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T1 Gender differences in lost work days due to occupational accidents
A1 Fontaneda González, Ignacio
A1 Camino López, Miguel Ángel
A1 González Alcántara, Oscar J.
A1 Ritzel, Dale O.
K1 Job safety
K1 Lost work days
K1 Gender
K1 Injury
K1 Occupational accident
K1 Sick leave duration
K1 Organización del trabajo
K1 Methods engineering
K1 Gestión de empresas
K1 Industrial management
AB Objective: We report the relationship between duration of sick leave due to occupational injury and worker gender. We also examine the relationship between certain independent variables and duration of sick leave, including age, type of work, place of work, company size, day of the week and time of day.Data and method: We analyzed accident records (N = 4,188,714) that resulted in lost time from work in Spain during 2008 through 2014. Statistical differences were determined using Student’s t-test for independent samples.Results: Women were involved in accidents more often than men and had a longer duration of lost work time. The magnitude of this difference increased with age, and the duration of sick leave was higher among older workers. Regarding company size, the highest average length of injury-related time off from work occurred in firms with fewer than 5 workers. The duration of sick leave gradually increased throughout the week from Monday to Sunday among men and from Monday to Friday among women. The duration of injury-related sick leave was higher when traveling and while at venues other than the usual place of work. Moreover, the duration of injury-related sick leave was higher when workers were performing non-routine tasks.
PB Elsevier
SN 0925-7535
YR 2019
FD 2019-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9865
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9865
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 15-ene-2025