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Subdimension 1a: Safety at work

Explore key indicators and issues surrounding occupational safety, including fatal injuries, stress levels, and hazardous occupations.

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Subdimension 1a: Safety at work

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  1. Dimension 1: Safety and ethics of employment Subdimension 1a: Safety at work

  2. Introduction • Introduction • Indicators • Common characteristics • Issues for discussion Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  3. Introduction Indicators: • Fatal occupational injuries (1a1) • Nonfatal occupational injuries (1a2) • Hazardous economic activities and occupations (1a3) • Job-related stress (1a4) Dropped: • Occupational diseases Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  4. Introduction Previous meeting (2011): • Resolution concerning statistics of occupational injuries (1998) provides guidelines • Follow national legislation in order to identify hazardous occupations and include hazardous sectors • Stress is included in the Eurofound surveys • Under- or overreporting of stress levels due to cultural differences. • Some countries focus on the effect of stress Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  5. Rate of fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 employed persons (1a1) Previous name: Fatal occupational injury rate (Workplace fatalities per 100,000 employees) Description: The total number of fatal occupational injuries during the reference year divided by the total number of employed persons during the reference year multiplied by 100,000 Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  6. Rate of nonfatal (with lost workdays) occupational injuries per 100,000 employed persons (1a2) Previous name: Non-fatal occupational injury rate (Workplace accidents per 100,000 employees) Description: The total number of nonfatal occupational injuries with lost workdays during the reference year divided by the total number of employed persons during the reference year multiplied by 100,000 Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  7. Percentage of employed persons working in hazardous economic activities and occupations (1a3) Previous name: Share of employed persons working in "hazardous" industries and occupations Description: The total number of employed persons working in hazardous economic activities and occupations during the reference year divided by the total number of employed persons during the reference year multiplied by 100 Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  8. Percentage of employed persons who feel significant levels of stress related to their job (1a4) Previous name: Share of employed persons who feel significant levels of stress due to employment activities Description: The total number of employed persons who feel significant levels of stress related to their job during the reference year divided by the total number of employed persons during the reference year multiplied by 100 Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  9. Common characteristics Objective: To assess the extent to which employed persons are exposed to unsafe working conditions Target population: Employed persons, irrespective of age and country of residence Disaggregations: • Sex • Age group • Employment status (employees / self-employed) • Hours worked (part-time / full-time) • Type of contract (for employees) • Occupation • Economic activity Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  10. Common characteristics Interpretation guidelines: • To identify groups of workers in unsafe conditions • Beware of differences in hours worked (‘exposure time’) … • … and differences in industrial structure • To be analysed simultaneously Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  11. Issues for discussion Nonfatal occupational injuries (1a2): • With or without lost workdays? Persons reporting an accident at work in the past 12 months, 2007 Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  12. Issues for discussion Percentage of persons reporting that their most recent accidental injury at work or in the course of work resulted in sick leave in the past 12 months, 2007 Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  13. Issues for discussion Percentage of persons reporting an accident at work by the percentage of persons reporting that their most recent accident resulted in sick leave in the past 12 months, 2007 Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  14. Issues for discussion Hazardous economic activities and occupations (1a3): • Defined as hazardous according to national law or regulation? Limitations: • Improvements within ‘hazardous’ industries and occupations may not be detected • The list of hazardous industries and occupations may differ between countries and may change over time • Many (?) countries do not have this defined in law or regulation Additional (or alternative) indicator: • The percentage of employed persons exposed to hazardous work (e.g., EU-LFS ad hoc module 2007 and 2013) Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  15. Issues for discussion Percentage of persons reporting exposure to factors that can adversely affect well-being (physical or mental) by economic activity sector, EU27, 2007 Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  16. Issues for discussion Exposure to factors that can adversely affect physical well-being by exposure to factors that can adversely affect mental well-being, EU27, 2007 Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  17. Issues for discussion Job-related stress (1a4): • Self-reported level of stress European Working Condition Survey 2010: • Q51: For each of the following statements, please select the response which best describes your work situation. • N- You experience stress in your work (NEW): 1 (always) – 5 (never) Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  18. Issues for discussion Percentage of persons experiencing stress always or most of the time, 2010 Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  19. Issues for discussion For discussion: • Is this the best way to monitor job-related stress? • How about cross-national comparability? • Or should we focus more on objective measures: • causes of stress? • short-term stress reactions? • long-term consequences? Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  20. Issues for discussion To summarise: 1. Nonfatal occupational injuries: - All injuries, not only those with lost workdays 2. Hazardous economic activities and occupations: - Self-reported exposure to hazardous work 3. Job-related stress: - Subjective experience Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

  21. Thank you! Henk-Jan Dirven Statistics Netherlands hj.dirven@cbs.nl Measuring Quality of Employment, 11-13 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

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