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Safety Science | 2003

Factors contributing to the differences in work related injury rates between Danish and Swedish construction workers

Søren Spangenberg; Charlotte Baarts; Johnny Dyreborg; Lars Jensen; Pete Kines; Kim Lyngby Mikkelsen

Comparison of Danish and Swedish national occupational injury statistics shows that the reported LTI-rate, or number of reported lost-time injuries per million working hours, for Danish construction workers is significantly higher than the reported LTI-rate for Swedish construction workers. In terms of injury prevention it is important to identify injury risk factors that contribute to the observed differences in LTI-rates. In the present Oresund Link case study Danish and Swedish workers worked in cross-national work gangs, carried out the same types of tasks and utilized the same reporting procedures for occupational injuries. Thus, factors that usually confound comparisons between countries were eliminated in this study. Furthermore, factors at company level were to a great extent excluded in the study design, which therefore provided a unique opportunity to investigate the importance of injury risk factors at group and individual level for Danish and Swedish workers. LTI-rates and injury risk factors were compared for Danish and Swedish workers during the construction of the combined rail and road link across the 16-km wide sound, Oresund, between Denmark and Sweden. The comparison showed that the LTI-rate of the Danish construction workers was approximately fourfold the LTI-rate of the Swedish construction workers. Factors at the micro-level (group and individual level) e.g. differences in education and experience, training and learning, and attitude were important for the explanation of the significant difference in LTI-rates between Danish and Swedish construction workers. The study also indicated that comparison of national data on LTI-rates should be carried out with great caution.


Work & Stress | 2003

Work-related violence as a predictor of fatigue: A 5-year follow-up of the Danish Work Environment Cohort Study

Annie Hogh; Vilhelm Borg; Kim Lyngby Mikkelsen

The main purpose of this study was to analyse work-related violence as a predictor of fatigue. In 1990 and 1995, 5001 Danish employees (a representative sample of the Danish workforce) were interviewed by telephone. The response rates were 90% in 1990 and 84% in 1995. The interviews included questions on fatigue and violence in 1990 and the SF-36 Vitality Scale (energy level and fatigue) in 1995. We found an association between exposure to work-related violence (both actual and threatened) in 1990 and fatigue in 1995. Employees who had been subjected to work-related violence in 1990 were approximately three times as likely to be fatigued in 1995 as non-exposed respondents. Violence predicted fatigue independently of a number of covariates, such as gender and age, social support, interpersonal conflict, type of contact at work with people other than colleagues, fatigue at baseline, and social class. We also found that exposure to violence in 1990 strongly predicted exposure to violence in 1995. Fatigue may result in a lower quality of life, a reduced ability to cope with the workload, and it may also reduce commitment towards clients. This may have an impact on the workplace and co-workers, who may have to cope with a higher workload. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Work & Stress, 2003. Copyright


Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine | 2003

Effects of firm size on risks and reporting of elevation fall injury in construction trades

Pete Kines; Kim Lyngby Mikkelsen

Although many occupational safety programs are targeted toward large firms, the construction industry is dominated by smaller firms. This study examines the differential effect of firm size on the risk and the reporting of over 3000 serious and minor nonfatal elevation fall injuries in Danish construction industry trades (1993 to 1999). Small firms (<20 employees) accounted for 93% of all firms and 55% of worker-years. There was an inverse relationship between firm size and serious injury rates and a direct relationship between firm size and minor injury rates. An inverse relationship between firm size and injury severity odds ratios (serious versus minor) was found for carpentry, electrical work, general contracting, and the remaining other trades. Health and safety issues, legislation, and enforcement in the construction industry should, to a greater degree, be focused on smaller firms.


BMC Public Health | 2007

Social inequalities in injury occurrence and in disability retirement attributable to injuries: a 5 year follow-up study of a 2.1 million gainfully employed people

Harald Hannerz; Kim Lyngby Mikkelsen; Martin L. Nielsen; Finn Tüchsen; Søren Spangenberg

BackgroundInequalities in injury related disability retirement may be due to differences in injury risk and or differences in retirement given injury. The aim of the present study was to measure social inequalities in injury occurrence and injury related disability retirement.MethodsAll people in the Danish labour force aged 20–59 years 1 January 1997 were followed for injury related hospital contacts during 1997 and all people in the Danish labour force aged 21–54 years 1 January 1998 were followed for injury related hospital contacts during 1997 and for disability retirements during 1998–2002. As inequality indices we used excess fractions (EF) i.e. the proportions of the cases that would not have occurred if the risks in each social group had been as low as they were in the occupational group with the highest skill requirements.ResultsWith regard to the risk that an injury will occur, the EF was 36% among men and 10% among women. With regard to the risk that an injury will lead to disability retirement, the EF was 43% among men and 47% among women. The combined effect of the two types of inequalities rendered an EF for injury related disability retirement of 64% among men and 53% among women. The correlation between the case disability rate ratios among men and those among women was low (r = -0.110, P = 0.795).ConclusionThe social inequality in injury related disability retirement lies only to some degree in the differences in the injury risk. More important are differences in the consequences of an injury. This was especially pronounced among the women.


Parkinsonism & Related Disorders | 2009

A nationwide population study of severe head injury and Parkinson's disease

Søren Spangenberg; Harald Hannerz; Finn Tüchsen; Kim Lyngby Mikkelsen

The aim was to analyze prospectively the association between severe head injury and Parkinsons disease. All people in Denmark who were at least 20 years old as on 1 January 1981 were followed for hospitalisation due to previous head trauma during 1981-1993 and for hospital contacts due to PD during 1995-2004. We observed 107 cases of PD among people at hypothetical risk due to previous head injury. The expected number was 112.1, which yielded a standardised morbidity ratio of 0.954 (95% CI: 0.782-1.15). The study provides no support for severe head injury among adults being a risk factor for Parkinsons disease.


American Journal of Industrial Medicine | 2000

Use of a National Hospitalization Register to identify industrial sectors carrying high risk of severe injuries: A three‐year cohort study of more than 900,000 Danish men

Charlotte Baarts; Kim Lyngby Mikkelsen; Harald Hannerz; Finn Tüchsen

BACKGROUND Data indicates that Denmark has relatively high risks of occupational injuries. We evaluated all injuries resulting in hospitalization by occupation. METHODS All gainfully employed men younger than 60 in 1990 were divided into 47 industrial groups and followed using the National Inpatient Registry, for hospitalized injuries 1991-1993. Following ICD-8, injuries were grouped into six categories: head, upper extremities, back, trunk, lower extremities and ruptures, sprains and strains. Standardized industrial hospitalization ratios (SHRs) were calculated and Pearsons independence test was performed for each category. RESULTS Industrial differences were ascertained for each injury category. The highest associated injury category was upper extremity injuries ranging from SHR = 43 (fire services and salvage corps) to SHR = 209 (slaughterhouse industry). Carpentry, joinery, bricklaying and construction work had significantly high SHRs for all injury categories, whereas administrative work was significantly low throughout. CONCLUSIONS Occupational surveillance systems based on hospitalized injuries can be used to identify high-risk industries, and thereby suggest where to direct prevention efforts.


Injury Prevention | 2010

Protocol for a mixed-methods study on leader-based interventions in construction contractors' safety commitments

Betina Holbæk Pedersen; Johnny Dyreborg; Pete Kines; Kim Lyngby Mikkelsen; Harald Hannerz; Dorte Raaby Andersen; Søren Spangenberg

Background Owing to high injury rates, safety interventions are needed in the construction industry. Evidence-based interventions tailored to this industry are, however, scarce. Leader-based safety interventions have proven more effective than worker-based interventions in other industries. Objective To test a leader-based safety intervention for construction sites. The intervention consists of encouraging safety coordinators to provide feedback on work safety to the client and line management. The intention is to increase communication and interactions regarding safety within the line management and between the client and the senior management. It is hypothesised that this, in turn, will lead to increased communication and interaction about safety between management and coworkers as well as an increased on-site safety level. Setting A group-randomised double-blinded case study of six Danish construction sites (three intervention sites and three control sites). The recruitment of the construction sites is performed continuously from January 2010 to June 2010. The investigation of each site lasts 20 continuous weeks. Methods Confirmatory statistical analysis is used to test if the safety level increased, and if the probability of safety communications between management and coworkers increases as a consequence of the intervention. The data collection will be blinded. Qualitative methods are used to evaluate if communication and interactions about safety at all managerial levels, including the client, increase. Outcome measures (1) The proportion of safety-related communications out of all studied communications between management and coworkers. (2) The safety level index of the construction sites.


International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health | 2008

Hospital contacts due to injuries among male drivers working for road goods-transport contractors in Denmark

Hitomi Shibuya; Harald Hannerz; Kim Lyngby Mikkelsen; Bryan Cleal; Lotte Gubba

OBJECTIVES To establish a detailed picture of injury pattern among professional goods-transport drivers in Denmark. METHODS For each calendar year over the period of 1995-2003, the age-standardized hospital contact ratios (SHRs) for injury were calculated for male drivers working for road goods-transport contractors in Denmark. The reference population was the male skilled/semiskilled subpopulation of the general workforce in Denmark. RESULTS No differences in the rate of injury-related hospital contact could be found between male goods-transport drivers and the reference population between 1995 and 1999. However, in the following period of 2000-2003, elevated rates of injury-related hospital contact were noted among goods-transport drivers, compared with the reference population. Furthermore, the injury-related SHR of goods-transport drivers showed a significant increase throughout the period of 1995-2003. Injuries to ankles/feet/toes were prominent among goods-transport drivers. Compared with the reference population, male goods-transport drivers had elevated rates of superficial injuries, dislocations/sprains/strains, fractures, and concussion. The superficial injuries were sustained most frequently in the ankles/feet/toes, open wounds in head/neck, dislocations/sprains/strains in ankles/feet/toes, and fractures in wrists/hands/fingers and ankles/feet/toes. CONCLUSION There is a clear need for efforts to prevent work injuries among goods-transport drivers. Special attention should be paid to preventing fractures in wrists/hands/fingers and ankles/feet/toes, dislocations/sprains/strains in ankles/feet/toes, open wounds in head/neck, and concussion.


Journal of Safety Research | 2010

Improving construction site safety through leader-based verbal safety communication.

Pete Kines; Lars Peter Andersen; Søren Spangenberg; Kim Lyngby Mikkelsen; Johnny Dyreborg; Dov Zohar


International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics | 2011

Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire (NOSACQ-50): A new tool for diagnosing occupational safety climate

Pete Kines; Jorma Lappalainen; Kim Lyngby Mikkelsen; Espen Olsen; Anders Pousette; Jorunn Tharaldsen; Kristinn Tómasson; Marianne Törner

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Harald Hannerz

National Institute of Occupational Health

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Pete Kines

National Institute of Occupational Health

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Søren Spangenberg

National Institute of Occupational Health

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Finn Tüchsen

National Institute of Occupational Health

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Johnny Dyreborg

National Institute of Occupational Health

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Charlotte Baarts

National Institute of Occupational Health

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Elsa Bach

National Institute of Occupational Health

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Helene Feveile

National Institute of Occupational Health

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