Relationship Between Occupational Injuries and the Provision of Safety and Health Information: Data from the 4th Korean Working Conditions Survey

Overview

Journal Ann Occup Environ Med

Specialty Environmental Health

Date 2018 Jul 12

PMID 29992028

Citations 2

Authors

Ju-Il Seo

Gab-Sik Shin

Min Gi Kim

Young-Sun Min

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Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the provision of safety and health information (PSHI) and occupational injuries.

Methods: This study was based on data from the 4th Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS) (2014). The sample consisted of data from 24,527 wage workers and was divided into high-risk and low-risk groups, depending on the probability of occupational injury. The high-risk group included subjects who could cause harm to themselves or others due to errors during work. We applied chi-squared tests and logistic regression analyses to examine the relationship between PSHI and occupational injuries.

Results: In the high-risk group, workers with no PSHI showed an adjusted odds ratio of 1.81 for occupational injury (95% CI 1.33-2.47). In contrast, there was no statistically significant relationship between PSHI and the incidence of occupational injury in the low-risk group.

Conclusions: To prevent occupational injuries, multi-faceted approaches that take different levels of injury risk into account are needed. Among workers with a high risk of occupational injury, more a stringent safety education program is required.

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