Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Australia.
School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia.
Ergonomics. 2022 Oct;65(10):1421-1433. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2022.2041733. Epub 2022 Feb 18.
Incident reporting systems are a fundamental component of safety management, however, most systems used in practice are not aligned with contemporary accident causation models. This article presents an analysis of a National Incident Dataset (NID) for adverse incidents occurring in the Australian Led Outdoor Activity (LOA) sector. The aim was to investigate the adverse Injury, Illness, and Psychosocial incidents reported to the NID. In total, 1657 injuries, 532 illnesses, and 146 psychosocial incidents were analysed from 357,691 program participation days. The findings show that the rate of incidents per 1000 program participant days in LOAs was 4.6 for injury, 1.5 for illness, and 0.04 for psychosocial incidents, and incident severity was predominately minor. The analysis of systemic contributory factors demonstrates that incidents in LOA are systemic in nature, with multiple levels of the LOA system identified as contributing to adverse incidents. For example, contributory factors were identified across local government (facilities), schools (communication), parents (communication), LOA management (policies and procedures), people involved in the incidents (mental and physical condition), and the environment (terrain) and equipment (clothing). This study presents an assessment of the current state of safety in the Australian LOA sector and demonstrates the utility of applying systems ergonomics methods in practice. This article presents an analysis of 1657 injury, 532 illness, and 146 psychosocial incidents occurring in the Australian Led Outdoor Activity (LOA) sector, using a systems ergonomics method. The findings demonstrate the incident charactersitics and how decisions and actions from across the system contribute to adverse incidents in LOAs.
事故报告系统是安全管理的一个基本组成部分，然而，实践中使用的大多数系统与当代事故致因模型并不一致。本文对澳大利亚户外探险（LOA）行业的国家事故数据集（NID）中的不良事故进行了分析。目的是调查向 NID 报告的不良伤害、疾病和心理社会事件。在总计 357691 个项目参与日中，分析了 1657 起伤害、532 起疾病和 146 起心理社会事件。结果表明，LOA 中每 1000 名项目参与者的事故发生率为伤害 4.6，疾病 1.5，心理社会事件 0.04，且事故严重程度主要为轻微。对系统促成因素的分析表明，LOA 中的事故是系统性的，LOA 系统的多个层面被确定为导致不良事件的原因。例如，在地方政府（设施）、学校（沟通）、家长（沟通）、LOA 管理（政策和程序）、事故涉及人员（身心状况）以及环境（地形）和设备（服装）方面都发现了促成因素。本研究对澳大利亚 LOA 行业的当前安全状况进行了评估，并展示了在实践中应用系统工效学方法的效用。
