The influence of age on fatal work accidents and lost days in Chile between 2015 and 2019

Descriptive analysis and a proposal for a predictive model of fatal occupational accidents in Spain

“…Secondly in step 2, a logistic regression analysis [ [75] , [76] , [77] ] was used to develop a predictive model of fatal occupational accidents. Logistic regression analysis has been successfully applied in several studies to develop a predictive model for fatal accidents [ 42 , 43 , 59 , [78] , [79] , [80] , [81] ]. This logistic regression model allows us to estimate the probability of a fatal occupational accident (dependent variable) from a given data set for the independent variables.…”

“…Among the most analyzed personal variables are sex and age. Regarding the sex of the worker, many studies conclude that it is not a predictor variable for occupational accidents [ 57 , 58 ], although it seems to be common for a greater number of accidents to occur in male workers, normally explained by the higher employment rate of these and because they tend to carry out the jobs with greater exposure to risk [ 3 , 59 ]. About age, there are studies with conclusions showing the influence of age [ 57 ] and others that do not signify its non-influence [ 60 ], although the indicated references analyzed a single business sector and both fatal and non-fatal accidents.…”

“…About age, there are studies with conclusions showing the influence of age [ 57 ] and others that do not signify its non-influence [ 60 ], although the indicated references analyzed a single business sector and both fatal and non-fatal accidents. Also, some studies claim higher mortality in older workers [ 61 , 62 ], and others claim higher mortality in younger workers [ 59 , 63 ]. In nationwide research on fatal accidents, Santos et al [ 42 ], in a study for Portugal, showed that the probability of suffering a fatal accident is related to the increasing age of workers.…”

Construction of a base ontology to represent accident expertise knowledge

“…Second, we will focus on accident expertise because accidents cause important material and human loss. For example, a mutual insurance company in Chile registered 625,050 work accidents from 2015 to 2019 with thousands of deaths and disabilities [6], and the World Health Organization (WHO) counted about 1.25 Million deaths in road accidents [7]. Another alarming statistic that motivated the choice of accident expertise is that in Canada, almost 3000 people are killed every year in road traffic accidents [8].…”

<br/>O ENVELHECER CONTEMPORÂNEO: ÔNUS OU BÔNUS? A QUESTÃO DA “MELHOR IDADE” </br>

“…-A Lei de Estabilização do Emprego de Idosos no Japão, obrigou os empregadores a continuar contratando seus ocupantes até a idade de elegibilidade para aposentadoria (10,11) ; -A exploração de acidentes de trabalho fatais no Chile, mostrou que de 625 050 desses eventos, 61% geraram pelo menos um dia de invalidez, 34% ocorreram em trabalhadores com idades entre 45 a 99 anos e 1% foi fatal (22) ; -Pesquisadores do Chile, Reino Unido e Canadá mostraram que não houve diferença na produtividade entre trabalhadores mais velhos e mais jovens e, inclusive, os mais velhos desempenharam-se melhor (21) ; -Nos Estados Unidos da América (EUA), o número de pessoas com 65 anos ou idosas deve dobrar em 2030 para 72 milhões; os mais velhos estão trabalhando mais e gastando mais tempo no trabalho (12) ; -Na Rússia, a porcentagem de pessoas com idade superior à idade ativa está aumentando e a população idosa está se tornando cada vez mais importante do mercado de trabalho (23) .…”