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Disability retirement among former employees at the construction of the Great Belt Link
H Hannerz1, S Spangenberg, F Tüchsen
1Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance, National Institute of Occupational Health, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark. hh@ami.dk
Objective:
To investigate incidences of disability retirement among men who had been employed at the construction of a large traffic link in Denmark, which involved long working hours and long distances between home and work place.
Methods:
Men aged 20-54 years at baseline who had been engaged in the construction of the Great Belt Link (n = 5882) were followed-up for disability retirements from 1996 to 2000. Age-standardized incidence ratios (SIR) were calculated and compared with those of other construction workers (n = 117,157). All economically active men in Denmark were used as the standard population.
Results:
The SIRs for the two groups were 2.29 (95% confidence intervals (CI): 1.95-2.67) and 0.98 (95% CI: 0.93-1.03), respectively.
Conclusions:
The Great Belt construction workers had an elevated risk for disability retirement compared with other construction workers and with economically active men in general.
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