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Degree of Integration of Risk Preventive Measures in the Management System of Companies in the Electricity Sector

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Title Degree of Integration of Risk Preventive Measures in the Management System of Companies in the Electricity Sector
 
Creator Araújo-Vila, Noelia
Fraiz-Brea, Jose A
Toubes, Diego R
 
Subject Accidents
Electricity industry
Occupational health
Prevention
Training
 
Description 663-670
Despite the increasingly severe POH (Prevention and Occupational Health) regulation and the mandatory use of more
effective protection equipment, workplace accidents and mishaps are still common events worldwide. Moreover, these mishaps
include a considerable number of occasional accidents, that is, those that are caused by unsafe working conditions and
behaviours, and therefore, could be avoided. Aiming to investigate the causes of such failures, the present study analyses the
adoption and application of prevention measures within companies of the electricity (which has one of the highest levels of
accidents). In this context, data on the organisation and adoption of prevention measures was collected through a survey with
workers and supervisors of companies from Galicia, Spain (n = 220). Results suggest that there is a general deficiency regarding
awareness of risk within companies from the sector, which leads to an insufficiency of adequate prevention measures. More
specifically, a considerable percentage of both managers and workers have shown not to have enough knowledge on POH.
Practical implications to mitigate these problems are addressed in the conclusions.
 
Date 2022-06-06T05:27:39Z
2022-06-06T05:27:39Z
2022-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1084 (Online); 0022-4456 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/59852
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source JSIR Vol.81(06) [June 2022]