Causes of accidents - Environmental factors

We now have information on what types of accidents happen, but not why they occur.

There are three groups of factors that contribute to accidents:

• Environmental
• Human
• Occupational

Any accident report and investigation should identify which factors were the cause.

Environmental factors

Concerned with the workplace and the conditions of the workplace which affect the employee.

Organisation of the workplace

The layout of the workplace including access, transport, space, overcrowding, cleanliness and waste

disposal, housekeeping, cleaning schedule.

Environmental stressors

Temperature, ventilation, humidity, lighting, noise. These can be associated closely with occupational factors, e.g. physical.

Welfare

Washing facilities, toilets, drinking water, amenity areas, accommodation for clothes, changing rooms, rest and meal facilities.

Structural

Slips, trips and falls, staircases, falls from a height, doors, gates, windows, roads, floors, and traffic routes.

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