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Has Covid -19 had an effect on accident statistics? - Coggle Diagram
Has Covid -19 had an effect on accident statistics?
Changes in Human Interaction
Work from home
Communicating through technology instead of in person
Social distancing
Less need to drive on the road
Restrictions on global travel
Organisatinal Risk Approaches
Moved to a stay at home if sick culture from a past push through it if unwell culture
Better work flexibilty
Increased focus on employee health wellbeing and safety
Increased hygiene facilities and protocols
Phychosocial Hazards
Remote / isolated work - can have long-term mental health affects on a person and their ability to peform
Strain and workload pressures put on a number of essential workers during pandemic e.g. health care workers / Logistics industry / supermarket workers
Difficult to measure long term phychosocial affects Covid-19 has had on mental health
Machinery operators and drivers - 6.5%.
2021 - 2022 Higest Rate of Injury Statistics by Occupation
Community and personal service workers - 7.0%.
Labourers - 5.7%.
Technicians and trades workers - 5.3%
Referecences
Work Health and Safety Queensland 2021, Key work health and safety statistics Queensland 2021, Worker fatalities by industry 2020, viewed 8 March 2023,
https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/resources/statistics/reports/reports-and-statistics
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of hospital staff: An umbrella review of 44 meta-analyses
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020748922001018
Work-related injuries: People who experienced a work-related injury or illness, including type of injury, job details and work-related injury rates
Work-related injuries, 2021-22 financial year | Australian Bureau of Statistics (abs.gov.au)
Change in Sectors
Traditional work sectors most affected by restrcitons
Medical Sector
Stress disorders / anxiety /reduced well being
Harvard Review seen an increase of 49% in accidents
Health care sector did not slow down over the period of Covid-19, instead they were at their limit
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