TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Organizational factors influencing serious occupational accidents
JO  - Scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
A1  - Salminen, Simo
A1  - Saari, J.
A1  - Saarela, Kaija Leena
A1  - Rasanen, T.
SP  - 352
EP  - 357
VL  - 19
IS  - 5
N2  - The aim of this article is to examine organizational factors influencing serious occupational accidents. The study was part of a larger project investigating 99 serious occupational accidents in southern Finland. A workplace analysis and an accident analysis were done at accident sites. In connection with this investigation, 73 victims, 91 foremen, and 83 co-workers were interviewed with a structured questionnaire. The results showed that the need to save time, tight schedules, and a lack of caution had a greater influence on accidents than did the foremen, co-workers, customers, professional pride, curiosity, or the wage system. Big companies had the lowest risk of serious occupational accidents. Accident risk was significantly greater for subcontractors than for main contractors.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0355-3140
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -