Occupational Health in Mexico

Sánchez-Romén, Francisco Raúl; Juérez-Pérez, Cuauhtémoc Arturo; Madrid, Guadalupe Aguilar; Haro-García, Luis; Borja-Aburto, Víctor Hugo

doi:10.1179/oeh.2006.12.4.346

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“…Meanwhile, other studies have suggested that factors related to companies [ 26 ], especially organizational and normative aspects [ 27 ], could be even more relevant to the lethality of an injury than individual factors. The objective of this study is to identify the factors associated with fatality in the event of an occupational injury at the national level in Mexico using the Occupational Risk Information System database from the IMSS [ 28 , 29 ]…”

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Factors Associated with Fatal Occupational Accidents among Mexican Workers: A National Analysis

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ObjectiveTo identify the factors associated with fatal occupational injuries in Mexico in 2012 among workers affiliated with the Mexican Social Security Institute.MethodsAnalysis of secondary data using information from the National Occupational Risk Information System, with the consequence of the occupational injury (fatal versus non-fatal) as the response variable. The analysis included 406,222 non-fatal and 1,140 fatal injuries from 2012. The factors associated with the lethality of the injury were identified using a logistic regression model with the Firth approach.ResultsBeing male (OR=5.86; CI95%: 4.22-8.14), age (OR=1.04; CI95%: 1.03-1.06), employed in the position for 1 to 10 years (versus less than 1 year) (OR=1.37; CI95%: 1.15-1.63), working as a facilities or machine operator or assembler (OR: 3.28; CI95%: 2.12- 5.07) and being a worker without qualifications (OR=1.96; CI95%: 1.18-3.24) (versus an office worker) were associated with fatality in the event of an injury. Additionally, companies classified as maximum risk (OR=1.90; CI 95%: 1.38-2.62), workplace conditions (OR=7.15; CI95%: 3.63-14.10) and factors related to the work environment (OR=9.18; CI95%:4.36-19.33) were identified as risk factors for fatality in the event of an occupational injury.ConclusionsFatality in the event of an occupational injury is associated with factors related to sociodemographics (age, sex and occupation), the work environment and workplace conditions. Worker protection policies should be created for groups with a higher risk of fatal occupational injuries in Mexico.

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Factors Associated with Fatal Occupational Accidents among Mexican Workers: A National Analysis

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“…Moreover, job insecurity and unemployment, which have also been associated with poor health [Virtanen et al, ], are highly prevalent in this country [Noriega‐Elío et al, ]. Mexico's current economic crisis has forced workers to start jobs in the informal economy (approximately 28% of the economically active population worked in the informal sector by the end of 2011 [Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, ]) or to emigrate to the United States [Sanchez‐Roman et al, ].…”

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Psychosocial job factors and biological cardiovascular risk factors in Mexican workers

Garcia-Rojas

Choi

Krause

2015

American J Industrial Med

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Background Psychosocial job factors (PJF) have been implicated in the development of cardiovascular disease. The paucity of data from developing economies including Mexico hampers the development of worksite intervention efforts in those regions. Methods This cross-sectional study of 2,330 Mexican workers assessed PJF (job strain [JS], social support [SS], and job insecurity [JI]) and biological cardiovascular disease risk factors [CVDRF] by questionnaire and on-site physical examinations. Alternative formulations of the JS scales were developed based on factor analysis and literature review. Associations between both traditional and alternative job factor scales with CVDRF were examined in multiple regression models, adjusting for physical workload, and socio-demographic factors. Results Alternative formulations of the job demand and control scales resulted in substantial changes in effect sizes or statistical significance when compared with the original scales. JS and JI showed hypothesized associations with most CVDRF, but they were inversely associated with diastolic blood pressure and some adiposity measures. SS was mainly protective against CVDRF. Conclusion Among Mexican workers, alternative PJF scales predicted health outcomes better than traditional scales, and psychosocial stressors were associated with most CVDRF.

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“…IMSS covers most of the formal sector of the economy. However, the informal sector has grown rapidly during the last decades so that above figures solely reflect the reality of occupational accidents in 30% of the workers [Sánchez-Román et al, 2006]. If we apply the rates of the population covered by IMSS to the total workforce, assuming similar occupational risks, we can estimate that 1.4 million workrelated injuries occur each year in the country.…”

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Estimation of health‐care costs for work‐related injuries in the Mexican Institute of social security

Carlos-Rivera¹,

Aguilar-Madrid

Gómez-Montenegro³

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Occupational Health in Mexico

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Factors Associated with Fatal Occupational Accidents among Mexican Workers: A National Analysis

Factors Associated with Fatal Occupational Accidents among Mexican Workers: A National Analysis

Psychosocial job factors and biological cardiovascular risk factors in Mexican workers

Estimation of health‐care costs for work‐related injuries in the Mexican Institute of social security

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