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2022, Archives des Maladies Professionnelles et de l'EnvironnementComparison of parameters for likelihood and severities of injuries in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)
2019, Safety ScienceCitation Excerpt :On contrary, when age group was evaluated against the likelihood of severe injury, we found it is insignificant (p > 0.05) and therefore, was removed from the model to achieve accuracy. These findings are in line with previous studies that associated younger age group with injury occurrence but not likelihood of severe injury (Laflamme et al., 1996; Stojadinovic et al., 2012). This is because younger workers compared to older workers tend to be less experience in hazard identification and management and have recklessness behaviour.
Occupational health and safety management in the context of an ageing workforce
2019, Safety ScienceCitation Excerpt :However, older workers are at a higher risk regarding self-reported health problems and long-term sickness absence (Niedhammer et al., 2008; Streb et al., 2008) while younger people appear to be more exposed to all types of risk at work. At the same time, older workers have lower accident rates than younger ones (Benjamin and Wilson, 2005; Shishlov et al., 2011; Schwatka et al., 2012), probably due to the less dangerous work environment that they choose to work in at this age (Laflamme et al., 1996). Additionally, older workers are more at risk with regard to the occurrence of fatal accidents (Grandjean et al., 2006; Lowery et al., 1998; Kemmlert and Lundholm, 2001), take a longer time to recover from non-fatal serious injuries (Laflamme and Menckel, 1995) and are more likely to report a variety of chronic diseases, increasing the risk of leaving their job and forced retirement, due to their condition of health (Benjamin et al., 2008; Pransky et al., 2005; Wilkie, et al., 2011).
Gender differences in lost work days due to occupational accidents
2019, Safety ScienceCitation Excerpt :Likewise, among public health hospital service workers in Mallorca, workers older than age 45 experienced longer sick leaves (Monroy Fuenmayor et al., 2010). The same phenomenon is noted for falls in the construction sector in Washington (Lipscomb et al., 2014) and for accidents in the Swedish mining industry (Laflamme, Menckel, and Lundholm, 1996). These results are supported by other studies showing that older workers experience more days absent from work, e.g., the transversal study completed in Washington with a sample of 28,473 work-related compensation claims for disability (Cheadle et al., 1994).
Occupational Safety and Health Among Young Workers in the Nordic Countries: A Systematic Literature Review
2019, Safety and Health at WorkCitation Excerpt :Most articles were based on register data, where only accident rates among age groups were provided. Accident rates were assessed from industries such as fisheries [19], automobile plants [21] nonferrous ore mining [23], assembly work [24,25], iron ore mining [26,27], and various works [18,20,22,28]. All found higher accidents rates among young workers than among older workers.