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Well being, work environment and work accidents

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  • Kirschenbaum, Alan
  • Oigenblick, Ludmilla
  • Goldberg, Albert I.

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We examine factors that influence accident proneness among employees. We agree that the determinants of accident proneness include organizational, emotional and personal factors. Using logistic regression we estimated three models, and their predictability for accident proneness among sample of 200 injured workers interviewed upon entering hospital emergency wards in Israel. Work injuries were not contingent on age, religion, nor education. The effects of gender were strong but non-significant. Subcontracted and higher-paid workers are more likely to get repeat injuries. Prior injury experience sensitized employees to stronger perceptions of risk associated with unsafe practices. Large family households, ameliorates stress feelings and lessens the likelihood of accident proneness while poor housing conditions have the opposite effect. The full model demonstrates considerable prediction of injuries when focusing on type of employment, personal income level, being involved in dangerous jobs, emotional distress and a poor housing environment. The model contains most of the significant results of interest and provides a high level of predictability for work injuries.

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  • Kirschenbaum, Alan & Oigenblick, Ludmilla & Goldberg, Albert I., 2000. "Well being, work environment and work accidents," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 50(5), pages 631-639, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:50:y:2000:i:5:p:631-639
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    1. Monica Galizzi & Tommaso Tempesti, 2015. "Workers’ Risk Tolerance and Occupational Injuries," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 35(10), pages 1858-1875, October.
    2. Haiyan Chen & Yihua Mao & Yidong Xu & Rui Wang, 2023. "The Impact of Wearable Devices on the Construction Safety of Building Workers: A Systematic Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-15, July.
    3. Joana Eva Dodoo & Hosam Al-Samarraie, 2019. "Factors leading to unsafe behavior in the twenty first century workplace: a review," Management Review Quarterly, Springer, vol. 69(4), pages 391-414, November.
    4. António J. R. SANTOS & Efigénio L. REBELO & Júlio C. MENDES, 2018. "Towards better prevention of fatal occupational accidents in Portugal," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 157(3), pages 409-433, September.
    5. Kim, Il-Ho & Muntaner, Carles & Vahid Shahidi, Faraz & Vives, Alejandra & Vanroelen, Christophe & Benach, Joan, 2012. "Welfare states, flexible employment, and health: A critical review," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 104(2), pages 99-127.
    6. Andrea Salustri & Marco Forti & Maria Alessandra Antonelli & Alessia Marrocco, 2023. "Accidents at work in Italy: an empirical analysis at the regional level," Public Finance Research Papers 60, Istituto di Economia e Finanza, DSGE, Sapienza University of Rome.
    7. Chau-kiu Cheung & Lih-rong Wang & Raymond Chan, 2013. "Differential Impacts of Stressors on Sense of Belonging," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 113(1), pages 277-297, August.

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