How Preventing Serious Injuries and Fatalities (SIF) Can Save Lives in the Workplace

Industrial safety is usually focused on reducing frequent and minor accidents. Serious injuries and fatalities (SIF) are overlooked since their occurrence is seldom. However, annually, SIF accounts for 380,000 deaths worldwide. Measures to prevent minor incidents have been proven not to eliminate SIF. Industrial hygienists and safety managers must focus on specific control measures to decrease SIF rates. This article introduces some basic approaches used to decrease SIF rates.