Indirect Causes of Accidents

These comprise all like factors which give increment to direct causes. These involve lack of knowledge and skills, physiological/anatomical deficiencies and inappropriate psychological traits of workers.

• Lack of knowledge and skills is marked through incorrect knowledge, incomplete knowledge, and low degree of skill or lack of skill or misunderstanding of job instructions.

• Inappropriate physiological/anatomical deficiencies refer to poor eye- sight, lack of fitness, hearing defects, illness, allergies, etc.

• Inappropriate psychological traits characterize workers who are arrogant, fearful, careless, lazy, nervous, egoistical, and absent-minded and over-confident.