Safety and Health at Work Vol. 10 Issue 2 2019
An Analysis of Individual and Social Factors Affecting Occupational Accidents (Original Article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 10 Issue 2 2019
An Analysis of Individual and Social Factors Affecting Occupational Accidents (Original Article)
An Analysis of Individual and Social Factors Affecting Occupational Accidents (Original Article)
Subject
Accident proneness, Effortereward imbalance, Occupational stress, Workefamily conflict, Work locus of control
Description
Background: Workforce health is one of the primary and most challenging issues, particularly in industrialized countries. This article aims at modeling the major factors affecting accidents in the workplace, including general health, workefamily conflict, effortereward imbalance, and internal and external locus of control.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Esfahan Steel Company in Iran. A total of 450 par-
ticipants were divided into two groupsdcontrol and casedand the questionnaires were distributed
among them. Data were collected through a 7-part questionnaire. Finally, the results were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 and Amos software.
Results: All the studied variables had a significant relationship with the accident proneness. In the case group, general health with a coefficient of e0.37, workefamily conflict with 0.10, effortereward imbalance with 0.10, internal locus of control with e0.07, and external locus of control with 0.40 had a direct effect on occupational stress. Occupational stress also had a positive direct effect on accident proneness with a coefficient of 0.47. In addition, fitness indices of control group showed general health (e0.35), workefamily conflict (0.36), effortereward imbalance (0.13), internal locus of control (e0.15), and external locus of control (0.12) have a direct effect on occupational stress. Besides, occupational stress with a coefficient of 0.09 had a direct effect on accident proneness.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that although previous studies and the present study showed the effect of stress on accident and accident proneness, some hidden and external factors such as workefamily conflict, effortereward imbalance, and external locus of control that affect stress should also be considered. It helps industries face less occupational stress and, consequently, less occurrence rates of accidents.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Esfahan Steel Company in Iran. A total of 450 par-
ticipants were divided into two groupsdcontrol and casedand the questionnaires were distributed
among them. Data were collected through a 7-part questionnaire. Finally, the results were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 and Amos software.
Results: All the studied variables had a significant relationship with the accident proneness. In the case group, general health with a coefficient of e0.37, workefamily conflict with 0.10, effortereward imbalance with 0.10, internal locus of control with e0.07, and external locus of control with 0.40 had a direct effect on occupational stress. Occupational stress also had a positive direct effect on accident proneness with a coefficient of 0.47. In addition, fitness indices of control group showed general health (e0.35), workefamily conflict (0.36), effortereward imbalance (0.13), internal locus of control (e0.15), and external locus of control (0.12) have a direct effect on occupational stress. Besides, occupational stress with a coefficient of 0.09 had a direct effect on accident proneness.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that although previous studies and the present study showed the effect of stress on accident and accident proneness, some hidden and external factors such as workefamily conflict, effortereward imbalance, and external locus of control that affect stress should also be considered. It helps industries face less occupational stress and, consequently, less occurrence rates of accidents.
Creator
Amir Barkhordari, Behnam Malmir, Mahdi Malakoutikhah
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
June 2019
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
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Text
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 10 Issue 2 2019
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Amir Barkhordari, Behnam Malmir, Mahdi Malakoutikhah , “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 10 Issue 2 2019
An Analysis of Individual and Social Factors Affecting Occupational Accidents (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1912.
An Analysis of Individual and Social Factors Affecting Occupational Accidents (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1912.