Abstract
ABSTRACT Purpose: To identify the influence of physical and psychosocial stress and health-related factors on the occurrence of work-related accidents, based on the National Health Survey (NHS) conducted in Brazil in 2013, through the execution of a retest in the Brazilian context, according to the model elaborated by Rommel, Varnaccia, Lahmann, Kottner, and Kroll (2016). Originality/value: Brazil has a high rate of workplace accidents. This retest, applied to the Brazilian context based on the German model of Rommel et al. (2016), allows obtaining information concerning the factors that may increase the chances of workplace accidents. Design/methodology/approach: Study with secondary data collected from the National Health Survey (Fiocruz, 2013). The model of Rommel et al. (2016) was used with the set of four blocks of variable factors. Logistic regression explored the physical, psychosocial, and health-related stress factors that may be more likely to occur in the workplace. Findings: 2.8% of the individuals have been involved in some work accident. Model 5 is the most explanatory of occupational accidents and factors such as high school level of education (OR = 2.082), full-time work (OR = 4.814), having three or more jobs (OR = 2.593), exposure to radiation, asthma (OR = 4.880), and alcohol consumption (OR = 4.620), according to each block typified, which most significantly increase the chances for the occurrence of work accidents. Managers and legislators should observe the factors that increase the chances of an accident occurring in order to develop prevention policies or actions.
Highlights
Workplace accidents have always been part of society
The results showed a low level of relationship among the variables, which may indicate the absence of problems concerning multicollinearity, according to Hair Jr., Black, Babin, Anderson, and Tatham (2005)
The data obtained using the National Health Survey (NHS) sample, elaborated from the proposed and adapted models, (Rommel et al, 2016) recommend more significant attention from managers, both from the public and private spheres, who are interested in the challenges that involve the occurrence of workplace accidents
Summary
Workplace accidents have always been part of society. They are fatalities and represent deviations from normality, not all are avoided. What draws attention is that the annual total of 4,836 fatal workplace injuries in 2015 was the highest since 5,214 fatal injuries in 2008. In this context, the groups with the highest fatality rates were: “Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting”, with 22.8 deaths per 100,000 workers; “Transportation and warehousing”, with 13.8; “Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction”, with 11.4; and “Construction” with 10.1
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