title: Uncertainty Assessment in the Quantification of Risk Rates of Occupational Accidents.
abstract: Occupational risk rates per hour of exposure have been quantified for 63 occupational accident types for the Dutch working population. Data were obtained from the analysis of more than 9,000 accidents that occurred over a period of six years in the Netherlands and resulted in three types of reportable consequences under Dutch law: (a) fatal injury, (b) permanent injury, and (c) serious recoverable injury requiring at least one day of hospitalization. A Bayesian uncertainty assessment on the value of the risk rates has been performed. Annual risks for each of the 63 occupational accident types have been calculated, including the variability in the annual exposure of the working population to the corresponding hazards. The suitability of three risk measures-individual risk rates, individual annual risk, and number of accidents-is examined and discussed.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS," Terma Patriarchou Gregoriou E & Neapoleos, Agia Paraskevi, 153-10, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Papazoglou
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS," Terma Patriarchou Gregoriou E & Neapoleos, Agia Paraskevi, 153-10, Greece.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aneziris
authors.affiliation: White Queen Safety Strategies, PO Box 712, Hoofddorp, 2130, AS, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bellamy
authors.affiliation: Bosboom-Toussaint Plein 117, Delft, 2624, DJ, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: B J M
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Ale
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Social Affairs & Employment (SZW), The Hague, 2509, LV, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Joy I H
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D018570:Risk Assessment; D035501:Uncertainty; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Accidents per worker; Bayesian analysis; occupational accident; occupational annual risk; occupational risk rate; uncertainty assessment