Rising Trend of Work-related Commuting Accidents, Deaths, Injuries and Disabilities in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Malaysia

Bin, Nordin Rusli

doi:10.2486/indhealth.52-275

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“…Other factors to take into account are lack of awareness on safe driving among workers and the scarcity of commuting safety management programs. These factors, which influence the occurrence of traffic accidents, might also be associated with commuting accidents, since according to the International Labor Organization both types of incidents are closely interrelated 8 .…”

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“…Within this context, the results of the present study indicate that limb fractures (ICD-10 S62 and S82) are very frequent outcomes of commuting accidents. This type of injuries is very common following land transport accidents, traffic accidents in particular, which might explain their high prevalence following commuting accidents 3 , 8 .…”

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“…The number of commuting accidents more than doubled, having risen from 26,016 in 1998 to 66,217 in 2008 7 . According to Bin 8 , this trend of increase is global, especially as concerns developing countries.…”

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Trend in the incidence of commuting accidents among workers in Brazil between 2009 and 2016

Cunha¹,

Corona²,

Silva³

et al. 2019

Rev. Bras. Med. Trab.

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| Background: Commuting accidents might have serious consequences for the health of workers, in addition to considerable financial impacts on the national health system and the social security administration. Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile and calculate the incidence of commuting accidents in Brazil in the period from 2009 to 2016. Methods: Retrospective and descriptive study with time series analysis (2009-2016) based on official secondary data obtained from Social Security Statistical Yearbooks. Information on the economically active population was retrieved from the National Household Sample Survey. Annual incidence rates were calculated per 100,000 economically active population. Simple temporal linear regression analysis was performed with software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. The significance level was set to p<0.05. Results: The epidemiological profile of workers involved in commuting accidents corresponded to men, aged 20 to 29 and with leg/ankle fractures, which represented 24.78% of the total population of involved workers. The incidence of commuting accidents increased from 88.17 to 105.88 in the analyzed period, which represents an variation rate of 20.08% (R 2 =0.715; p=0.008). Conclusion: The detected rise in the incidence and number of commuting accidents point to the need for the government to formulate prevention plans targeting high-risk groups.

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Trend in the incidence of commuting accidents among workers in Brazil between 2009 and 2016

Cunha¹,

Corona²,

Silva³

et al. 2019

Rev. Bras. Med. Trab.

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“…18 As a result, these injuries and fatalities are invisible to OSH regulators in Canadian provinces. In contrast, in many European and Asian countries, 19,20 commuting accidents are compensable. Spain, 21 France, 22 and Germany 23 all provide coverage for commuting accidents.…”

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Regulating Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation in Canada for the Mobile Workforce: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t

Lippel

Walters

2019

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Although much research has examined the occupational health and safety (OHS) and workers’ compensation (WC) implications of precarious employment and temporary international labor migration, little is known about the implications of diverse types of employment-related geographic mobility for regulatory effectiveness of OHS and WC. This article examines different types of extended mobility to determine regulatory effectiveness of OHS and WC protections. Based on classic legal analysis in seven Canadian jurisdictions, and interviews with key informants, we found that the invisibility of the internally mobile workforce, as well as the alternating visibility and invisibility of temporary foreign workers, contribute to reduced effectiveness of the OHS and WC regulation. Results point to the need for better protections to address working conditions, but also the hazards and challenges associated with mobility itself including getting to and from work, living at work, and maintaining work–life balance while living at the worksite.

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“…1 2 In Europe, 15% of workrelated accidents are commuting accidents. 3 In Malaysia, data on work-related accidents as reported by the Social Security Organisation showed that commuting accidents increased from 31 314 in 2016 to 33 319 accidents in 2017. 4 Commuting accidents contributed almost half (47.61%) of the total accidents in 2017.…”

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Prevalence and predictors of road crash involvement among medical doctors in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study protocol

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IntroductionMedical doctors are often subjected to long working hours with minimal rest in between the shifts. This has led to many fatal and non-fatal road crash involvement (RCI). This study aims to determine the prevalence and predictors of RCI among medical doctors in Malaysia.Methods and analysisThis is a cross-sectional study among 375 Malaysian medical doctors who met the inclusion criteria. A predetermined self-administered questionnaires will be used to collect information regarding the sociodemographic, health status, workplace information, work commuting information, driving behaviour, history of RCI, fatigue, sleep quality, mental health status and work engagement. The questionnaires consist of the following instruments: (1) sociodemographic, health status, workplace information, work commuting information, driving behaviour and history of RCI; (2) Checklist of Individual Strength Questionnaire; (3) Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; (4) 21-item Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale; and (5) Utrecht's Work Engagement Scale. The data will be analysed using SPSS program V.24. Descriptive and inferential statistics will be used to determine the prevalence and predictors of RCI.Ethics and disseminationThis study protocol has received ethics approval from the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health Malaysia (NMRR-18-3983-40609) and the Ethics Committee for Research Involving Human Subject, University Putra Malaysia (JKEUPM). Online written informed consent will be obtained from each study participant by the researchers. Results of the study will be disseminated through relevant journals and conferences.Trial registration numberNCT04243291.

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Rising Trend of Work-related Commuting Accidents, Deaths, Injuries and Disabilities in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Malaysia

Cited by 16 publications

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Trend in the incidence of commuting accidents among workers in Brazil between 2009 and 2016

Trend in the incidence of commuting accidents among workers in Brazil between 2009 and 2016

Regulating Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation in Canada for the Mobile Workforce: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t

Prevalence and predictors of road crash involvement among medical doctors in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study protocol

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