Accident experience of Commonwealth Government employees in Western Australia : 1 June 1993 to 2 December 1995

This quantitative study documents, analyses and discusses the accident experience of Commonwealth employees in Western Australia from 1 July 1993 to 2 December 1995 as recorded on 1663 accident report forms. The research addresses the problem of lack of knowledge of accidents in the Commonwealth sector of the Western Australian work force. Its purpose is to identify possible areas of health and safety improvement and highlight where accident frequency may be reduced. Risk management is adopted as a conceptual framework to explore categories of accident related data, including month of year, time of day, day of the week of accidents, number of years of job experience, age and gender of the worker, accident frequency and severity. Where applicable accident related data was subjected to Chi-square statistical tests. Important findings, amongst others, include the identification of the month of August as having a higher frequency of accidents, inexperienced Commonwealth workers incurring 80.5% of accidents, and 64% of accidents involving men. Such findings are of importance to the Commonwealth so that prevention strategies targeted at these areas can be developed. Additional research utilising national data is recommended.

Grantor dc:publisher

Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia

Year dc:date

1998

Author dc:creator

• Wright, David R.

• Civil service
• Officials and employees
• Health and hygiene
• Western Australia
• Industrial accidents
• Statistics
• Industrial safety
• Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene

Repository record dc:identifier

https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1444

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ro.ecu.edu.au:theses-2445