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Towards better prevention of fatal occupational accidents in Portugal
Author(s) -
SANTOS António J. R.,
REBELO Efigénio L.,
MENDES Júlio C.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international labour review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1564-913X
pISSN - 0020-7780
DOI - 10.1111/ilr.12114
Subject(s) - logistic regression , occupational safety and health , case fatality rate , business , occupational accident , human factors and ergonomics , demographic economics , poison control , environmental health , forensic engineering , medicine , economics , engineering , population , pathology
Portugal, with a relatively high fatality rate for occupational accidents, faces the challenge of reducing fatalities with limited funding. This research identifies significant predictors in Portugal and estimates probabilities of occurrence. The model, based on applied logistic regression, suggests that policy‐makers should focus prevention efforts on older workers; persons with permanent contracts; those employed by large enterprises or at workplaces in the trade or services sectors; and those exposed to deviations by overflow, overturn, leak, flow, vaporization or emissions that are likely to cause musculoskeletal disorders, wounds, fractures or traumatic amputations.