title: Occupational accidents in the Netherlands: incidence, mental harm, and their relationship with psychosocial factors at work.
abstract: This study investigated the incidence of mental harm due to occupational accidents and the relation between psychosocial factors at work and the occurrence of occupational accidents in the Netherlands for the construction industry and health and welfare sector. Analyses revealed that occupational accidents in the construction industry more often involved physical harm, whereas accidents in the health and welfare sector relatively more often resulted in mental harm, in comparison to other sectors. Results showed that psychosocial factors were associated with occupational accidents in both sectors. For the construction industry, high time pressure and exposure to violence and harassment by colleagues or supervisors were associated with occupational accidents. For the health and welfare sector, low autonomy and exposure to violence and harassment by colleagues or supervisors or by people outside the organization were associated with occupational accidents. The present paper stresses the importance of also taking psychological consequences and psychosocial factors at work into account in assessing the occurrence of occupational accidents.
authors.affiliation: a The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO , Leiden , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marloes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van der Klauw
authors.affiliation: a The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO , Leiden , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oude Hengel
authors.affiliation: a The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO , Leiden , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Maartje Bakhuys
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Roozeboom
authors.affiliation: a The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO , Leiden , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Lando L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Koppes
authors.affiliation: a The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO , Leiden , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venema
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D009790:Occupations
keywords: mental harm; occupational accidents; psychological consequences; psychosocial factors at work; safety