Psychosocial Factors at Work and Occupational Injury

Lesuffleur, Thécla; Chastang, Jean-François; Sandret, Nicolas; Niedhammer, Isabelle

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“…Employees filled in a self-administered questionnaire in which their responses were collected about psychosocial work factors and health outcomes. Several articles have already been published by our team using these survey data [ 19 , 25 – 29 ].…”

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“… Thirdly, the associations between occupational exposures and work injury were explored. The results for the associations between psychosocial work factors and work injury were presented in a previous paper and showed that high psychological demands, low social support (especially from supervisors), low reward and its sub-dimensions, low predictability, physical violence, bullying and verbal abuse were associated with work injury [ 19 ]. The associations between the other occupational exposures and work injury were derived from the models above and presented in the present study.…”

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“…Studies showed that high psychological demands, low decision latitude, low social support and/or job strain were associated with work injury [ 16 – 22 ]. A few studies found significant associations between low reward [ 19 ], workplace violence/conflicts [ 16 , 19 , 21 – 23 ] and work injury.…”

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Role of working conditions in the explanation of occupational inequalities in work injury: findings from the national French SUMER survey

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BackgroundSocial inequalities in work injury have been observed but explanations are still missing. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the contribution of working conditions in the explanation of social inequalities in work injury in a national representative sample of employees.MethodsThe study was based on the cross-sectional sample of the national French survey SUMER 2010 including 46,962 employees, 26,883 men and 20,079 women. The number of work injuries within the last 12 months was studied as the outcome. Occupation was used as a marker of social position. Psychosocial work factors included various variables related to the classical job strain model, psychological demands, decision latitude, social support, and other understudied variables related to reward, job insecurity, job promotion, esteem, working time and hours and workplace violence. Occupational exposures of chemical, biological, physical and biomechanical nature were also studied. Weighted age-adjusted Poisson regression analyses were performed.ResultsOccupational gradients were observed in the exposure of most psychosocial work factors and occupational exposures. Strong occupational differences in work injury were found, blue-collar workers being more likely to have work injury. Chemical, biological, physical and biomechanical exposures contributed to explain the occupational differences in work injury substantially. Noise, thermic constraints, manual materials handling, postural/articular constraints and vibrations had significant contributions. Psychosocial work factors also contributed to explain the differences especially among women.ConclusionPrevention policies oriented toward chemical, biological, physical, biomechanical and psychosocial work exposures may contribute to reduce the magnitude of occupational differences in work injury.

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Role of working conditions in the explanation of occupational inequalities in work injury: findings from the national French SUMER survey

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“…A national representative survey in France reported that various adverse workplace practices such as verbal abuse, physical violence, low predictability and bullying, as well as psychological demands and low decision latitude, were related to occupational injuries 23. Furthermore, an important study revealed that organisational injustices such as supervisors' abuse of power can affect both workers' rights as well as their health and safety 24.…”

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“…In terms of job stress. Recent studies have shown that occupational injury is associated with excessive workload, high cognitive demands and low job satisfaction, high intragroup conflict, job insecurity,19 low decision latitude, conflicts with the supervisor or colleagues,20 lack of organisational support,21 poor physical environment, unfair reward and treatment,22 verbal abuse and low predictability,23 and organisational injustice 24…”

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Association between job stress and occupational injuries among Korean firefighters: a nationwide cross-sectional study

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ObjectiveWe aimed to assess the nature of association between job stress and occupational injuries among firefighters in Korea.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingWe conducted a nationwide survey using self-reported questionnaires in South Korea.ParticipantsA survey was conducted among 30 630 firefighters; 25 616 (83.6%) responded. Our study included firefighters who were 20–59 years old. Individuals with <12 months of current job experience and those with missing data were excluded; ultimately, 14 991 firefighters were analysed.ResultsAmong fire suppression personnel, high job demands (OR=1.49, 95% CI 1.25 to 1.77), high interpersonal conflicts (OR=1.18, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.37), a poor organisational system (OR=1.33, 95% CI 1.14 to 1.55), and a negative workplace environment (OR=1.41, 95% CI 1.21 to 1.64) were associated with the occurrence of occupational injury; high job demands (OR=1.22, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.47) were also associated with the frequency of injuries. Among emergency medical services personnel, high job demands (OR=1.26, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.54), high interpersonal conflicts (OR=1.40, 95% CI 1.19 to 1.66), a poor organisational system (OR=1.55, 95% CI 1.30 to 1.85), lack of reward (OR=1.43, 95% CI 1.21 to 1.69) and a negative workplace environment (OR=1.30, 95% CI 1.10 to 1.54) were associated with the occurrence of occupational injury; low job control (OR=1.20, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.38), high interpersonal conflicts (OR=1.18, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.36), lack of reward (OR=1.17, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.35) and a negative workplace climate (OR=1.16, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.34) were also associated with a greater number of injuries. Among officers, high job demands (OR=1.96, 95% CI 1.35 to 2.85) and a negative workplace environment (OR=1.54, 95% CI 1.13 to 2.10) were associated with the occurrence of occupational injuries; however, there was no significant correlation between job stress and the number of injuries.ConclusionsHigh job stress among firefighters was associated with both the occurrence of occupational injury, and also with an increased frequency of injuries. Therefore, job stress should be addressed to prevent occupational injuries among firefighters.

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Contribution of working conditions to occupational inequalities in depressive symptoms: results from the national French SUMER survey

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Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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Psychosocial Factors at Work and Occupational Injury

Abstract: Some psychosocial work factors may play a role in occurrences of occupational injury, but the role is unclear in relation to absence duration for injury.

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Role of working conditions in the explanation of occupational inequalities in work injury: findings from the national French SUMER survey

Role of working conditions in the explanation of occupational inequalities in work injury: findings from the national French SUMER survey

Association between job stress and occupational injuries among Korean firefighters: a nationwide cross-sectional study

Contribution of working conditions to occupational inequalities in depressive symptoms: results from the national French SUMER survey

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