Occupational accidents assessment by field of activity and investigation model for prevention and control

Abstract

The rate of occupational accidents is increasing, leading to a number of organizationaldeficiencies. For European Union (EU), the non-fatal accident number in 2017 was 3,315,101. An increasein the number of accidents is recorded in many of the member states. In addition, the increase inaccidents tends to focus on certain sectors and is due more to the increase in the incidence rate than theincrease in the workforce. Companies in these industry sectors have also implemented less intensiveprevention practices than firms in other sectors. Performing a statistical evaluation of non-fatal andfatal accidents is an important one. This assessment helps managers understand the importance ofimplementing prevention and control methods across organizations. For this research, we used seriesof data obtained from the Romanian National Institute of Statistics (NIS), Labor Inspection in Romania,and Eurostatof the European Commission. Data series evaluations were conducted for the EU andRomania. A qualitative assessment of the industry data series had been carried out. Furthermore,T-tests and analysis of variance analysis (ANOVA) were performed to identify the relationships betweenthe frequency index of fatal and non-fatal accidents, and the categories chosen. The values obtainedfor men were significantly higher than those of female workers. Based on the results of the qualitativeassessment and European and national strategies, an experimental model for the prevention andcontrol of occupational accidents is proposed. At the end of the paper, the situation of labor accidentsin Romania and Bulgaria, two EU member states, is assessed in the agriculture, forestry and fishing,manufacturing, construction and transport, and storage sectors. A series of trends are presented for theperiod 2018-2020. The results obtained from the evaluation of the data series represent an importantcore of the Romanian Labor Inspectorate for the development of strategic actions.