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Document ID (ISN)105085
CIS number 06-591
ISSN - Serial title 0465-546X - Medicina y seguridad del trabajo
Year 2005
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Sánchez Casado J., Castillo Ramos S., Valiente Álvarez J., Rodríguez Ortiz de Salazar B.
Title Occupational accidents in a railway company 1998-2003
Original title Accidentes de trabajo en una empresa ferroviaria 1998-2003 [in Spanish]
Bibliographic information June 2005, Vol.LI, No.199, p.15-25. Illus. 14 ref.
Internet access http://www.isciii.es/htdocs/centros/medicinadeltrabajo/revistamedicinatrabajo/Medicina_199.pdf [in Spanish]
Abstract This study analyses occupational accidents in a Spanish railway company from 1998 to 2003 as a function of the following variables: age, sex, length of employment, job and workplace, day and hour of the accident, accident cause, accident description, location of injury, disability, length of accident absenteeism. Incidence, frequency and severity rates were then calculated, together with the mean time away from work. It is concluded that accident indices are below those of other companies of the sector because of the high mean age of the workers in this company. The typical profile of the injured worker is a young worker with less than one year of service.
Descriptors (primary) occupational accidents; causes of accidents; rail transport
Descriptors (secondary) analysis of accident causes; length of service; severity rates; frequency rates; age-linked differences
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceSpain
Subject(s) Transport and communications
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Rail transportation