| Document ID (ISN) | 67832 |
| CIS number |
96-2108 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0001-4575 - Accident Analysis and Prevention |
| Year |
1996 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Laflamme L., Menckel E., Lundholm L. |
| Title |
The age-related risk of occupational accidents: The case of Swedish iron-ore miners |
| Bibliographic information |
1996, Vol.28, No.3, p.349-357. 26 ref. |
| Abstract |
Age-related accident risks faced by Swedish male iron-ore miners were studied with a retrospective longitudinal analysis of national registers over a ten-year period (1980-1990). Three time periods of five years and five age categories were used examining age-related accident frequency, characteristics and severity. Among older miners high accident ratios were found to be rare whatever the time period, but some accident patterns became substantially more frequent in some older age cohorts over the years. Injuries tended to be more severe in older age groups. The tentative conclusions are: inequality in risk exposure between age groups may explain the lower accident ratios found among older workers, but also that the aging of a working population may lead to the application of task-assignment principles that penalize older workers, at least with regard to certain specific accident risks. Age is a good predictor of accident severity, provided that differences in risk exposure are controlled for, but further studies are needed to test these hypotheses in different occupations. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
older workers; Sweden; metal mining; accident investigation; age-linked differences; iron ore mining |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
cohort study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Sweden |
| Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Accident investigation
Older workers
Mining and quarrying
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