Classification of work accidents

Within the Occupational risk prevention plan the different risks faced by each worker at his workplace must be identified and classified accordingly.

One accident at work is any physical injury a person may suffer on the job. The Occupational risk prevention plan is responsible for preventing or reducing the likelihood of accidents at work.

All accidents at work are associated with different characteristics, although they can be classified according to the following factors:

• Severity of injury: It is directly related to the consequences of the accident for the worker, which can be non-injury, minor, serious, very serious and even fatal.
• Way in which the accident occurredIt is the way in which the accident at work, if it was a fall from a different height or the same height, if it was a cut, if it was an electric shock, etc.
• Material agent: Indicates the type of substance, object or condition at work that caused the accident, e.g. machinery or tool causing a cut or entrapment.
• Nature of the injury: The type of traumatic injury suffered by the worker as a result of the accident must be identified, be it a fracture, sprain, amputation, etc.
• Location of injury: Identify the part of the body that has been affected by the accident, be it the leg, head, arm, etc.

In addition, within the report of the accident at work details of the accident victim, a description of how the accident occurred, seniority in the workplace, professional qualification of the employee, job and causes of the accident must be included.

After the accidents at work an investigation is initiated to determine the causes which may have led to the accident and all the data relating to the accident must be collected in a first information phase.

Behind it will be an answer to what happened and how the accident happened.

In a second phase, the causes of the accident are investigated and analysed. These causes must always be proved by evidence.

Finally, in its third phase, it will examine whether the necessary measures have been taken by the worker to avoid the risk and decide whether other measures should be used Personal protective equipment or collective to prevent similar accidents in the future.