The Relationships between Enterprise-scale Levels, Safety and Health Information Provisions in the Workplace, and the Consequential Attack Rate of Occupational Disease and Injuries

In-Kyung Park; Kyung-Jong Lee; Soon-Young Lee; Jae-Beom Park; Kyoung-Bok Min

doi:10.0000/kjoem.2012.24.3.229

Journal List > Korean J Occup Environ Med > v.24(3) > 1125590

Go to TopGo to Top Go to BottomGo to Bottom

TOOLS

Park, Lee, Lee, Park, and Min: The Relationships between Enterprise-scale Levels, Safety and Health Information Provisions in the Workplace, and the Consequential Attack Rate of Occupational Disease and Injuries

Original Article

Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2012; 24(3): 229-238.

Published online: 30 September 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.0000/kjoem.2012.24.3.229

The Relationships between Enterprise-scale Levels, Safety and Health Information Provisions in the Workplace, and the Consequential Attack Rate of Occupational Disease and Injuries

In-Kyung Park, Kyung-Jong Lee¹, Soon-Young Lee², Jae-Beom Park¹, Kyoung-Bok Min¹

Graduate School of Public Health, University of Ajou, Korea.

¹Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Korea.

²Department of Preventive Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Korea.

Corresponding author (mink1999@ajou.ac.kr)

Received 16 April 2012 Revised 21 August 2012 Accepted 27 August 2012

Abstract

Objectives

We investigated the associations between enterprise-scale levels, the information supplied regarding workplace safety and health, and occupational injury and disease using a nationally representative sample of Korean workers.

Methods

We used data from the '2006 Working Condition Survey' performed by the Korean Occupational Safety & Health Agency. Demographic variables, employment characteristics, workplace hazards, enterprise-scale levels, information supplied regarding workplace safety and health, and occupational injury and disease were included for the study.

Results

Subjects who had high incomes, or who were male, full-time workers, or shift workers were more likely to provide safety and health information at work, compared to other workers' groups. The larger the enterprise-scale level, the more likely they would offer information on safety and health at work. Workers who worked in small companies, especially those with less than 10 employees, were the most likely respondents to provide safety and health information. In the corresponding logistic regression, the presence of occupational injuries and disease was significantly associated with the provision of health and safety information, the enterprise-scale level had little correlation.

Conclusions

Our findings suggest that the provision of health and safety information is a critical factor regarding occupational injuries and disease. Proper safety and health education, even in small companies, may contribute to a decrease in occupational disease and injury.

Keywords: Enterprise-scale, Safety and health information, Occupational disease and injuries

Figures and Tables

Table 1

Relationship between provision of safety & health information in the workplace and general characteristic (N(%))

Table 2

Relationship between enterprise-scale and provision of safety & health information adjusted for characteristic, working condition and occupation

Table 3

Provision of safety & health information by enterprise-scale classified as labor number^†

^*OR of the large-scale enterprise about provision of safety & health information compare to relatively smaller one.

^†logistic model adjusted for sex, smoking, drinking, education, occupation, income, part-time, work pattern, ergonomical risk factor.

Table 4

Differences of occupational disease & injury rates by provision of safety & health information that adjusted for general characteristics and working condition

Table 5

Classified by enterprise-scale, particular occupational disease & injuries by provision of safety & health nformation^*^†

^*OR of the provision group on the non-provision group.

^†adjusted for sex, age, monthly income, education, smoking, drinking, part-time, work pattern, riskiness of work, occupation, risk factor.

Table 6

Particular occupational disease & injuries by provision of safety & health information^*

^*OR of the provision group on the non-provision group.

^†adjusted for sex, age.

^‡adjusted for sex, age, monthly income, education, smoking, drinking.

^§adjusted for sex, age, monthly income, education, smoking, drinking, part-time, work pattern, riskiness of work, occupation, risk factor, enterprise-scale.

References

1. Kim S, Cho SH, Kim CY, Ha EH, Hong YC, Kwon HJ, Ha MN, Han SH, Ju YS. Quality assessment of group occupational health service for small and medium scale enterprises in Korea. Korean J Occup Environ Med. 1998. 10(1):71–82. (Korean).

2. Ministry of Employment and Labor. IK Park . Data report of the specialized business plan for prevention of industrial accident. 1994. (Korean).

3. Jung HS. A comparative analysis of the level of occupational health : Before and after the subsidiary program on health care management of small scale industries. 1995. School of public health, Seoul National University;(Korean).

4. Ministry of Employment and Labor. IK Park . Establishment labor condition survey report. 1995. Seoul: (Korean).

5. Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency. IK Park . 1994 Working environment condition survey on manufacturer. 1994. Seoul: (Korean).

6. Last JM. Maxcy and Rosenau, Public health and preventive medicine. 1991. 13th ed. Appleton;49–54.

7. Sobal J, Valente CM, Muncie HL, Levine DM, Deforge BR. Physicians's beliefs about the importance of 25 health promoting behaviors. Am J Public Health. 1985. 75(12):1427–1428.

8. Park JS, Lee NR. IK Park . National sample survey of working-condition & occupational disease health-risk-factor on employee. 2006. Occupational safety & health research institute;(Korean).

9. Kim JY. A study on the safety accidents by shift system. Korean J Occup Environ Med. 1996. 8(2):330–339. (Korean).

10. Kim YG, Yoon DY, Kim JI, Chae CH, Hong YS, Yang CG, Kim JM, Jung KY, Kim JY. Effects of health on shift-work -general and psychological health, sleep, stress, quality of life-. Korean J Occup Environ Med. 2002. 14(3):247–256. (Korean).

11. Ong CN, Kogi K. Shiftwork in developing countries: current issues and trends. Occup Med. 1990. 5(2):417–428.

12. Ministry of employment and labor(each year). IK Park . Wage tendency by employee-scale. General statistics research of wage structure. (Korean).

13. Koo JW, Park CY, Chung CK, Lee KS, Yim HW, Phee YG, Oh SY, Ham WS. The effects of knowledge and attitude about noise on hearing conservation behavior and hearing loss. Korean J Occup Environ Med. 1998. 10(4):476–483.

14. Kim SA, Chun BY, Kim SW, Jung SJ, Lee GJ. Change of visual function and lacrimation among male nearwork inspectors in a TV manufacturing plant. Korean J Occup Environ Med. 2001. 13(4):436–448. (Korean).

15. Apts DW. Back injury prevention handbook. 1992. Chelsea, U.S.A: Lews publishers. Inc;6–7.

16. Kang JC, Chang SR. Promoting effectiveness of occupational health and safety education program. J Korean Soc Saf. 2005. 20(1):143–147. (Korean).

17. Kim H, Jeong WC. Symptom prevalence and primary intervention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and their related factors among manufacturing workers. Korean J Occup Environ Med. 2005. 17(2):116–128. (Korean).

TOOLS

Similar articles