The age-related risk of occupational accidents: The case of Swedish iron-ore miners

Laflamme, Lucie; Menckel, Ewa; Lundholm, Lotta

doi:10.1016/0001-4575(96)00001-2

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“…Furthermore, age-and sex-related differences are likely to occur, in accordance with its recorded effects on accident rates in other situations (e.g. Laflamme et al 1996;Massie et al 1995). However, little is known about family forestry's firewood production in demographic terms and relative accident rates.…”

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Accidents in family forestry's firewood production

Lindroos

Aspman

Lidestav

et al. 2008

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Firewood is commonly used around the world, but little is known about the work involved in its production and associated accidents. The objectives were to identify relationships between accidents and: time exposure, workers' age and sex, equipment used and work activities in family forestry's firewood production. Data from a postal survey in Northern Sweden were compared to a database of injuries in the same region. Most accidents occurred to 50-69 year old men, who also worked most hours. No significant differences in sex and age were found between expected and recorded accident frequencies when calculated from total work hours; however, when calculated using numbers of active persons significant differences were found for both age and sex. Frequency of accidents per unit worked time was higher for machines involving activities than for other activities. Accidents that occurred when using wedge splitter machines were responsible for most of this overrepresentation. Fingers were the most commonly injured body parts. Mean accident rate for the equipment used was 87 accidents per million work hours, and the rate was highest for wedge splitters (122 accidents per million work hours). Exposure to elevated risks due to violation of safety procedures is discussed, as well as possible preventative measures.

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Accidents in family forestry's firewood production

Lindroos

Aspman

Lidestav

et al. 2008

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…We were unable to include all relevant covariates: smoking, alcohol etc, although these have been reported to be associated with work accidents (41)(42)(43). Instead, we included SES as a crude proxy for these covariates, as it known that the lower SES, the higher number of non-healthy lifestyle choices.…”

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Night work, long work weeks, and risk of accidental injuries. A register-based study

Larsen¹,

Hannerz²,

Møller³

et al. 2017

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…A number of occupational as well as social factors have been reported to be associated with the risk of being injured. These include poor work condition 3) , young age [4][5][6][7] , lack of experience or Industrial Health 2005, 43, 89-97 training 8) , shift/night work [9][10][11] , job stress 12,13) , long working hours 14,15) , fatigue 16) , sleep problems [17][18][19][20][21][22] , and unhealthy lifestyle (eg., smoking and alcohol consumption) [23][24][25] . Leger 26) suggested that as many as 52.5% of all work-related accidents and injuries are potentially related to sleepiness in the US working population, indicating a strong contribution of sleep factors to the occurrence of accidents and injuries.…”

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Sleep-related Risk of Occupational Injuries in Japanese Small and Medium-scale Enterprises

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A cross-sectional study evaluated the contribution of daily sleep habits to occupational injuries. A self-administered questionnaire solicited answers about sleep, symptoms of depression, occupational injury, demographics, presence of diseases and lifestyle factors from 2,903 workers between the ages of 16-83 (mean 45) yr in small and medium-scale enterprises. Eight sleep habits were queried and dichotomized: 1) less or more than 6 hr of daily sleep, 2) taking more or less than 30 min to fall asleep (Difficulty initiating sleep; DIS), 3) awakening during sleep more or less than 3 times/wk (Difficulty maintaining sleep; DMS), 4) early morning awakening more or less than 3 times/wk (EMA), 5) definitely/somewhat difficulty waking up or not, 6) sleeping very poorly/not so well at night or not, 7) definitely/somewhat insufficient nightly sleep or not, and 8) difficulty in breathing during sleep more than once/week or less. Occupational injury was assessed by asking subjects 'Have you ever been injured during your work, including minor scratches and cuts (Yes/ No)?' Both sleep and injury were assessed over the previous one year period. One-third of workers answered that they had experienced injury. Workers with sleep features of DIS, sleeping poorly at night, insufficient sleep, and insomnia had a significantly higher prevalence for injury after adjusting for multiple confounders. The findings suggest that poor nocturnal sleep habits are associated with self-reported occupational injury.

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The age-related risk of occupational accidents: The case of Swedish iron-ore miners

Cited by 43 publications

References 9 publications

Accidents in family forestry's firewood production

Accidents in family forestry's firewood production

Night work, long work weeks, and risk of accidental injuries. A register-based study

Sleep-related Risk of Occupational Injuries in Japanese Small and Medium-scale Enterprises

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