Sector: health service

Type of hazard: work-related health hazards

Catchwords: prevention, industrial accident, risk assessment

Status: completed 12/1997

Financed by: Berufsgenossenschaft für Gesundheitsdienst und Wohlfahrtspflege

Description, key words:

Cause analysis of accidents on the way to and from work (traffic accidents), work organisation, health/social services

Aims:

Frequency of accidents on the way to or from work/accidents when travelling on work-related business of which 85 % of fatal accidents are apportioned to persons insured through the institution for statutory accident insurance and prevention in the health and welfare service. Goal: proof of the involvement of changeable operational factors in the increased risk of accidents on the way to and from work and accidents while travelling on work-related business, determining appropriate measures at an operational level and accompanying measures of the institution for statutory accident insurance and prevention.

Activities/methods:

Survey in health and social care service companies (questionnaire campaign, expert and group interviews); analysis of the cause of accidents

Results:

Alongside the general accident frequency parameters (age, sex, route to work) particular operational characteristics also proved to be influential factors: size of the concern, management leave of absence, provision of care by safety specialists, regular work meetings

Publications:

Genz, H.O.: Verkehrssicherheit. Die BG (1997) Nr. 12, S. 724- 726

Grewer, G.: Verkehrssicherheit in mobilen Gesundheits- und sozialpflegerischen Diensten. Nicht veröffentlichter Bericht der Berufsgenossenschaft für Gesundheitswesen und Wohlfahrtspflege, Hamburg 1997

last update: 22.08.2000