Assessment of electric accidents in power industry

Batra, PE; Ioannides, MG

dc.contributor.author	Batra, PE	en
dc.contributor.author	Ioannides, MG	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:17:34Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:17:34Z
dc.date.issued	2002	en
dc.identifier.issn	1090-8471	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/14563
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Manufacturing	en
dc.subject.classification	Ergonomics	en
dc.subject.other	Accident prevention	en
dc.subject.other	Calculations	en
dc.subject.other	Data processing	en
dc.subject.other	Electric industry	en
dc.subject.other	Electricity	en
dc.subject.other	Engineers	en
dc.subject.other	Failure analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Occupational risks	en
dc.subject.other	Risk assessment	en
dc.subject.other	Statistical methods	en
dc.subject.other	Electrocutions	en
dc.subject.other	Fatal accident	en
dc.subject.other	Information system	en
dc.subject.other	Power industry	en
dc.subject.other	Electric accidents	en
dc.title	Assessment of electric accidents in power industry	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1002/hfm.10005	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hfm.10005	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2002	en
heal.abstract	Nowadays. electric power is the most commonly used form of energy and is an important part of everyday life. The violation of the rules of use of electricity implies material damages, human injuries, and, unfortunately, very often, loss of life. According to the international statistics, electric accidents are the most fatal among the other kinds of accidents. This particularity is also confirmed 47 for Greece. The present article is an assessment of the electrocutions that happened between 1992 and 1996 to workers in the power industry of Greece. Specifically, data concerning the occupational characteristics of the injured person, the time at which the accident occurred, and its consequences are presented and discussed. The calculation of the accident frequency rate per 1,000 workers, with special attention to fatal accidents, is proposed. Also, the structure of an information system for accidents is proposed. With its simultaneous connection to the central computer of the company, the information system can calculate the frequency and severity rates per workplace, per group, and per specialty of workers. Also. it characterizes the workers according to the occupational risk they are running. (C) 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.	en
heal.publisher	JOHN WILEY & SONS INC	en
heal.journalName	Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1002/hfm.10005	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000174391900002	en
dc.identifier.volume	12	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	151	en
dc.identifier.epage	169	en