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Time pressure, lack of control over work tasks, long working hours, shift work, lack of support and moral injury are important risk factors for occupational stress, burnout and fatigue among health workers.
- Chapter 21: Selected occupational risk factors
Overview. Many of the 2.9 billion workers across the globe...
- Chapter 21: Selected occupational risk factors
Jul 15, 2004 · Overview. Many of the 2.9 billion workers across the globe are exposed to hazardous risks at their workplaces. This chapter examines the disease and injury burden produced by selected occupational risk factors: occupational carcinogens, airborne particulates, noise, ergonomic stressors and risk factors for injuries.
Four major global factors that the survey indicated will influence the practices of occupational health and safety are: the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainability Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); the Revised GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety Global Reporting Initiative; the ISO 45001 International Occupational Health ...
Sep 27, 2024 · The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimate that 1.9 million people died from occupational risk factors globally in the year 2016. 1,2. Of these work-related deaths, diseases accounted for 81%, while injuries comprised 19%.
- The WHO/ILO Joint Estimates are the official estimates of WHO and ILO on the burden of disease attributable to occupational risk factors. 1,2 They...
- The occupational risk factor with the largest number of attributable deaths is exposure to long working hours (≥ 55 hours per week); it was respons...
- Worldwide in 2016, the health outcome with the largest work-related burden of deaths was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (450 000 deaths), fo...
- On average across the globe, 34.3 deaths occurred per 100 000 working-age population (i.e. age ≥ 15 years) in 2016. The Region of South-East Asia a...
- Men carry a larger work-related burden of disease than women. Compared to the death rate for both sexes (34.3 deaths per 100 000 working-age popula...
- The death rates for people aged 55 years and over were higher than the rate for all age groups (34.3 deaths per 100 000 working-age population). Th...
- Governments, in consultation with workers and employers, can act to prevent work-related burden of disease. 4 Governments need to ensure universal...
- The global Comparative Risk Assessment (CRA) and its framework were developed by WHO with partners in the 1990s. 10 It quantifies burden of disease...
Aug 22, 2023 · Background. Occupational-related diseases or illnesses account for an estimated 2.4 million deaths worldwide every year. Currently, occupational hazards threaten healthcare workers’ (HCWs) lives, safety, and well-being.
- 10.1177/23333928231192834
- Jan-Dec 2023
Jul 21, 2017 · Burden of occupational disease estimation contributes to understanding of both magnitude and relative importance of different occupational hazards and provides essential information for targeting risk reduction.
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More research is needed on the impact of workplace (eg, crowding, exposure to dust and welding fumes) and worker (eg, age and immunosuppression) risk factors to obtain a more systematic approach to prevent biological risks among non-healthcare employees.
