The study examined causality attributions made for workplace accidents and how these attributions may be influenced by job satisfaction. It was part of an extensive exploratory work on causal attributions for industrial accidents in Ghana’s work environment. It was carried out in a field setting where the participants were actual accident victims (n=121), co-workers (n=117) and supervisors (n=8...

The di scovery of iodine by accident and the turning of this event into its industrial manufacturing constitutes a fascinating chapter in the development of chemical technology. We see in it how political and economical events brought drastic changes in the raw materials used and the production technologies. From a strictly European activity it turned into an important economic commodity for Ch...

Penile amputation is an uncommon urological emergency. Although rare, traumatic amputation of penis is a challenging injury to treat. However, modern microsurgical reconstruction techniques have improved success rate of penile replantation and become the procedure of choice for managing these patients. Herein, we report on a case of penile amputation following an industrial accident.

A model or set of assumptions about how accidents occur lies at the foundation of all accident prevention and investigation efforts. Traditionally, accidents have been viewed as resulting from a chain of events, each directly related to its “causal” event or events. The event(s) at the beginning of the chain is labelled the root cause. Event-chain models, however, are limited in their ability t...

There is considerable effort to cover the broad variety of types of risk including natural disaster risk, technical disaster risk, biological disaster risk, transport and energy, research and innovation, critical infrastructure protection, cross-border health threats, implications for the health service systems, environmental impact assessment, green infrastructure, integrated coastal managemen...

Lessons have been learned from investigations into a relatively large number of accidents that have occurred in three major practices, namely: industrial radiography, gamma irradiators and electron accelerators used in industry and research, and radiotherapy. This paper provides an overview of the lessons learned and specifically considers the human actions and omissions that have resulted in a...

INTRODUCTION We present a review of industrial accident-related ocular trauma, from the perspective of the emergency setting of a tertiary hospital in Singapore. METHODS A retrospective analysis of patients seen by Tan Tock Seng Hospital's emergency ophthalmology service over a six-month period was performed. Data on clinical presentation, cause of injury, use of protective eyewear and subseq...

Most crises, whether ecological, humanitarian, economic or even social, are preceded by various warning signals which make it possible to trigger alerts. These alerts prevent limit human and material damage if they delivered on time allow stakeholders (decision-makers, populations, etc.) prepare adequately for the coming crisis. Today, there many systems that can pick up of crises their consequ...

Threats deriving from external hazard factors as natural events and intentional acts of interference are perceived as important issues affecting the safety of chemical and process plants where relevant quantities of hazardous substances are present. The increasing frequency of some natural events having a particularly high severity also raised a growing concern for industrial asset integrity an...