Yi Kwan Hyung
Department of Occupational Safety Research, Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Ulsan, Republic of Korea.
Saf Health Work. 2018 Jun;9(2):184-191. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2018.01.005. Epub 2018 Apr 16.
Due to an increasing number of workers aged 50 years and above, the number of those employed is also on the rise, and those workers aged 50 and over has exceeded 50% of the total fatal occupational injuries. Therefore, it is necessary to implement the selection and concentration by identifying the characteristics of high-risk groups necessary for an effective prevention against and reduction of fatal occupational injuries.
This study analyzed the characteristics of high-risk groups and the occupational injury fatality rate per 10,000 workers among the workers aged 50 and over through a multi-dimensional analysis by sex, employment status of workers, industry and occupation by targeting 4,079 persons who died in fatal occupational injuries from January 2007 to December 12.
The share of the workers aged 50 years and above is increasing every year in the total fatal occupational injuries occurrence, and the high-risk groups include 'male workers' by sex, 'daily workers' by worker's status, 'craft and related-trades workers' by occupation, and 'mining' by industry.
The most frequent causal objects of fatal occupational injuries of the workers aged 50 years and above are found out to be 'installment and dismantlement of temporary equipment and material on work platforms including scaffold' in the construction industry and 'mobile crane, conveyor belt and fork lifts' in the manufacturing industry.
由于50岁及以上工人数量不断增加，就业人数也在上升，且50岁及以上工人在致命职业伤害总数中所占比例已超过50%。因此，有必要通过识别有效预防和减少致命职业伤害所需的高危人群特征来实施筛选和集中管理。
本研究通过对2007年1月至12月期间4079名死于致命职业伤害的人员按性别、工人就业状况、行业和职业进行多维度分析，分析了50岁及以上工人中高危人群的特征以及每万名工人的职业伤害死亡率。
50岁及以上工人在致命职业伤害总数中的占比逐年增加，高危人群按性别包括“男性工人”，按工人身份包括“日工”，按职业包括“工艺及相关行业工人”，按行业包括“采矿业”。
50岁及以上工人致命职业伤害最常见的致因对象在建筑业中是“在包括脚手架在内的工作平台上安装和拆卸临时设备及材料”，在制造业中是“移动式起重机、传送带和叉车”。
