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Well being, work environment and work accidents.

A Kirschenbaum¹, L Oigenblick, A I Goldberg

¹Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Managment, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. avik@teckunix.technion.ac.il

Social Science & Medicine (1982)

|February 5, 2000

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Employee accident proneness is influenced by job type, income, and housing conditions. Emotional distress and prior injuries increase risk, while larger families may offer protection against workplace injuries.

Area of Science:

Occupational Health
Psychology
Sociology

Background:

Accident proneness is a complex phenomenon.
Organizational, emotional, and personal factors contribute to workplace injuries.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify key determinants of accident proneness in injured workers.
To assess the predictability of various factors on work-related injuries.

Main Methods:

Logistic regression analysis.
Interviews with 200 injured workers in Israeli hospital emergency wards.

Main Results:

Subcontracted and higher-paid workers face higher risks of repeat injuries.
Prior injury experience heightens risk perception.

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Large family size and good housing conditions correlate with lower accident proneness, while emotional distress and poor housing increase it.

Conclusions:

Employment type, income, job risk, emotional distress, and housing are significant predictors of work injuries.
The developed model shows high predictability for identifying workers at risk.