The Impact of prevention measures and organisational factors on occupational injuries
Arocena, Pablo
Núñez, Imanol
Villanueva, Mikel

Imprint: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia de l'Empresa 2007
Description: 37 p.
Abstract: This paper analyses the impact of a series of managerial and organisational factors on occupational injuries. These consist of occupational safety measures, as regards both the intensity and the orientation of risk prevention in companies, and the adoption of certain work organisation practices, quality management and the use of flexible production technologies. We estimate a negative binomial regression based on a sample of 213 Spanish industrial establishments, defining a constant random parameter to take account of non-observable heterogeneity. Our results show that occupational safety measures, the intensive use of quality management tools and the empowerment of workers all help to reduce the number of injuries. We have also confirmed the presence of synergies between the organisational factors analysed and the development of an occupational safety strategy featuring participation and the extension of prevention to all levels of the organisation.
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Language: Anglès
Series: Departament d'Economia de l'Empresa. Documents de treball
Series: Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia de l'Empresa) ; 07/3
Document: Working paper
Subject: Seguretat en el treball



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