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Important Fatalities Number Shows Decline, Overall Injuries Increase in Singapore

September 28, 2012 by Michael B. Stack Leave a Comment

Fatalities, Major Injuries, Days Lost All See Decreases

A new report on Singapore indicates the number of workplace fatalities and major injuries has dropped in the first half this year.

According to the latest Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Statistics Report, there were 26 workplace fatalities over the first six months of 2012, a decrease from 31 in the same period last year.

There were 246 cases of major injuries, a slight decrease of 3 percent compared to the same period last year. This contributed to a 6 percent dip in man-days lost due to work incidents.

Minor Injuries See 11.3% Increase

As for minor injuries, there were 5,001 cases, or a 11.3 percent jump compared to the same period last year.

Overall workplace injuries – which includes fatalities – grew by 10.4 percent.

Occupational diseases (ODs) also increased by nearly 67 percent to 603, from 360 over the same period last year. The most common OD (89 percent) is noise-induced deafness followed by occupational skin diseases. The manufacturing sector continued to tally the largest number of OD cases, accounting for 51 percent of total ODs, up from 39 percent of cases as at end June last year.

Construction, Marine, and Manufacturing See Decreases in Fatalities

The Construction, Marine and Manufacturing sectors saw a drop in the number of fatalities.

There were 17 fatalities, compared to 25 in the same period last year. However these three sectors saw an increase in major injuries (8 percent) and minor injuries (25 percent).

Other sectors (including accommodation, food services, waste management, logistics and transport) contributed to about 35 percent of total work fatalities in the first half of this year, up from 19 percent in the same period last year.

Many of these cases were slips, trips and falls from heights as well as workers struck by moving or falling objects.

As for major injuries, these sectors witnessed a 14 percent decline while minor injuries saw a marginal 2 percent increase. The logistics and transport, accommodation and food services as well as health sectors accounted for 13 percent of major injuries.

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Attorney General Finds Workplace Death of 21 Year Old Unacceptable

August 10, 2012 by Michael B. Stack Leave a Comment

Piece of Equipment Collapsed

A 21-year-old Australian man died at a worksite at Kingston July 21, when a piece of equipment that is used to pour concrete collapsed, according to Australian officials.

The truck involved in the accident was serviced just three weeks ago and engineers will examine the equipment. It is the fourth workplace death in the ACT since last December, and three of those have happened on construction sites.

Investigations to Take Several Months, Wake Up Call for Industry

ACT Work Safety Commissioner Mark McCabe says investigations into the latest death will take several months.

"It is alarming for there to be so many injuries," McCabe said. "It is a real wake-up call for the industry I think, that this is dangerous work that they're doing and safety cannot be compromised. If anything good can come out of tragedy it is that it's bringing the industry together to talk about how this situation can be avoided in the future."

The ACT Government is moving to order an investigation into safety and culture on ACT worksites.

Attorney General Finds Work Place Death Unacceptable

Attorney-General Simon Corbell stated any death at work is unacceptable and he requests answers.

"We are now giving serious consideration to a broad-ranging investigation to try to understand what are the issues with workplace safety and culture in the civil and construction sector that may be contributing towards the death toll we are now seeing," Corbell commented.

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Asia Targeted for High Number of Work Related Deaths

June 19, 2012 by Michael B. Stack Leave a Comment

A recently released report targets Asia for a high number of work related deaths and diseases.

According to the report from the Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC), a Solidarity Center partner, of the 2.2 million individuals who die each year all over the world as a result of work-related accidents or illness, 1.1 million are Asian.

The report, "Invisible Victims of Development: Workers Health and Safety in Asia," looks to highlight the severity of the problem through detailed information from six Asian countries: China, India, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia.

Those concerned indicate that official data is lacking, adding that the very existence of hazardous work conditions is denied.

"Sick and injured workers in Asia remain invisible, as most countries in Asia do not adequately report work-related deaths, injuries and diseases," commented AMRC Executive Director Sanjiv Pandita. "These victims are denied justice and dignity. Their deaths are the price that we as society have paid for the sake of development."

The report was launched at a press conference recently in Hong Kong, where Pandita was the key speaker.

Also present were contributors to the report from China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. In addition, victims from China and India shared their stories, and two short films depicting the deplorable state of workplace safety and health in China and other Asian countries were shown.

Key report findings include:

In Thailand, lowering of labor standards has led to low wages, long working hours and precarious work conditions.
In the Philippines, the figures on occupational safety and health are available on an ad hoc basis once every four years, and there are no data available for the "in between" missing years.
In India, there are discrepancies in the collected data by various agencies; for example, the number of fatal accidents ranges from 400 to 1,000 (an incredible figure in a country of 1 billion), depending on which agency is collecting the data.
In Indonesia, there has not been a single case of occupational disease compensation.
China accounts for nearly half the Asian work-related fatalities, due not only to its large workforce but also to a very high accident rate.

Many workers, especially migrant workers, are not acknowledged in official reports.

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Task Force Set to Reduce Workplace Deaths by 25 Percent

June 8, 2012 by Michael B. Stack Leave a Comment

New Zealand business and workers' organizations have fallen in line with backing a review of workplace health and safety law to ensure workers protection. According to a report from NZ Newswire, Labor Minister Kate Wilkinson ordered the review by an independent taskforce to determine whether or not the system was set up properly to cut the number of accidents in the workplace.[WCx]

"Too many New Zealanders are injured or killed at work. People have a right to know that when they leave for work in the morning, they will be coming home safe and well at the end of the day," Wilkinson commented. The task force is to report back by the end of the year. BusinessNZ and the Council of Trade Unions both provided statements backing the review.

"There is widespread concern about the high rate of accidents and death at work in New Zealand compared with a number of other countries so a review is needed," said CTU president Helen Kelly. BusinessNZ chief executive Phil O'Reilly notes the review was a long time in coming and the legislation needed to be kept up to date and relevant.

"The current system is not as clear as it should be, and fails to take account of the need for safety to be a responsibility of everyone in the workplace," O’Reilly stated. The review comes as the rebuild after the Canterbury earthquakes gears up and the inquiry into the Pike River mining disaster is due to report back in September. In addition, an extra $37 million will be spent over the next four years to increase the number of health and safety inspectors, provide more money for the new High Hazards Unit and fund other initiatives.

"This investment will bolster the health and safety inspectorate and support initiatives to help improve the culture of workplace safety in New Zealand," Wilkinson added. “We need to know whether our current health and safety system is fit-for-purpose and provides the right base to reduce workplace harm. Our health and safety legislation is now 20 years old. This review is timely, particularly with the rebuild in Canterbury gearing up, and the Royal Commission due to report back in September.”

Wilkinson has put in place a target of a 25 percent reduction in workplace deaths and serious injuries by 2020.

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CANADA Alberta Labor Groups Seek More Workplace Protections

January 1, 2012 by Robert Elliott, J.D. Leave a Comment

Alberta labour groups are calling on the province to do more to prevent a growing number of workplace fatalities, according to a report from The Canadian Press.

The call for action comes shortly after an Edmonton worker was killed by a steel beam that collapsed at an Edmonton jobsite. (WCxKit)

The employee's death marks Alberta's 14th workplace fatality this year, which is four more than in all of 2010.

Construction worker Ali Fattah says nobody seems to be taking the situation seriously so it is becoming more dangerous.

He says a lot of the accidents are preventable.

Barrie Harrison, with the Occupational Health and Safety board, is among those at the provincial level working to prevent what he admits are too many injuries and fatalities in an inherently dangerous construction sector.

Harrison cites worker and employer safety education as a crucial part of the provincial safety strategy. He also points to the hiring of new OHS inspectors and targeted job site inspections that are intended to make jobsites safer.

While the Alberta Federation of Labour agrees education is part of the solution, it feels what the province is doing isn't enough.

The labour group's Gil McGowan says in Alberta the new inspectors only replace the inspectors who were laid-off during the Klein years, and employers receive advanced warnings about the targeted inspections, which defeats their purpose.

He believes those factors contribute to the province lagging behind all others when it comes to safety.

McGowan also blames the high workplace fatality numbers on the province ignoring warnings, and not taking advantage of a lull in development to adequately prepare for safety issues related to our province's returning growth. (WCxKit)

McGowan noted further tragedies could be averted if the government puts what he believes is just talk into action specifically more unannounced inspections, and a more aggressive approach to prosecuting employers who put their workers at risk.

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Filed Under: Canada Workers Comp, Medical Issues, Safety and Loss Control, WC in Other Countries (International) Tagged With: Alberta, Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Code, canada, Occupational Health and Safety Board, Workplace Death, Workplace Health and Safety

Georgia Refuse Recycler Investigated Worker Found Dead Inside Machine

December 4, 2011 by Robert Elliott, J.D. Leave a Comment

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently cited Georgia-based Marietta Industrial Enterprises Inc., which operates Refuse Recycling in Marietta, for 21 safety violations, including two willful, violations.

According to OSHA, it opened an inspection after a worker was found dead inside the rotating drum assembly of a machine used to screen recyclables from other refuse. (WCxKit)

Two willful violations involve failing to implement lockout/tagout procedures to prevent equipment from becoming unexpectedly energized and to train workers in lockout/tagout procedures. A willful violation is one committed with intentional, knowing or voluntary disregard for the law's requirement or plain indifference to employee safety and health.

Additionally, 14 serious violations involve failing to provide machine guarding, provide adequate guardrails, mark and illuminate emergency and exit signs, evaluate the workplace to determine if there were any confined spaces that would require permits, examine powered industrial trucks prior to each shift, ensure that employees used electrical protective equipment, provide electrically insulated tools develop an exposure control plan for bloodborne pathogens, offer hepatitis B vaccines and label biohazard containers. A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.

Finally, five other-than-serious violations involve using work areas for storage, as well as failing to record work-related injuries, maintain clean conditions, provide a written respiratory protection program and provide employees with information for voluntary respirator use. An other-than-serious violation is one that has a direct relationship to job safety and health, but probably would not cause death or serious injury.

As a result of the investigation, Marietta Industrial Enterprises has been placed in OSHA's Severe Violator Enforcement Program. (WCxKit)

SVEP is intended to focus on recalcitrant employers that endanger workers by committing willful, repeat or failure-to-abate violations in one or more of the following circumstances: a fatality or catastrophe, industry operations or processes that expose workers to severe occupational hazards, employee exposure to hazards related to the potential releases of highly hazardous chemicals and all per-instance citation (egregious) enforcement actions.

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Florida Utility Contractor Cited Following Death of Worker

November 16, 2011 by Robert Elliott, J.D. Leave a Comment

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently cited Callaway Contracting Inc. of Jacksonville for 13 safety violations. According to a report from OSHA, it opened an inspection in May following the death of a worker who was electrocuted while unloading steel from a tractor trailer for a roadway rehabilitation project on Normandy Boulevard. The inspection also was expanded to include the company's main office on New Berlin Road.

"This fatality could have been prevented. Management knew about the hazards associated with unloading the truck near power lines, but rushed to get the truck unloaded and failed to take the proper precautions," said Brian Sturtecky, OSHA's area director in Jacksonville. (WCxKit)

Callaway, an underground utility contractor, was cited for one willful violation related to the fatality for failing to prevent the load line from contacting the energized overhead power lines. Three other willful violations involve failing to have a qualified person inspect the crane annually and exposing workers to being caught in a rotating superstructure, as well as "struck by" hazards. A willful violation is one committed with intentional knowing or voluntary disregard for the law's requirements, or with plain indifference to worker safety and health.

Eight serious violations involve failing to train employees on procedures to be followed in the event the crane makes contact with power lines, failing to conduct daily inspections of the crane prior to its use, ensuring that the crane's operating manual is readily available inside the cab, adequately training the crane operator, training and designating a signal person, and bolting the drill press to the floor. The employer was cited for exposing employees to flying chips of metal, electrical shocks and being drawn into the point-of-operation of equipment. A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.

One other-than-serious violation was cited, with no monetary penalty, for exposed electrical wires. An other-than-serious violation is one that has a direct relationship to job safety and health, but probably would not cause death or serious physical harm.

Proposed penalties total $208,670. Callaway has 15 business days from receipt of the citations and proposed penalties to comply, request a conference with OSHA's area director or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

OSHA has placed Callaway in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program, which mandates targeted follow-up inspections to ensure compliance with the law. Initiated in June 2010, the program focuses on recalcitrant employers that endanger workers by committing willful, repeat or failure-to-abate violations.

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British Columbia Mining Company Pleads Guilty to Worker Fatality in Yukon

November 15, 2011 by Robert Elliott, J.D. Leave a Comment

A Burnaby, British Columbia-based mining company has pleaded guilty to two occupational health and safety charges stemming from a fatal workplace accident in Yukon..

According to the Canadian OH&S News, a 20-year-old apprentice mechanic employed by Procon Mining and Tunneling Ltd. was working at Yukon Zinc Corporation's Wolverine Mine site south of Ross River. While driving his 2004 Toyota Land Cruiser down a 15 percent decline to deliver a part for a piece of equipment to another worker, Paul Wentzell came upon another piece of equipment parked on the ramp. He stopped, pushed the Land Cruiser's emergency brake actuation button on the dashboard (but not the regular parking brake), left the truck in neutral and walked toward the parled equipment. (WCxKit)

The emergency brake did not hold and the vehicle rolled down the decline, striking the young worker from behind, causing serious internal injuries according to a preliminary investigation report into the accident. The vehicle came to a stop approximately 20 meters from where it was originally parked when it collided with the second piece of equipment.

Almost two years after the incident, Procon Mining and Tunneling pleaded guilty to two charges, according to Frank Fry, a spokesman for the Yukon Workers Compensation Health and Safety Board. In particular, the charges relate to the failure to ensure that the emergency brakes on the Toyota Land Cruiser were maintained in a safe operating condition and failure to ensure that a worker had demonstrated competence in operating the vehicle to a supervisor or qualified person.

Six other charges have been stayed, Fry said. This means these counts could be revisited within a year. The charges relate to the alleged failure to:

1. ensure the vehicle was properly identified when unsafe for use;

2. inspect, repair or maintain a braking system in accordance with good engineering practice;

3. inspect the vehicle's braking system within its 250-hour maintenance schedule;

4. ensure the worker had received adequate training in the safe use and operation of the Land Cruiser;

5. ensure the worker was under direct supervision when operating mobile equipment; and,

6. ensure the emergency brake actuation control was identified to show the function it served.

Fry said in the territory the fine for a first offense is up to a maximum of $150,000 and up to $300,000 for subsequent penalties. Procon Mining and Tunneling will appear in court for its sentencing hearing. (WCxKit)

Mine owner Yukon Zinc Corporation is not facing any charges in connection with the incident. "Only Procon was charged because the safety issues involved with the fatality were related directly to that company's operations and did not involve any aspects of the mine's operations," Fry added.

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Alberta Hockey Rink Dedicated to Fallen Worker

October 24, 2011 by Robert Elliott, J.D. Leave a Comment

An Alberta community has dedicated their rebuilt hockey rink to a young worker who was killed on the job, according to a report from the Canadian OH&S News.

The Josh Malysh Rink of Dreams, just outside Devon, Alberta, about 40 kilometers southwest of Edmonton, was officially opened last month. Josh's father, Charles Malysh, said about 500 people came out for the opening. (WCxKit)

"The old one was falling apart. My son had spent a lot of time there playing shinny with his friends, and when we approached the idea to do a park or something as a memorial, [his friends and family] wanted to do something where Josh spent a lot of time, which was at that rink," said Malysh.

The new rink was built by a crew of mostly friends and family using donated materials, according to Malysh, after the old outdoor rink was demolished about a month ago.

Josh Malysh's friends filled the concrete pad that the ice will sit on with mementos of his life. His goalie sticks were buried in the concrete under the nets, his old jersey under centre ice and his trophies were placed in a container and buried as well.

Josh Malysh was working with Sureway Construction in southwest Edmonton, installing water and sewer lines in a new subdivision. As the crew was lowering a concrete sewer pipe into the trench he was working in, it swung around unexpectedly, pinning the 21-year-old worker against the wall of the trench and fatally crushing him, said Barrie Harrison, a spokesman for Alberta Employment and Immigration.

A stop work order was issued after the incident, but OH&S charges have not been laid, Harrison said.

Charles Malysh also works for Sureway, as a project manager. He wasn't on site at the time of the accident, but says he was there when his son was pulled out of the trench. (WCxKit)

"What they think is you are safe at home, you're safe at work, the place where an accident is going to happen is going to and from. In this case it was an accident at work and I'm trying to show them accidents happen all over the place," said Malysh. "You have to be safe all the time."

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Australian Employer Fined 350K Following Death of Man

October 24, 2011 by Robert Elliott, J.D. Leave a Comment

A major development company has been fined $350,000 for an "immense oversight" at the construction of a giant warehouse in Melbourne's southeast that led to the death of a man.

According to information from the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, County Court judge Liz Gaynor said that John Parton's fate was sealed when Australand failed to oversee properly work being done at the Dandenong South site where he was killed when a steel frame collapsed. (WCxKit)

She said it was only luck that more men had not yet arrived for work when the structure, measuring 82 meters by 240 meters, crashed down on the 47-year-old Langwarrin man.

Gaynor said the steel frame had not been properly braced and a colleague with Mr. Parton narrowly escaped death or serious injury.

She said failing to ensure the partially built frame was braced was a "serious example" of an occupational health and safety breach that had resulted in the "massive collapse of a massive structure.”

Australand, the principal builder of the project and in charge of overseeing construction, was fined $350,000.

Australand had no prior convictions and Gaynor said it had shown remorse and taken immediate steps to improve safety on its projects.

Acting director of WorkSafe's construction and utilities team, Allan Beacom, said after the sentencing that temporary bracing on partially-built structures was integral to workplace safety.

“There are a surprisingly high number of structural failures where this simple step has not been done, and in every case, people are at risk," he said.

“The incident must act as a reminder to all that fundamental safety responsibilities must be adhered to." (WCxKit)

Charges against two other defendants in the case are yet to be heard.

Author Robert Elliott, executive vice president, Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc. has worked successfully for 20 years with many industries to reduce Workers Compensation costs, including airlines, healthcare, printing/publishing, pharmaceuticals, retail, hospitality and manufacturing. See www.LowerWC.com for more information. Contact: Info@ReduceYourWorkersComp.com.

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Filed Under: Legal Doctrines, Medical Issues, Safety and Loss Control, WC in Other Countries (International) Tagged With: Australia, Australia & Workers Comp, Employees and Safety, Fined, Immense Oversight, Legal Issues, Medical Issues, Safety Issues, Safety Programs, Workplace Death, Workplace Health and Safety

Important Fatalities Number Shows Decline, Overall Injuries Increase in Singapore

Task Force Set to Reduce Workplace Deaths by 25 Percent

CANADA Alberta Labor Groups Seek More Workplace Protections

Georgia Refuse Recycler Investigated Worker Found Dead Inside Machine

Florida Utility Contractor Cited Following Death of Worker

British Columbia Mining Company Pleads Guilty to Worker Fatality in Yukon

Alberta Hockey Rink Dedicated to Fallen Worker

Australian Employer Fined 350K Following Death of Man

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