title: Relationships of job and some individual characteristics to occupational injuries in employed people: a community-based study.
abstract: This study assessed the associations of job and some individual factors with occupational injuries among employed people from a general population in north-eastern France; 2,562 workers were randomly selected from the working population. A mailed auto-questionnaire was filled in by each subject. Statistical analysis was performed with loglinear models. The annual incidence rate of at least one occupational injury was 4.45%. Significant contributing factors for occupational injuries were job category (60.8%), sex (16.2%), regular psychotropic drug use (8.5%), age groups (7.5%), and presence of a disease (7.0%). The men had higher risk than the women (adjusted odds-ratio 1.99, 95% CI 1.43-2.78). Compared to executives, intellectual professionals and teachers, labourers had the highest risk (6.40, 3.55-11.52). They were followed by farmers, craftsmen and tradesmen (6.18, 2.86-13.08), technicians (3.14, 1.41-6.70), employees (2.94, 1.59-5.48) and other subjects (3.87, 1.90-7.88). The young (< or = 29 yr) showed an increased risk. Similar odds-ratios were observed for regular psychotropic drug use (1.54, 1.16-2.05) and the presence of a disease (1.50, 1.11-2.02). Univariate analysis showed that smoking habit, overweight and excess alcohol use were also associated with injuries. The loglinear model results showed that there were associations between some of these independent factors. It was concluded that job, sex, young age, smoking habit, excess alcohol use, overweight, psychotropic drug use, and disease influenced the occupational injuries. Preventive measures concerning work conditions, risk assessment and job knowledge should be conducted in overall active population, especially in men, young workers, smokers, alcohol users, overweight workers and in individuals with a disease or psychosomatic disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
authors.forename: Ashis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacherjee
authors.forename: Nearkasen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chau
authors.forename: Carmen Otero
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Sierra
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Legras
authors.forename: Lahoucine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Benamghar
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Michaely
authors.forename: Apurna Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guillemin
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Ravaud
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mur
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity; D012907:Smoking; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*