title: Analysis of occupational accidents: prevention through the use of additional technical safety measures for machinery.
abstract: This article presents an analysis of results of 1035 serious and 341 minor accidents recorded by Poland's National Labour Inspectorate (PIP) in 2005-2011, in view of their prevention by means of additional safety measures applied by machinery users. Since the analysis aimed at formulating principles for the application of technical safety measures, the analysed accidents should bear additional attributes: the type of machine operation, technical safety measures and the type of events causing injuries. The analysis proved that the executed tasks and injury-causing events were closely connected and there was a relation between casualty events and technical safety measures. In the case of tasks consisting of manual feeding and collecting materials, the injuries usually occur because of the rotating motion of tools or crushing due to a closing motion. Numerous accidents also happened in the course of supporting actions, like removing pollutants, correcting material position, cleaning, etc.
authors.affiliation: a Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB) , Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dźwiarek
authors.affiliation: a Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB) , Poland.
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Latała
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*
keywords: occupational accident analysis; safety of machinery; technical measures of injury prevention