Injury analysis of teachers' occupational accidents.

Autor: Rey-Merchán MDC; Programa de Doctorado de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain., López-Arquillos A; Escuela de Ingenierías Industriales, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Work (Reading, Mass.) [Work] 2022; Vol. 71 (1), pp. 215-222.
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-205125
Abstrakt: Background: Occupational accidents among teachers are a cause of concern because of their consequences regarding several parts of the body, such as the neck, back, or extremities; however, the number of studies on this issue is limited.
Objective: To analyze the possible effects of different variables (gender, age, nationality, experience, sector, day of the week, traffic accidents) associated with occupational injuries suffered by teachers.
Methods: All teachers' accidents recorded in Spain (136,702) from 2003 to 2018 were analyzed. Odds ratios with a 95% confidence interval were calculated.
Results: For injured female workers, being younger than 45, in her first month of experience, in a public school, without risk assessment, and in a traffic accident are the most important factors related to suffering a neck injury. In the case of injured male workers, to be older than 45, in a private school, and no traffic accidents are the factors detected influence suffering an injury in lower extremities.
Conclusions: Institutions and schools should pay special attention to the highest-risk profiles. Results obtained can be a very useful tool for the design and implementation of specific occupational health and safety strategies adapted to the more vulnerable workers in each kind of injury.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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