Research Papers (2009 – 2013)
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| Category | 2011 CMRSC XXI Halifax |
| Tags | Session 6A |
| Author/Auteur | Sonia Pignatelli, François Bellavance, Patrice Duguay |
Abstract
Approximately 1% of all workers receiving compensation from the Commission de la santé et sécurité au travail du Québec (CSST) were involved in a motor vehicle collision at work. Yet, fatalities caused by road crashes add up to 25-30% of all work-related deaths, making them the highest cause of accidental deaths at work. This study seeks to provide a clearer understanding of work-related road crashes in Québec and the circumstances leading to them. In a joint effort, the CSST and the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) extracted data from their databases to create a data file of over 8,000 subjects who received compensation by the CSST following a road crash at work occurring between 2000 and 2008.
Multiple correspondence and cluster analyses have identified the following six groups of work- related road crashes: 1. Two vehicles collisions in low speed zone (n=2429), 2. Two vehicles collisions in high speed zone (n=2084), 3. One vehicle collision (n=2008), 4. Collisions with no apparent injured victim according to police reports (n=1376), 5. Pedestrians collisions (n=520) and 6. Collisions in forest environment (n=183). Among the characteristics and risk factors that best differentiate these groups, we find the vehicle type, the posted speed limit, the environment, the season and weather conditions, the injury severity and body region of the injury, the cause of the crash, the collision configuration and road alignment, the main employment area, the time of the crash and the sex of the worker. There are also significant differences between the groups for the total number of days of compensation and the total amount paid.
Prevention of road crashes at work is a great challenge for the CSST. These results contribute to our understanding of the problem and provide useful information for the development of relevant prevention measures addressing the specific characteristics of each group of work- related crashes.
Sonia Pignatelli, François Bellavance, Patrice Duguay