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Jul 15, 2004 · 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.
- Occupational hazards in the health sector
Time pressure, lack of control over work tasks, long working...
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
mortality rate from diseases attributable to selected...
- Occupational hazards in the health sector
Aug 22, 2023 · 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. Therefore, providing the prevalence and major causes of occupational-related diseases may enable injury reduction and the creation of ...
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.
Jul 9, 2021 · 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...
mortality rate from diseases attributable to selected occupational risk factors, by disease, risk factor, sex and age group. We outline the policy rationale of the indicator, describe its data sources and methods of calculation, and report and analyse the official indicator for 183 countries.
Oct 27, 2017 · Research conducted in HICs is the predominant source of information about the contribution of workplace hazards (physical, psychosocial, and work organization) and individual factors (gender, age, and health status) to occupational injury risk as well as ways to mitigate risk.
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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.
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