Track: Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)

Abstract

The study aims to investigate the causes of accidents among the food processing company in the Philippines by analyzing 82 cases of accident reports which could help in the development of preventive strategies and safety plans for companies in reducing the occurrence of workplace accidents. In order to perform an in-depth analysis of accidents, the researchers first categorized the factors associated with the accidents based gender, age, type of work, shift, extent of disability, accident type, body part affected, place of injury, nature of injury and other contributing factors. Then, statistical analysis such as Cramer’s V test were performed in order to determine the significant associations among factors considered in the study. Afterwards, task analysis using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is employed to determine the detailed task, percentage of responsibility and the failure points that led to the accidents. And finally, cause-responsibility analysis such as Occupational Accident Tree Analysis (OATA) and Occupational Accident Component Analysis (OACA) were used in order to determine the root causes of accidents and identify the percentage responsibility of worker and company towards the accident. The result of the analysis showed that place of injury and contributing factors were the most significant factors that led to the accident of workers. This findings helped the researchers in developing preventive strategies and safety plans for the companies to reduce occurrence of accidents in the future.