| Document ID (ISN) | 105290 |
| CIS number |
06-787 |
| ISBN(s) |
2-11-095788-3 |
| Year |
2006 |
| Convention or series no. |
Document de travail n°55
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| Author(s) |
Yilmaz E. |
| Title |
The arduousness of work: Statistical evaluation |
| Original title |
Pénibilité du travail: évaluation statistique [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Centre d'Etudes de l'Emploi, 29, Promenade Michel Simon, 93166 Noisy-le-Grand Cedex, France, 2006. 84p. Illus. 11 ref. |
| Internet access |
http://www.cee-recherche.fr/fr/doctrav/penibilite_travail_evaluation_statistique_55.pdf [in French]
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| Abstract |
This paper provides a statistical evaluation of the arduousness of work based on surveys carried out in France, in particular the SUMER survey 2002/03 (Surveillance médicale des risques professionnels - Medical surveillance of occupational hazards). Three main categories of factors contributing to arduousness were identified: physical workload, atypical hours of work and exposure to carcinogens. Different ways of evaluating arduousness are proposed corresponding to levels of exposure. Results demonstrate wide disparities among economic sectors. Exposure to at least one physical factor for 20 hours or more per week ranged from 4% of workers (in the education sector) to 47% (leather and shoe industry). While certain sectors (public administration, financial activities) had a low rate of exposure to toxic substances, some 51% of workers in the woodworking sector were exposed to carcinogens. The highest percentage of workers frequently exposed to night work (more than 200 nights per year) was 6%, in the food and agriculture sectors. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
France; statistical evaluation; conditions of work |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
carcinogens; statistical trends; noise; night work; repetitive work; exposure; manual lifting; physical workload; survey; social aspects; harmful substances |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Generalities
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| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
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| Browse category(ies) |
Statistical methods
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