Comparison of work environment and occupational injury in direct and indirect employment in Korea and Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate the risk of injury for indirect employment in Korea, we compared work environment, workplace exposure, and injury risk according to the type of employment contract between Korea and European Union (EU) countries.

Methods

We analyzed data of blue-collar workers from the fourth Korean Working Conditions Survey (2014) and the sixth European Working Conditions Survey (2015) and compared workplace risk factors and preventive factors for occupational injuries. Multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify the relationship between occupational injury and the type of employment contract after adjusting for age and sex.

Results

For descriptive characteristics, a relatively older age, lower income, lower proportion of full-time work,

SUBMITTER: Ahn J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6791999 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature