Paradoks genezy wypadków przy pracy
The genesis of accidents at work paradox

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present the results of studies on the number and severity of accidents at work as a function of time of their occurrence. The study includs 196 cases documented in the statistics of accidents cards. There were taken into consideration the differences: branch, size and location. The sample selection was random. The study examines cases in organizations producing: clothes, plating for seats, furniture, food products, machinery and machine parts, as well as catering service, trade, storage of raw materials, and health care. They show paradoxically that the number and severity of raids at work are inversely proportional to the number of mistakes in the framework of the human circadian rhythm. The number of accidents depend on other factors, possibly such as: quality mistakes, performance/ capacity for human qualities-individual factors, non-professional factors, work organization, and personnel management.

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