Occupational accidents in Swedish construction trades

Berglund, Lars; Johansson, Maria; Nygren, Magnus; Samuelson, Björn; Stenberg, Magnus; Johansson, Jan

doi:10.1080/10803548.2019.1598123

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“…In this context, there are many studies showing that work accidents are most common in the 25-44 age range and least common in the 65+ age range [12,13,[29][30][31]. In some studies, the 16-24 age range was found to be the age group where work accidents occurred most frequently [26,32]. There are also studies indicating that the 35-45 age range is the age group that most frequently experiences fatal work accidents [28].…”

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Modeling the Factors That Affect Work Accidents with Binary Logistic Regression: Evidence from Turkey

Alkan¹,

Gültekin²

2021

Occupational Wellbeing

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Work accidents remain important worldwide. Work accidents and diseases influence the whole country economically, socially, and psychologically. The aim of this study was to determine the socio-demographic and economic factors that were influential for individuals in Turkey who experienced work accidents resulting in injuries. In this study, the Turkey Health Survey microdata set conducted by the Turkish Statistical Institute was employed including data from 35,019 employees who participated in the survey between 2008 and 2016. The factors affecting individuals' work accidents were determined by binary logistic regression analysis. According to analysis results, it was determined that the variables of gender, age, education, occupation, health, psycho-social support/being depressed, and use of alcohol have an impact on individuals having work accidents. Methods such as young employees receiving a good education, individuals completing their education before starting working, early intervention in diseases by regular employee checkups , the reduction of stress in employees' working life, reduction of the negative effects of the job environment on employees, preservation of a healthy work-life balance, and supporting employees in their attempt to give up various bad habits such as smoking through rehabilitation can play significant roles in reducing work accidents.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Modeling the Factors That Affect Work Accidents with Binary Logistic Regression: Evidence from Turkey

Alkan¹,

Gültekin²

2021

Occupational Wellbeing

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“…Reference Purpose Difference Berglund et al, 2019 [24] The author analyzed fatalities and injuries according to daily, monthly, and workers' ages in 2016 in Spain. This study analyzes 18 accident types considering several weather conditions.…”

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“…As indicated in Table 1 , previous research in this area falls into three categories: (i) research related to the causes of construction disasters [ 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 ], (ii) research related to an analysis of the weather impact on injury and fatal accidents in construction [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , ...…”

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“…Studies related to OEQ found that injury and fatal accidents occurred due to different temperature conditions and seasonal changes [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ]. Earlier work analyzed the causes of injury and fatal accidents in relation to specific weather conditions, such as those in the summer and winter seasons [ 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 ]. Other research analyzed ‘falls’ and ‘slips’ as frequent types of accident which can be affected by weather conditions [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 ].…”

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Exploring Fatalities and Injuries in Construction by Considering Thermal Comfort Using Uncertainty and Relative Importance Analysis

Lee

Jeong

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Fatal injury and accidents in the construction industry occur under the influence of outdoor weather conditions such as temperature, humidity and wind speed in all four seasons. Previous research in this area has focused on hot and cold weather conditions: hot weather causes heat rash, heat cramps and heat fainting, while cold weather causes fatigue, lumbago, and cold finger sensations. However, other weather conditions are also associated with, and cause, fatal injury and accidents. Accordingly, this study analyzes injury and fatal accidents in the construction industry based on the physiological equivalent temperature (PET) as it pertains to thermal comfort using an uncertainty analysis. Furthermore, using a neural network, relative importance is analyzed considering injury and fatal accidents. This study is conducted in five steps: (i) Establishment of the database, (ii) Classification of accident types and weather conditions, (iii) Calculation of thermal comfort, (iv) Analysis of injury and fatal accidents based on thermal comfort, and (v) Calculation of the relative importance of thermal comfort during injury and fatal accidents. Via the research process, 5317 fatal incidents and 207,802 injuries are analyzed according to 18 accident types in all seasons. It was found that ‘falls’, were the most frequent fatal incident and injury (2804 fatal incidents and 71,017 injuries), with most of these occurring during the autumn season. The probabilities of injury and fatal accidents in the ‘fall’ category are 86.01% and 85.60%, respectively, in the outside comfort ranges. The contribution of this study can provide data for a database on safety management considering weather conditions.

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“…Indeed, occupation is a potent factor for worker health encompassing both occupational and socioeconomic conditions playing a crucial role for differences in sick leave (Lidwall et al 2018;Mastekaasa 2005;Virtanen et al 2010). As employers have a key role in addressing preventive work environment measures, branches are also crucial for the identification of where to intervene (Berglund et al 2019;Gaspar et al 2018;Irastorza et al 2016;Kristman et al 2016;Marshall et al 1997). Branch is also an important contextual factor constituting economic conditions and future prospects influencing wages, job opportunities and job security (Irastorza et al 2016;Kristman et al 2016;Marshall et al 1997;Virtanen et al 2010).…”

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Gender composition in occupations and branches and medically certified sick leave: a prospective population study

Lidwall

2021

Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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Objective To investigate whether gender-segregated occupations and branches are associated with future medically certified sick leave for women and men. Methods All gainfully employed residents in Sweden in December 31st 2014 aged 16–69 years (n = 4 473 964) were identified in national registers. Subjects working in segregated (61–90%) and extremely segregated (> 90%) occupations and branches were evaluated v/s subjects in gender-integrated occupations and branches (40–60%). Combinations of segregation by occupation and branch were also investigated. Two-year prospective medically certified sick leaves (> 14 days) were evaluated using logistic regression with odds ratios recalculated to relative risks (RR), adjusted for work, demographic and health related factors. Results The sick leave risk was higher for those working in extremely female-dominated occupations (women RR 1.06 and men RR 1.13), and in extremely female-dominated branches (women RR 1.09 and men RR 1.12), and for men in extremely male-dominated branches (RR 1.04). The sick leave risk was also higher for both women and men in female-dominated occupations regardless of the gender segregation in the branch they were working in. However, the differences in sick leave risks associated with gender segregation were considerably smaller than the differences between occupations and branches in general. Conclusions Gender segregation in occupations and branches play a role for sick leave among women and men, especially within extremely female-dominated occupations and branches. However, gender segregation appears to be subordinate to particular occupational hazards faced in diverse occupations and branches.

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Occupational accidents in Swedish construction trades

Cited by 18 publications

References 9 publications

Modeling the Factors That Affect Work Accidents with Binary Logistic Regression: Evidence from Turkey

Modeling the Factors That Affect Work Accidents with Binary Logistic Regression: Evidence from Turkey

Exploring Fatalities and Injuries in Construction by Considering Thermal Comfort Using Uncertainty and Relative Importance Analysis

Gender composition in occupations and branches and medically certified sick leave: a prospective population study

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