 8 injuries was 30 days.

Then, Severity rate = 30 lost-workdays

1 000 000

160 000 total work-hrs = 1 87.5 days lost per 1 000 000 hrs i.e. out of every 1 000 000 work hours 1 87.5 days are lost

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Classifications
Annex A to F
1. International Standards Industrial Classification of All Economic

Activities (ISIC), Revision 3 (1990). 2. Classification according to employment size of establishments, as in the International Recommendations for Industrial Statistics, Rev. 1 (1983). 3. International Standards Classification of Occupations, ISCO-88 4. International Classification of Status in Employment, ICSE-93 5. Type of injury, from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, ICD-10 (1992) 6. Part of body injured, from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, ICD-10 (1992)

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dissemination
Hard copies: publications and questionnaires Electronic media: CDs, Diskettes, e-mail and

internet Dissemination workshops

Confidentiality should be ensured and appropriate explanations should be given.

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GOOD DAY, LADIES & GENTLEMEN

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