Worker health and safety in solar thermal power systems. II. Data base and methodology for the estimation of worker injury rates

A data base and methodology useful for the quantitative estimation of worker hazards in hypothetical technologies is proposed. The hazard to workers is partitioned into categories of accident sources and injury-types. The probability of experiencing a specified rate in each category is estimated from data on a selected group of industries. Direct comparisons between existing and hypothetical technologies are constructed based on anticipated worker activities in plant operations and maintenance. Selected examples of worker hazards in solar thermal electric power generation are developed.