Work-related traumatic fatal injuries involving confined spaces in Australia, 2000-2012
Occupational fatalities remain a significant issue in Australia and worldwide. Confined space fatalities are a particular subset. Confined spaces are defined by a particular set of hazards and often have poor ventilation, which can permit hazardous situations to develop. Confined space fatalities ha...
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2017
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| author | Selman, J. Spickett, Jeffery Jansz, J. Mullins, B. |
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| description | Occupational fatalities remain a significant issue in Australia and worldwide. Confined space fatalities are a particular subset. Confined spaces are defined by a particular set of hazards and often have poor ventilation, which can permit hazardous situations to develop. Confined space fatalities have been investigated in previous international studies; however, no contemporary Australian study specific to work-related confined space fatalities has been undertaken. This study conducted an analysis of work-related traumatic fatal injuries involving confined spaces in Australia based on coronial data. This study aimed to quantify the number of deaths and to provide a detailed description of the personal, industry, nature of the work, and mechanism-specific factors involved. Fifty-nine confined space related deaths were identified over the period 2000-2012; an average rate of 0.05 deaths per 100,000 workers across Australia. This rate is comparable to contemporary US (0.07) and Quebec (0.07) fatality rates. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-568712018-03-22T09:21:04Z Work-related traumatic fatal injuries involving confined spaces in Australia, 2000-2012 Selman, J. Spickett, Jeffery Jansz, J. Mullins, B. Occupational fatalities remain a significant issue in Australia and worldwide. Confined space fatalities are a particular subset. Confined spaces are defined by a particular set of hazards and often have poor ventilation, which can permit hazardous situations to develop. Confined space fatalities have been investigated in previous international studies; however, no contemporary Australian study specific to work-related confined space fatalities has been undertaken. This study conducted an analysis of work-related traumatic fatal injuries involving confined spaces in Australia based on coronial data. This study aimed to quantify the number of deaths and to provide a detailed description of the personal, industry, nature of the work, and mechanism-specific factors involved. Fifty-nine confined space related deaths were identified over the period 2000-2012; an average rate of 0.05 deaths per 100,000 workers across Australia. This rate is comparable to contemporary US (0.07) and Quebec (0.07) fatality rates. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56871 CCH Australia Limited restricted |
| spellingShingle | Selman, J. Spickett, Jeffery Jansz, J. Mullins, B. Work-related traumatic fatal injuries involving confined spaces in Australia, 2000-2012 |
| title | Work-related traumatic fatal injuries involving confined spaces in Australia, 2000-2012 |
| title_full | Work-related traumatic fatal injuries involving confined spaces in Australia, 2000-2012 |
| title_fullStr | Work-related traumatic fatal injuries involving confined spaces in Australia, 2000-2012 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Work-related traumatic fatal injuries involving confined spaces in Australia, 2000-2012 |
| title_short | Work-related traumatic fatal injuries involving confined spaces in Australia, 2000-2012 |
| title_sort | work-related traumatic fatal injuries involving confined spaces in australia, 2000-2012 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56871 |