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Occupational accidents of Finnish- and Swedish-speaking workers in Finland: a mental model view
1Department of Occupational Safety, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Vantaa, Finland. Simo.Salminen@occuphealth.fi.
Abstract:
This article is based on 2 studies. The aim of the first study was to examine the differences in occupational accident frequency between the 2 main language groups in Finland. Based on 3 independent statistical data sets, it was shown that Swedish-speaking workers had about 40% fewer occupational accidents than Finnish-speaking workers. The aim of the second study was to confirm the difference at company level. A field study in the province of Vaasa with 14 small and medium-sized manufacturing companies revealed that the accident frequency of Swedish-speaking workers was 21% lower than that of Finnish-speaking workers.
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