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- Title
THE PREVENTION OF LIFE-CHANGING INJURIES AND FATALITIES.
- Authors
STANKOVIĆ, TIJANA; RAĐENOVIĆ, TAMARA; ŽIVKOVIĆ, SNEŽANA
- Abstract
In the past twoyears, the Republicof Serbiahasseen gains in workplace safety, particularly as regards total reported injuries.In 2020 there is a 22.63% drop in reported injuries compared to 2019,according to the Ministryof Labor, Employment, SocialandVeterans Affairs Work Reportfor 2020 and 2019.Nonetheless, this trend should notovershadow another disturbing trend intheworkplace –that the number of life-changing injuriesand fatalities has been on a much slower regression. Whileit is encouraging that the total reportedincident rate isdecreasing, the next step for safety excellence and theone Serbian Ministry currently strives to achieve, isthe eliminationof life-changing injuries and fatalities in the workplace. The paperpresents an overview of life-changing injury and fatality prevention and how it is addressed by using incident and near miss data. The presented analyseswill add benefit to the prevention improvement of life-changing injuriesand fatalities.
- Subjects
SERBIA; PREVENTION of injury; MORTALITY prevention; LIFE change events; GOVERNMENT policy on industrial safety
- Publication
Quality of Life: A Multi-Disciplinary Journal of Food Science, Environmental Science & Public Health, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 1/2, p56
- ISSN
1986-602X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7251/QOL2301056S