Accidents are unexpected events resulting in unwanted or undesirable outcomes. All accidents need not cause loss. Depending up on the consequences, types of accidents are classified as near miss, first-aid injury, non-reportable injury, reportable injury and fatality. In this paper, analysis of 2179 accidents comprising of 1539 near misses, 366 first-aid injuries, 161 non-reportable injuries, 95 reportable injuries and 18 Fatalities occurred at the 22 operating plants and 7 construction projects in a public sector power company in India during the period of 10 years from 2006 to 2015 with reference to IS-3786 “Method for the Computation of Frequency and Severity Rates for Industrial Injuries and Classification of Industrial Accidents” is described. The principal factors related to causation of accidents as per IS-3786 are Agency (B1), Unsafe Mechanical or Physical Condition (B2), Unsafe Act (B3), Unsafe Personal Factor (B-4), Type of Accident (B-5), Nature of Injury (B-6) and Location of Injury (B-7). Since there are no injuries to persons in case of near misses, potential location and nature for the injuries are considered. The paper brings out causes and recommendations to prevent accidents. Causes for most of the accidents are repetitive and multi-disciplinary in nature. This could be due to shortfalls in identification of root causes and enforcement of foolproof corrective measures. Accident prevention and control measures should be included in the design and subsequent operation to bring risk within the acceptable limits. Risk control shall involve judicial application of engineering controls, administrative controls and use of personal protective equipment in the respective order of hierarchy of effectiveness. This will help to achieve zero accident in an organization.
Analysis of Industrial Accidents in a Public Sector Power Company—Causes and Preventive Measures
Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering
2020-09-19
18 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English