Survey: Some workers think recession stress causes accidents
May 21, 2009 by Fred HosierPosted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Research on safety, Transportation safety, Worker health, cost of safety
Should you add “recession stress” to the list of possible root causes for workplace injuries?
A recent survey by a British insurance company seems to suggest that.
RSA surveyed over 2,000 UK employees, and 71% report an increase in their stress levels because of the recession.
On top of that, 20% of workers surveyed believe they are more likely to face a workplace accident due to recession stress. The percent of workers who fear they’re more likely to have an accident, broken out by industry:
- manufacturing: 35%
- transportation: 28%, and
- leisure sector: 21%.
RSA estimates 13.5 million work days will be lost this year in Great Britain due to workplace stress.
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April 13th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
I think any distraction (especially stress) is detrimental to worker’s safety. Most everyone is prone to feel the stress of the recession.
May 25th, 2010 at 10:14 am
I think any time there is a reduction in manpower the incident rate will rise with it for two reasons. Some of the people that are being reduced tend to be in the mind set that anything that may be ailing them should be looked at prior to being laid off. The problem is, for what ever reason they feel all issues would be better covered through work comp rather than those of a personal nature through their personal care providers. Another problem is now you have the reduced workforce trying to accomplish the same workload. Employees having to take on more responsibilities, whether physical or mental that can be overwhelming and create incidents.