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DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE SEVERAL ACCIDENTS CAUSATION MODELS

Healthcare

20th May , 2010

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TOC \o "1-3 " \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l "_Toc5 " Table of Contents PAGEREF _Toc5 \h 2

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc6 " 1 .0 Introduction PAGEREF _Toc6 \h 3

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc7 " 2 .0 Accident Causation models PAGEREF _Toc7 \h 4

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc8 " 2 .01 Swiss cheese Model PAGEREF _Toc8 \h 4

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9 " 2 .02 Application of Swiss Chess Model in healthcare PAGEREF _Toc9 \h 7

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"_Toc0 " 2 .1Heinrich 's Domino Model PAGEREF _Toc0 \h 7

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc1 " The difference between the accident causation models PAGEREF _Toc1 \h 8

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc2 " Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc2 \h 8 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc3 " References PAGEREF _Toc3 \h 10 DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE SEVERAL ACCIDENTS CAUSATION MODELS

Occupational Health and Safety

1 .0 Introduction

The Australian government is concerned about health and safety of its workers (Groeneweg , 1998 . Groeneweg (1998 ) the rights to safe and healthy workplace should be enjoyed by all workers in Australia . The major challenge to occupational health and safety is the occurrence of accident in companies . This implies that if occupational health was to be maintained at high standards , then the rate of accident that occurs in the companies must be reduced . This is only possible if the cause of accident is established

Accident is a word which is used to refer to an unexpected episode that stops a planned activity from being completed . An accident may or may not cause injury...

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