A statistical study on temporary work and occupational accidents: Specific risk factors and risk management strategies

Fabiano, Bruno; Currò, Fabio; Reverberi, Andrea P.; Pastorino, R.

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2007.05.004

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“…Hence, they learned to handle successfully unexpected situations, and displayed acumen and prudence in their ability to recognise situational contingencies, carefully appraised them and avoided disaster. Our observations are consistent with previous findings: both older [38] and more recent ones [19,32,33].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 94%

“…The findings complement previous ones that found a negative association between job experience and accident frequency (e.g., Fabiano et al [19], Kecojevic, et al [32], Siu et al [34], Frone [35], and Salminen [56,57]), and positive association between experience and job satisfaction (e.g., Oshagbemi [28]). It also supports studies that showed that workers with the requisite knowledge of safe work behaviours tend to comply with their organizationsʼ safety management policies and subsequently record fewer accidents (e.g., Elangovan, Mohammed and Mohan [58] and Neal, Griffin and Hart [59]).…”

Section: Safety Implications and Directions For Further Studiessupporting

confidence: 89%

“…Research on work experience and accident frequency is rather consistent with a few contradictory findings. While a substantial body of research found that length of job experience was related to decreased accident rates (e.g., Fabiano et al [19], Barkan, Zohar and Erev [31], Kecojevic, Komljenovic, Groves, et al [32], Wu, Liu and Lu [33], Siu, Phillips and Leung [34]), a few studies found experience to be positively related to accident frequency (e.g., Hansen [18] and Frone [35]). The principal reason for this observation was the close association between experience and job requirements which entail greater skill requirements, responsibility and exposure to greater accident risk.…”

Section: Work Experience In the Accident And Safety Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several publications on workplace injury and safety management point to the increasing importance of workers' demographic variables, particularly job experience (e.g., Carder and Ragan [17], Hansen [18], Fabiano, Currò, Reverberi, et al [19] and Paul and Maiti [20]). Despite this attention, there is still paucity of research regarding the impact of workers' experience on workplace safety perceptions.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Organizational Safety Climate and Work Experience

Gyekye

Salminen

2010

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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confidence: 94%

Section: Safety Implications and Directions For Further Studiessupporting

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Section: Work Experience In the Accident And Safety Literaturementioning

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Organizational Safety Climate and Work Experience

Gyekye

Salminen

2010

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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“…Moreover, while safety is typically a low priority in the smallest of companies (Micheli and Cagno 2008), occupational accidents are more common and more severe the fewer employees a company has (Fabiano et al 2004). Accidents also tend to be more frequent and severe among temporary workers compared to fully employed workers (Fabiano et al 2008). Consequently, self-employed temporary workers can be said to have high accident rates while only receiving limited research attention.…”

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confidence: 99%

Accident rates and types among self-employed private forest owners

Lindroos

Burström

2010

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Half of all Swedish forests are owned by private individuals, and at least 215 000 people work in these privately owned forest holdings. However, only lethal accidents are systematically monitored among self-employed forest workers. Therefore, data from the registries of the Swedish Work Environment Authority, the Labor Insurance Organization and the regional University Hospital in Umeå were gathered to allow us to perform a more in-depth assessment of the rate and types of accidents that occurred among private forest owners.We found large differences between the registries in the type and number of accidents that were reported. We encountered difficulties in defining "self-employed forest worker" and also in determining whether the accidents that did occur happened during work or leisure time. Consequently, the estimates for the accident rate that we obtained varied from 32 to >4300 injured persons per year in Sweden, depending on the registry that was consulted, the definition of the sample population that was used, and the accident severity definition that was employed. Nevertheless, the different registries gave a consistent picture of the types of accidents that occur while individuals are participating in self-employed forestry work. Severe accidents were relatively common, as self-employed forestry work fatalities constituted 7% of the total number of fatalities in the work authority registry. Falling trees were associated with many of these fatal accidents as well as with accidents that resulted in severe non-fatal injuries. Thus, unsafe work methods appeared more related to the occurrence of an accident than the equipment that was being used at the time of the accident (e.g., a chainsaw). Improvement of the workers' skills should therefore be considered to be an important prevention measure that should be undertaken in this field.The challenges in improving the safety in these smallest of companies, which fall somewhere between the purview of occupational and consumer safety, are exemplified and discussed.

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Comparative analyses of occupational injuries among temporary agency worker and direct contract workers: Findings from the Korea Health Panel 2009–2018

Ahn

Lee

Kim

et al. 2022

Journal of Occupational Health

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Objectives Several studies have reported health or safety risk of temporary agency workers (TAW). Since most of the studies are just cross‐sectional studies, we intended to identify the risk of occupational injury in TAW, using longitudinal study design. Methods The Korea Health Panel 2009–2018 data were used in the study. For the statistical analysis of this study, we used a panel logit model to identify the risk of occupational injury in TAW compared to direct contract workers (DCW). Results There was no significant difference in risk of occupational injury between TAW and DCW among the overall population (adjusted OR 0.920, 95% CI 0.600–1.411). However, there was a significant increase in occupational injury in women (adjusted OR 2.134, 95% CI 1.092–4.170) and the “19–34” age group (adjusted OR 2.744, 95% CI 1.103–6.825) of TAW. Conclusions This study provides evidence for vulnerable groups such as women and younger age groups in the relationship between TAW and occupational injury.

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A statistical study on temporary work and occupational accidents: Specific risk factors and risk management strategies

Cited by 112 publications

References 17 publications

Organizational Safety Climate and Work Experience

Organizational Safety Climate and Work Experience

Accident rates and types among self-employed private forest owners

Comparative analyses of occupational injuries among temporary agency worker and direct contract workers: Findings from the Korea Health Panel 2009–2018

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