Occupational injuries in the mining sector (2000-2010). Comparison with the construction sector

This paper compares the incidence of fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries of workers in the mining and construction sectors in Spain between 2000 and 2010. Data on work injuries were obtained from the Spanish Ministry of Labour and Immigration and the denominators were obtained from the availab...

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Autores: Felipe Blanch, José Juan de, Freijo Álvarez, Modesto, Alfonso Abella, Pura, Sanmiquel Pera, Lluís, Vintró Sánchez, Carla
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/71259
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.15446/dyna.v81n186.39771
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/71259
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mining
Construction
Work injuries
Lost working days
Fatal injuries
Minería
Construcción
Lesiones laborales
Jornadas perdidas
Lesiones mortales
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Sumario:This paper compares the incidence of fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries of workers in the mining and construction sectors in Spain between 2000 and 2010. Data on work injuries were obtained from the Spanish Ministry of Labour and Immigration and the denominators were obtained from the available statistics on Social Security registration. We calculated the incidence of fatal and nonfatal occupational injuries, the relative risk (RR) and odds ratio (OR) for a 95% of confidence interval (CI) for the mining workers compared to the construction workers. The obtained results indicate that mining workers have a higher risk of occupational injuries and lost more working days than the construction workers.