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Document ID (ISN)107920
CIS number 08-261
Year 2007
Convention or series no.
Title Accidents and lessons learned
Original title Hawadeth wa Durus [in Arabic]
Bibliographic information Kingdom of Bahrain, Ministry of labour, Directorate of Labour Relations, P.O.Box 32333, Manama, Bahrain, [ca. 2007]. Folder containing a leaflet presenting the Occupational Safety Section (5p.) and a booklet describing various occupational accidents (14p. Illus.).
Abstract Folder containing a leaflet presenting the Occupational Safety Section of the Kingdom of Bahrain and a booklet describing various occupational accidents. In each case, the accident descriptions are followed by the causes and the lessons learned. The following accidents are described: bursting tire; trench collapse; clothing entanglement; fall from a hoist; truck overturning; collapse of a concrete pump arm; arm being caught in a cogwheel; explosion of a barrel containing residues of flammable chemicals; scaffold collapse; crushing by a moving shovel truck; electric shock; misuse of hoisting equipment.
Descriptors (primary) Bahrain; occupational accidents; training material; public OSH institutions; analysis of accident causes
Descriptors (secondary) falls of persons; causes of accidents; entanglement; electricity; flammable substances; tyres; power shovels; explosions; scaffolds; concrete placers; lifting equipment; accident descriptions; collapse; overturning; work clothing; trenching and excavating
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvinceBahrain
Subject(s)
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) OSH training
Accident research