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Subdimension 1a: Safety at work
Dimension 1: Safety and ethics of employment
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Introduction
– Introduction– Indicators– Common characteristics– Issues for discussion
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Introduction
Indicators:– Fatal occupational injuries (1a1)– Nonfatal occupational injuries (1a2)– Hazardous economic activities and
occupations (1a3)– Job-related stress (1a4)
Dropped:– Occupational diseases
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Introduction
Previous meeting (2011):– Resolution concerning statistics of occupational
injuries (1998) provides guidelines– Follow national legislation in order to identify
hazardous occupations and include hazardous sectors
– Stress is included in the Eurofound surveys– Under- or overreporting of stress levels due to
cultural differences.– Some countries focus on the effect of stress
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Rate of fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 employed persons (1a1)
Previous name:Fatal occupational injury rate (Workplace fatalities per 100,000 employees)
Description:The total number of fatal occupational injuries during the reference year divided by the total number of employed persons during the reference year multiplied by 100,000
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Rate of nonfatal (with lost workdays) occupational injuries per 100,000 employed persons (1a2)
Previous name:Non-fatal occupational injury rate (Workplace accidents per 100,000 employees)
Description:The total number of nonfatal occupational injuries with lost workdays during the reference year divided by the total number of employed persons during the reference year multiplied by 100,000
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Percentage of employed persons working in hazardous economic activities and occupations (1a3)
Previous name:Share of employed persons working in "hazardous" industries and occupations
Description:The total number of employed persons working in hazardous economic activities and occupations during the reference year divided by the total number of employed persons during the reference year multiplied by 100
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Percentage of employed persons who feel significant levels of stress related to their job (1a4)
Previous name:Share of employed persons who feel significant levels of stress due to employment activities
Description:The total number of employed persons who feel significant levels of stress related to their job during the reference year divided by the total number of employed persons during the reference year multiplied by 100
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Common characteristics
Objective:To assess the extent to which employed persons are exposed to unsafe working conditions
Target population:Employed persons, irrespective of age and country of residence
Disaggregations:– Sex– Age group– Employment status (employees / self-employed)– Hours worked (part-time / full-time)– Type of contract (for employees)– Occupation– Economic activity
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Common characteristics
Interpretation guidelines:– To identify groups of workers in unsafe
conditions– Beware of differences in hours worked
(‘exposure time’) …– … and differences in industrial structure– To be analysed simultaneously
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Issues for discussion
Nonfatal occupational injuries (1a2):- With or without lost workdays?
Persons reporting an accident at work in the past 12 months, 2007
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Issues for discussion
Percentage of persons reporting that their most recent accidental injury at work or in the course of work resulted in sick leave in the past 12 months, 2007
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Issues for discussion
Percentage of persons reporting an accident at work by the percentage of persons reporting that their most recent accident resulted in sick leave in the past 12 months, 2007
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Issues for discussion
Hazardous economic activities and occupations (1a3):- Defined as hazardous according to national law or regulation?
Limitations:- Improvements within ‘hazardous’ industries and occupations
may not be detected- The list of hazardous industries and occupations may differ
between countries and may change over time- Many (?) countries do not have this defined in law or regulation
Additional (or alternative) indicator:- The percentage of employed persons exposed to hazardous
work (e.g., EU-LFS ad hoc module 2007 and 2013)
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Issues for discussion
Percentage of persons reporting exposure to factors that can adversely affect well-being (physical or mental) by economic activity sector, EU27, 2007
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Issues for discussion
Exposure to factors that can adversely affect physical well-being by exposure to factors that can adversely affect mental well-being, EU27, 2007
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Issues for discussion
Job-related stress (1a4):- Self-reported level of stress
European Working Condition Survey 2010:‐ Q51: For each of the following statements,
please select the response which best describes your work situation.
‐ N- You experience stress in your work (NEW): 1 (always) – 5 (never)
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Issues for discussion
Percentage of persons experiencing stress always or most of the time, 2010
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Issues for discussion
For discussion:‐ Is this the best way to monitor job-related stress?‐ How about cross-national comparability?‐ Or should we focus more on objective measures:
‐ causes of stress?‐ short-term stress reactions?‐ long-term consequences?
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Issues for discussion
To summarise:
1. Nonfatal occupational injuries:- All injuries, not only those with lost workdays
2. Hazardous economic activities and occupations:- Self-reported exposure to hazardous work
3. Job-related stress:- Subjective experience
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Thank you!
Henk-Jan DirvenStatistics Netherlandshj.dirven@cbs.nl
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