Employee accidents: Influences of personal characteristics, job characteristics, and substance use in jobs differing in accident potential

Relationships of Working Conditions and Individual Characteristics to Occupational Injuries: A Case‐Control Study in Coal Miners

“…Such situations can increase the risk of injuries 27) . The higher risk of occupational injuries among jobdissatisfied workers found in the present study confirms the results from other investigations 10,28,31) . Job dissatisfaction can be considered as an emotional response and represents job related strain which is associated with production, motivation, absenteeism, tardiness, carelessness, fatigue and mental health which in turn cause injuries.…”

“…The job, which is a well known risk factor 5,6,38) , was not investigated in this study as the cases and controls were matched on the basis of it. The survey used validated questionnaires previously utilized in various countries 4,8,10,15,20,[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]34) . The questionnaires were administered by individual interviewers.…”

“…The study protocol included: (1) a request for participation to the management of the three mines; (2) a standardized questionnaire called Worker's Response Device (WRD) questionnaire, which included sociodemographical data and validated questionnaires 34) assessing poor perception of working conditions 10,22) , poor management and supervision 8,23) , poor safety environment 20,24) , risk taking behavior 15,25,26) , emotional instability 4,27,28) , negative job involvement 29,30) , job dissatisfaction 10,30,31) , and job stress 10,27,32) ; (Table 2) and (3) a validated standardized questionnaire concerning the safety performance of the worker 34) called the Supervisor's Response Device (SRD) questionnaire ( Table 2). …”

“…Certain personal and impersonal factors were identified as risk factors in some industries: petrochemical industries 10) , construction industries [11][12][13] , railway firms 14) , nuclear processing plants 15) , transport safety 16,17) , glass bottle manufacturing plants 18) , and in the general population [19][20][21] . Some authors have emphasized the roles of poor perception of working conditions 10,22) , poor management and supervision 8,23) , and poor safety environment 20,24) , risk taking behavior 15,25,26) , emotional instability 4,27,28) , negative job involvement 29,30) , job dissatisfaction 10,28,31) and job stress 10,27,32) . The issue of the safety performance of workers has been little investigated although it can play a role in occupational injury 33) .…”

Depressive symptoms and self-reported occupational injury in small and medium-sized companies

“…Fourth, it is possible that work-related stressors are an intermediated step in a pathway leading from depressive symptoms to the occurrence of occupational injuries. Several studies have demonstrated a relationship between occupational injury and work related stressors [e.g., decision latitude and job demand (Nakata et al 2006;Salminen et al 2003;Swaen et al 2004), low social support (Murata et al 2000;Wilkins and Beaudet 1998), interpersonal conXicts (Greiner et al 1998;Salminen et al 2003), job dissatisfaction (Dembe et al 2004;Holcom et al 1993;Li et al 2001;Nakata et al 2006)]. Conversely, these factors may aVect depressive symptoms, which in turn may work as intervening variables aVecting the occurrence of occupational injuries.…”