劳动力
职业安全与健康
焦虑
心理健康
人为因素与人体工程学
职业伤害
自杀预防
伤害预防
毒物控制
生产力
心理创伤
萧条(经济学)
心理学
心理契约
建筑业
环境卫生
医学
精神科
工程类
社会心理学
政治学
经济增长
经济
病理
宏观经济学
法学
建筑工程
作者
Imriyas Kamardeen,Abid Hasan
出处
期刊:Journal of Management in Engineering
[American Society of Civil Engineers]
日期:2023-03-01
卷期号:39 (2)
被引量:3
标识
DOI:10.1061/jmenea.meeng-5041
摘要
Poor mental health has become rampant in the construction industry globally, causing productivity and profit losses for organizations as well as disabilities and diminished quality of life for workers. Addressing the challenge is critical for a progressive industry and healthy workforce. Existing literature discusses the causes and effects of poor mental health among construction workers. Yet, it does not, based on real-world incident data, explain vulnerable trades, common incident mechanisms, and recurring psychological injuries, nor does it examine variations of lost time within the incident severity outcome due to psychological injuries. The present study addresses these gaps by analyzing workers’ compensation offered to construction trades workers from 2008 to 2019 for psychological injuries in the Australian construction industry. Carpenters and joiners, electricians, plant operators, structural steel workers, and construction and plumbing laborers suffered more permanently incapacitating psychological injuries than other trades. Workers in projects located in metro, small rural towns, and very remote regions were more heavily represented in permanently incapacitating psychological injuries than workers in other locations. The worst psychological injury, which resulted in a combination of permanent incapacity and an extended period of lost time (over 3,000 h), was caused by anxiety combined with depression or stress, or posttraumatic stress disorder from experiencing traumatic incidents, workplace violence and bullying, or vehicle incidents. Age and gender of workers did not show a statistically significant association with psychological injuries. The findings offer practical insights for developing optimized occupational health and safety management programs for improving the mental health of construction workers.
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