The impact of the economic crisis on occupational injuries

Fuente, Verónica Sedano de la; López, Miguel Ángel Camino; González, Ignacio Fontaneda; Alcántara, Óscar J. González; Ritzel, Dale O.

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2013.12.007

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“…These economy fluctuations affect many factors which may both directly or indirectly influence occupational safety, i.e., also the number of accidents. There has been some research making use of domestic or international data confirming that the frequency of accidents rises in the times of dynamic economic growth [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. These results, however, have been obtained only with regard to a group of highly developed countries, while there are no analyses of analogous relationships in the countries of economic transition.…”

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“…The impact of the current economic crisis on occupational accidents has not yet been thoroughly examined; the first results show similar associations to those observed in earlier decades. A research analyzing the labor market in Spain pointed to a decline in the number of accidents due to the recent economic crisis, particularly in the sectors of high accident risk, i.e., construction and industry [12]. Before concluding the discussion of other papers on the topic, we should point that some studies did not identify any significant relationship between economic situation and accidents at work, e.g., the research on the industry and construction sectors in Finland (1977-1991) did not recognize any associations between the course of business cycle and number of occupational fatal accidents [20].…”

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Economic situation and occupational accidents in Poland: 2002–2014 panel data regional study

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Nojszewska

2017

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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Objectives: Occupational accidents constitute a substantial health and economic burden for societies around the world and a variety of factors determine the frequency of accidents at work. The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the economic situation and the rate of occupational accidents in Poland. Material and Methods: The analysis comprised data for 66 Polish sub-regions taken from the Central Statistical Office's Local Data Bank. The regression analysis with panel data for period 2002-2014 was applied to identify the relationships involved. Four measures of accidents were used: the rates of total occupational accidents, accidents among men and women separately as well as days of incapacity to work due to accidents at work per employee. Four alternative measures assessed the economic situation: gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, average remuneration, the unemployment rate and number of dwelling permits. The confounding variables included were: employment in hazardous conditions and the size of enterprises. Results: The results of the regression estimates show that the number of occupational accidents in Poland exhibits procyclical behavior, which means that more accidents are observed during the times of economic expansion. Stronger relationships were observed in the equations explaining men's accident rates as well as total rates. A weaker and not always statistically significant impact of economic situation was identified for women's accident rates and days of incapacity to work. Conclusions: The results have important implications for occupational health and safety actions. In the periods of higher work intensity employers should focus on appropriate training and supervision of inexperienced workers as well as on ensuring enough time for already experienced employees to recuperate. In terms of public health actions, policy makers should focus on scrutinizing working conditions, educating employers and counteracting possible discrimination of injured employees. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2018;31(2):151 -164

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Economic situation and occupational accidents in Poland: 2002–2014 panel data regional study

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Nojszewska

2017

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“…En relación con los aspectos macroeconó-micos, está el enfoque de la relación entre el ciclo económico y sus efectos en la sst (27)(28)(29)(30), la sst y el desarrollo económico (31), los indicadores mundiales y las inequidades de sst (32,33) y los incentivos económicos para la prevención de accidentes o enfermedades laborales (34,10,12,35,20,26,36). Con respecto a las evaluaciones econó-micas, se encuentran los estudios de costo-beneficio (37-42), costo-efectividad (24,43,42) y costo-utilidad (21,42), con perspectiva social (13) y desde la empresa o el empleador (32,23,44,18,19,17,11,45).…”

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Dimensión económica de la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo: una revisión de literatura

Riaño-Casallas

Palencia-Sánchez

2016

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“…Un efecto disciplina modificaría el comportamiento de los trabajadores, pero también expulsaría del empleo a los trabajadores con peor salud. Las evidencias sobre el efecto disciplina se basan en gran medida en los cambios en el comportamiento de los trabajadores que conservan el empleo a lo largo del ciclo económico, pero también en el diferente impacto según el nivel de protección de los trabajadores 10,13,22 .…”

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Relación entre las tasas de desempleo y los indicadores de absentismo por incapacidad temporal durante periodos de crisis económica

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Valero³

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ORIGINALES RESUMENIntroducción: Estudios realizados en varios países presentan una relación inversa entre las tasas de desempleo (TD) y los indicadores de absentismo por incapacidad temporal (IT) durante periodos de crisis económica.Objetivo: Evaluar la relación entre indicadores de absentismo y el desempleo en España (2009España ( -2015. Métodos: Se obtuvieron tasas de incidencia (TI) y absentismo (TA) por IT de origen común (ITcc) a partir de datos de la Seguridad Social, así como las TD según datos del Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Se describió gráficamente la evolución temporal de los indi- Conclusiones: Se observó una relación inversa entre el desempleo y los indicadores de absentismo en España. Son necesarios estudios específicos para poder evaluar hipótesis explicativas como las asociadas a los efectos de disciplina, selección y/o cambios en la fuerza de trabajo.

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The impact of the economic crisis on occupational injuries

Cited by 66 publications

References 17 publications

Economic situation and occupational accidents in Poland: 2002–2014 panel data regional study

Economic situation and occupational accidents in Poland: 2002–2014 panel data regional study

Dimensión económica de la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo: una revisión de literatura

Relación entre las tasas de desempleo y los indicadores de absentismo por incapacidad temporal durante periodos de crisis económica

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