Published 2004
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A study of the relationship between occupational injuries and firm size and type in the Italian industry
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This paper offers a perspective on the relationship between accident frequency and
number of employees in the Italian industry, during the period from 1995 to 2000. The
number of firms examined is 2,983,753 with a total number of non-fatal and fatal injuries
corresponding to 3,321,960. A statistical significant reverse relationship (p < 0:05) between
firm size and number of days lost due to injuries was found in all industrial sectors, over the
time span considered. Frequency index trends (defined as the ratio of number of injuries to
one million worked hours) appear determined by non-severe accidents, which constitute
95.85% of the total injuries and exceed the severe cases by as much as one order of magnitude.
When dealing with all injuries, only in the industrial sectors characterized by high
degree of concentration, a statistically significant correlation was found between frequency
index and firm size (p < 0:001) with FI inversely associated with firm size. On the contrary,
both the frequency index for accidents involving permanent disability and fatal accident
frequency rate decrease as the firm size increases, even in those sectors that have a low
concentration index. The results are consistent with decreased availability of occupational
safety services in small companies and suggest the need of auditing, safety training activities,
education and information, as well as of support to safety investments targeted to small-sized
industries.
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- URL
- http://hdl.handle.net/11567/210779
- URN
- urn:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/210779
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- UNIGE