Wadsworth E J K, Simpson S A, Moss S C, Smith A P
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, 63 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AS, UK.
Occup Med (Lond). 2003 Sep;53(6):392-7. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqg088.
Accidents and injuries at work account for several million working days lost each year. Cognitive failures (problems of memory, attention or action) can lead to accidents and injuries in certain contexts.
This work describes the prevalence and associations of workplace accidents, minor injuries and cognitive failures reported by respondents to a follow-up postal questionnaire as part of the community-based Bristol Stress and Health Study.
Postal questionnaires were sent to 4673 people who participated in the first phase of the study (in which questionnaires were sent to individuals selected at random from the electoral roll).
Four per cent of workers reported an accident at work, 8% reported quite or very frequent minor injuries and 13% reported quite or very frequent cognitive failures. Accidents at work were associated with being male, smoking and higher negative job characteristics. Respondents reported workplace accidents at a level similar to the overall UK rate. Accidents and minor injuries, and minor injuries and cognitive failures, shared common associations and all three outcomes were associated with each other.
Information about cognitive failures is important in the study of accidents and injuries at work. In addition, negative job characteristics represent part of the context in which human error is translated into injury.
工作中的事故和伤害每年导致数百万工作日的损失。认知失误（记忆、注意力或行动方面的问题）在某些情况下可能导致事故和伤害。
这项工作描述了作为基于社区的布里斯托尔压力与健康研究的一部分，受访者在后续邮寄问卷中报告的工作场所事故、轻伤和认知失误的患病率及关联。
向参与研究第一阶段的4673人发送了邮寄问卷（在第一阶段，问卷被发送给从选民名单中随机挑选的个人）。
4%的工人报告了工作中的事故，8%报告有相当频繁或非常频繁的轻伤，13%报告有相当频繁或非常频繁的认知失误。工作中的事故与男性、吸烟以及更高的负面工作特征有关。受访者报告的工作场所事故发生率与英国总体发生率相似。事故和轻伤、轻伤和认知失误有共同的关联，并且这三种结果相互关联。
关于认知失误的信息在工作事故和伤害的研究中很重要。此外，负面工作特征是人为失误转化为伤害的部分背景因素。
