OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

(MEM 603)

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT
STUDENTS NAME

MOHD HAFIZUDDIN BIN ZAYADI

2012289658

LECTURERS NAME
DR BULAN ABDULLAH

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

Contents
Description.............................................................................................................. 3
Place ilustration...................................................................................................... 4

Accident site observation...................................................................................... 5

Question to uncover causes............................................................................................... 6
Investigation finding.............................................................................................. 7
Accident causes....................................................................................................... 7
Causation summary................................................................................................ 8
Refference................................................................................................................ 9

Description
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The case of died being struck by flying object, A male worker was found
dead near the threshing machine located in factory Gelang Patah, Johor. He
is believed being hit by flying metal fragment as he was trying to check the
troubled threshing machine. The victim, an Malaysian identified as halim, 32
is said trying to troubleshoot the threshing maching while other threshing
machine still running. He use a 20 feet ladder to check the upper part of
machine. The flying metal struck on the left side of his head just above the
left eyes. He fell to the ground and eventually passed out. Fellow workers
transported him to the hospital. He died approximately two days later.

The worker is trying

to repair this
thresher

The object believed

is come from this
thresher
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Thresher 1

Thresher 2

Thresher 3

Thresher 4

The object is struck

the face of worker

The ladder
used (20
feet)

The worker was

found seriously
injured in the head

Accident Site Observation

location of people
Positions of people while found
Personal protective equipment(PPE) used while found.
The condition of victim while found.
The height of the ladder
The size of metal
The weight of metal
The worker alone (no assistant to observe )
The nearby machine is still running
The metal is from the part of machine

Questions to uncover causes

1. Who was injured?

2. Who saw the accident?
3. Where did the accident occur?
4. Who are with him during the accident happen?
5. Why the victim there?
6. What PPE used?
7. What was the accident?
8. What was the injury?
9. What is the height of ladder used?
10. Where the metal comes from?
11. How often the machine was inspected?

Investigation finding
1. A male worker (En halim, 32)
2. None
3. Nearby threshing machine
4. None
5. Trying to repair the machine.
6. Only gloves (no safety helmet) and other important PPE.
7. The face of victim being hit by flying metal fragment and head of the victim hit the
floor after falling from upper part of threshing machine.
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8. Head injury and serious face injury

9. 20 feet.
10. The metal comes from the part of machine that detached.
11. No fix schedule of machine maintenance.

Accident Causes

Direct

Indirect

Basic

Falls

Working alone

No safe working procedure

Struck by flying object

The rotating machine part is

No fix schedule of

detached

maintenance

Serious faces and head injury

Rainy day

Not wearing enough PPE

Other nearby machine still

Make a hasty decision

Not enough training

running

Causation Summary

Possible causes

Corrective actions

Follow up

The rotating machine part is

Fix the schedule of

En Hamid

detached

maintenance
(maintenance engineer)

No safe working procedure

Employers make sure the

En Gunalan

workers follow the safety

Not wearing enough PPE

procedure

(Safety officer)

Wear PPE

En Gunalan
(Safety officer)

Make a hasty decision

Give a proper training

(repair machine alone )

No insruction card on

En samad
(admin secretary)

Make a Kanban system

En Hamid

machine
(maintenance engineer)

References
1. https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/hsprograms/investig.html
2. http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/AccidentInvestigations/IR-Construction.asp?
ReportID=37729&_Type=Construction&_Title=Painter-seriously-injured-after-falling-offladder

3. http://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/casestudies.htm