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Accidents in family forestry´s firewood production
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology.
2008 (English)In: Accident Analysis and Prevention, ISSN 0001-4575, E-ISSN 1879-2057, Vol. 40, p. 877-886Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Firewood is commonly used around the world, but little is known about the work involved in its production and associated accidents. The objectives were to identify relationships between accidents and time exposure, workers’ age and sex, equipment used and work activities in family forestry’s firewood production. Data from a postal survey in Northern Sweden were compared to a database of injuries in the same region. Most accidents occurred to 50–69 year old men, who also worked most hours. No significant differences in sex and age were found between expected and recorded accident frequencies when calculated from total work hours; however, when calculated using numbers of active persons significant differences were found for both age and sex. Frequency of accidents per unit worked time was higher for machine involving activities than for other activities. Accidents that occurred when using wedge splitter machines were responsible for most of this overrepresentation. Fingers were the most commonly injured body parts. Mean accident rate for the equipment used was 87 accidents per million work hours, and the rate was highest for wedge splitters (122 accidents per million work hours). Exposure to elevated risks due to violation of safety procedures is discussed, as well as possible preventative measures.

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Elsevier, 2008. Vol. 40, p. 877-886
Keywords [en]
Accident ratioo, Exposure, Work time, Wedge splitter, Axe, Saw
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Applied Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-9940DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.10.002ISI: 000256782000005PubMedID: 18460354Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-42949107659OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-9940DiVA, id: diva2:149611
Available from: 2008-06-16 Created: 2008-06-16 Last updated: 2023-03-24Bibliographically approved

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