Major Injury

Causes

Prep. Jawad Baig

Personal protective equipments
• Personal protective equipment not used
causes 12% injuries.

• Personal protective equipment is a

Barrier between a person and hazard.

• PPE’s cover all parts of the body.

for example:-
Eye and Face ,Head
Hands and Arms, lungs , Ears, feet
legs & trunk, as needed.
 Poor position of people
• Poor position of people causes
30% of injuries.
• Injuries caused under this class
include, falling from elevations & at
the same level, tripping.
• contact with electric current and hot
temperatures.
 Improper Tools &
Equipment
• Improper tools & equipment
Causes 28% of injuries.
• Make sure that tools & equipments
are right for the job, are in a safe
condition, are used correctly & that
tools are put away in safe place.
• Necessary repairs should be reported
to the supervisor immediately.
 Action of people
• Action of people cause
14% of injuries.

• These include inattention, horse play

• Worry, fatigue, daydreaming
• Quick/poor judgments and intentional
disregard of safe work practices.
Deviation from Procedures
and orders
• Deviation from Procedures and
orders cause 11% of injuries.
• Operating maintenance and safety
procedures must be followed. If not
understood, employees should ask
the supervisor.
• These procedures should be
reviewed & upgraded as we make
changes to operations.
 Poor house keeping and
unsafe conditions
• Poor house keeping and unsafe
conditions cause 5% of injuries.
• Most plants have good house
keeping & that is why their injury
percentage is low.
• We should continuously keep it that
way, because