Evaluation of the safety performance in glass industry and providing strategies for management improvement (Case study:Performanve ofthe Isfahanglassfactoryasthe largestglassmanufacturing plant in the country)

Millions of workers are being victims of work accidents each year. According to International Labour Organization, 120 millions of work accidents occur every year which lead to death or disability of many human resources.
This study, being the first one to consider the crystal and glass industry in the country, has been carried out in Isfahan Crystal and Glass Factory as the case study. This study is performed through comparing the data and statistics of the accidents, and evaluating and analyzing the rate of harms to the industry workers in a 12-year period (2001-2013). The management improvement strategies for sustainable development are presented according to the obtained results. The ultimate goal of this paper is to assess the safety indexes in crystal and glass industry to help enhance health and safety level of the work environment.
Findings: The results show that majority of the recorded accidents belong to production section with frequency of 38% while the workers in age group of 36 to 40 years old demonstrated 41% of work accidents. It is concluded that people with 1 to 5 years of job experience are most prone to face work accidents. The main causes of accidents include: being hit by objects, objects collapse, and workers getting stuck or fallen dawn. Workers hand is the most likely organ to be harmed in this industry with the frequency of 58%. Year 2002 showed the highest rate of accidents while personnel trainings played a vital role in decreasing accidents rate in the following year.