Premium
Workplace and organizational accident causation factors in the manufacturing industry
Author(s) -
Katsakiori Panagiota,
Kavvathas Aristomenis,
Athanassiou George,
Goutsos Stavros,
Manatakis Emmanuel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing and service industries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1520-6564
pISSN - 1090-8471
DOI - 10.1002/hfm.20154
Subject(s) - causation , lisrel , accident (philosophy) , occupational accident , structural equation modeling , work (physics) , organizational safety , engineering , occupational safety and health , business , operations management , organizational performance , marketing , computer science , occupational medicine , political science , organizational behavior and human resources , organizational engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , machine learning , law
Abstract Labor inspectors investigate accidents to identify possible accident causes, initiate prosecution, and plan future accident prevention. The Method of Investigation for Labor Inspectors (MILI) was designed to help them to identify workplace and organizational factors in addition to immediate factors and legal breaches. The present study analyzes the impact of workplace (work design and provision of unsafe equipment) and organizational factors (training and employee involvement) on accident causation and validates MILI on real accident cases. Accident data from the manufacturing sector are analyzed with LISREL structural equation modeling. Results confirm the relationship between work design and training as well as between provision of unsafe equipment and employee involvement. The present study provides evidence that MILI is a structured accident investigation method allowing multiple accident causation factors to be revealed and that it could help all interested parts (not only labor inspectors, but companies as well) to thoroughly investigate occupational accidents. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.