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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER
Accident Theory
People
Environment Equipment
Materials
Safety Hazards
• Something that has a potential for
injury
Health Hazards
• Something that has a potential to cause
illness
• Lost Time:
Injured
Worker,
• Training New
Supervisor
Employees
• Spoiled Product • Overhead Costs
• Unhappy customers • Legal Fees
• Cleanup Time • Increase in
• Schedule Delays Indirect Costs Insurance Cost
• Unsafe / Unhealthy
ACTS
•Unsafe / Unhealthy
CONDITIONS
• Improper Attitude
• Physical Limitations
• Lack of Knowledge
or Skills
1 Death
10 serious accidents
100 minor injuries
1,000 hazardous occurrences
10,000 unsafe acts or conditions
• 98% - preventable
88% - unsafe / unhealthy
ACTS
10% - unsafe/unhealthy
CONDITIONS
• 2% - non-preventable
US / UH US / UH
Acts Conditions
•Unaware
•Unnoticed
•Unable
•Uncorrected
•Unmotivated