Circuit board accident - organizational dimension hidden by prescribed safety
Contribuinte(s) |
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
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Data(s) |
20/05/2014
20/05/2014
01/01/2012
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Resumo |
This study analyzes an accident in which two maintenance workers suffered severe burns while replacing a circuit breaker panel in a steel mill, following model of analysis and prevention of accidents (MAPA) developed with the objective of enlarging the perimeter of interventions and contributing to deconstruction of blame attribution practices. The study was based on materials produced by a health service team in an in-depth analysis of the accident. The analysis shows that decisions related to system modernization were taken without considering their implications in maintenance scheduling and creating conflicts of priorities and of interests between production and safety; and also reveals that the lack of a systemic perspective in safety management was its principal failure. To explain the accident as merely non-fulfillment of idealized formal safety rules feeds practices of blame attribution supported by alibi norms and inhibits possible prevention. In contrast, accident analyses undertaken in worker health surveillance services show potential to reveal origins of these events incubated in the history of the system ignored in practices guided by the traditional paradigm. |
Formato |
3246-3251 |
Identificador |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/WOR-2012-0590-3246 Work-a Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation. Amsterdam: IOS Press, v. 41, p. 3246-3251, 2012. 1051-9815 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/13303 10.3233/WOR-2012-0590-3246 WOS:000306361803060 |
Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
IOS Press |
Relação |
Work-a Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation |
Direitos |
closedAccess |
Palavras-Chave | #occupational accidents #accident prevention #accident investigation #surveillance system |
Tipo |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |