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Dr Haris Habib, MSPH 2009-10

drharishabib@hsa.edu.pk

Dated 6th

May 2009

Hea l t h S e r v i ces A cadem y , C hak S hahzad I s lam a bad

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An average estimated fatal occupational accident ratein the whole world was 14.0/100,000 workers and thetotal estimated number of fatal occupational accidentswas 335,000 in 1994

According to World Bank classification of regions thehighest rates (23.1/100,000) and absolute fatalityfigures (80,586) are found in Other Asia and Islands(OAI) (4) .The reason is that the rapidly industrialisingcountries such as the Republic of Korea, Thailand and

Indonesia have reported high fatal accident frequencyrates

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A commonly used argument is also that poorcountries and companies cannot afford safety andhealth measures.(world economic forum 2002)

Selecting a low-safety, low-health and low-income

survival strategy is not likely to lead to highcompetitiveness or sustainability (ILO Safety innumbers,2003).

The accidents reported to ILO comprised only 3.9%

for the estimated accidents that took place in theworld (takala ,et al)

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There is strong association between workersperception of organisational factors related tooccupational health and workers behaviourtowards safety at work. Although longitudinalstudies can further clarify the relationbetween safety climate and workersbehaviour, managements commitment tosafety seems a strong determinant of success

of interventions focused to improve workersbehaviour regarding occupational health andsafety(Garcia et al)

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Reduction in occupational accidents in Premier Sugar MillsMardan.

ObjectiveTo find out different causes of occupational accidents &

To determine the prevalence of occupational accidents atpremier sugar mills, Mardan.

Study Design

Cross sectional descriptive study

Ethical issues

Written informed consent will be taken from departmentsand authorities concerned with the study.

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Socio demographic Variables like name, age,

sex, duration of job in factory, salary, etc will beused.

Study variables like any apparent deformity,general physical examination, eye sight

examination etc.Location

Premier Sugar Mills Mardan

Duration

3 months

BUDGET

Rs 50,000

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As Pakistan is among the countries who dontprovide data for occupational accidents toInternational Labour Organisation and thats whythere is no check on these incident , this study will

provide some beneficial information aboutoccupational accidents and its fatalities and willhelp the national policy maker to consider thoseareas who was not exposed before. In the long

term this study will affect policies regarding healthand safety of industrial workers.

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