Associations between temporary employment and occupational injury: what are the mechanisms?

Objective: To determine whether observed higher risks of occupational injury among temporary workers are due to exposure to hazardous working conditions and/or to lack of job experience level. Methods: Data systematically recorded for 2000 and 2001 by the Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Affair...

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Vydáno v:	Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) Ročník 63; číslo 6; s. 416 - 421
Hlavní autoři:	Benavides, F G, Benach, J, Muntaner, C, Delclos, G L, Catot, N, Amable, M
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.06.2006 BMJ Publishing Group BMJ BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Group
Témata:	Accidents, Occupational - mortality Accidents, Occupational - statistics & numerical data Adult Age Distribution Aged Biological and medical sciences Employment Employment - statistics & numerical data Employment statistics Female Humans Hypotheses Incidence Injuries Labor force Length of employment Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Miscellaneous Occupational accidents Occupational hazards Occupational health occupational injury Occupational medicine Occupational safety Occupations Original Physical trauma Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Regression Analysis Risk Factors Sex Distribution Spain - epidemiology Temporary labor temporary workers Time Factors Workers Working conditions Workplaces Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology Wounds and Injuries - mortality Europe Spain Human Professional experience Occupational accident Job insecurity Working condition Epidemiology Occupational medicine
ISSN:	1351-0711, 1470-7926, 1470-7926
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Shrnutí:	Objective: To determine whether observed higher risks of occupational injury among temporary workers are due to exposure to hazardous working conditions and/or to lack of job experience level. Methods: Data systematically recorded for 2000 and 2001 by the Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on fatal and non-fatal traumatic occupational injuries were examined by type of employment and type of accident, while adjusting for gender, age, occupation, and length of employment in the company. In the study period there were 1500 fatal and 1 806 532 non-fatal traumatic occupational injuries that occurred at the workplace. Incidence rates and rate ratios (RR) were estimated using Poisson regression models. Results: Temporary workers showed a rate ratio of 2.94 for non-fatal occupational injuries (95% CI 2.40 to 3.61) and 2.54 for fatal occupational injuries (95% CI 1.88 to 3.42). When these associations were adjusted by gender, age, occupation, and especially length of employment, they loose statistic significance: 1.05 (95% CI 0.97 to 1.12) for non-fatal and 1.07 (95% CI 0.91 to 1.26) for fatal. Conclusions: Lower job experience and knowledge of workplace hazards, measured by length of employment, is a possible mechanism to explain the consistent association between temporary workers and occupational injury. The role of working conditions associated with temporary jobs should be assessed more specifically.
Bibliografie:	Correspondence to:  Dr F G Benavides  Occupational Health Research Unit, Pompeu Fabra University, Carrer Doctor Aiguader 80, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; fernando.benavides@upf.edu href:oemed-63-416.pdf local:0630416 PMID:16497853 istex:17A4BFD0D52CAE4EB125AF70A7302CCCEE471D5F ark:/67375/NVC-V2SD88T0-H ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-2 ObjectType-Feature-1
ISSN:	1351-0711 1470-7926 1470-7926
DOI:	10.1136/oem.2005.022301