Commuting Accidents among Non-Physician Staff of a Large University Hospital Center from 2012 to 2016: A Case-Control Study

Alexandre Ponsin, Emmanuel Fort, Martine Hours, Barbara Charbotel and Marie-Agnès Denis
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Alexandre Ponsin: Service de médecine et santé au travail, Hospices Civils de Lyon-165 chemin du grand Revoyet, 69495 Pierre Bénite, France
Emmanuel Fort: Univ Lyon, Univ Eiffel, Univ Lyon 1, Ifsttar, UMRESTTE, UMR T_9405, 69373 Lyon, France
Martine Hours: Univ Lyon, Univ Eiffel, Univ Lyon 1, Ifsttar, UMRESTTE, UMR T_9405, 69373 Lyon, France
Barbara Charbotel: Univ Lyon, Univ Eiffel, Univ Lyon 1, Ifsttar, UMRESTTE, UMR T_9405, 69373 Lyon, France
Marie-Agnès Denis: Univ Lyon, Univ Eiffel, Univ Lyon 1, Ifsttar, UMRESTTE, UMR T_9405, 69373 Lyon, France

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: Road risks (commuting and on-duty accidents) have been responsible for 44% of work-related fatalities compensated by the French system of Social Security in 2012 and still represented 37% in 2018. Our objective was to assess risk factors for commuting accidents among the non-physician staff in a French university hospital. We conducted a case-control study of commuting accidents from 2012 to 2016. Cases were identified and controls were randomly selected from the hospital’s personnel file with matches by year of the accident, gender and age. Risk factors were assessed using conditional logistic regression analysis. An increased risk was observed for 2 × 8 hour shifts, crude OR = 1.40 (95% CI = 1.05–1.86) compared to daytime schedules, but not confirmed in the multiple model. Being a duty officer and not working the day before the accident were associated with increased risk of accidents with adjusted OR = 1.9 (95% CI = 1.1; 3.3) and OR = 1.5, (95% CI = 1.1; 2.1), respectively. The risk increased as the distance between home and work increased, such as adjusted OR = 2.2 (95% CI = 1.4; 3.4) for a distance of >3.6 to 9 km, OR = 2.6, (95% CI = 1.7; 4.0) for a distance of >9 km to 19 km, and OR = 4.2, (95% CI = 2.8; 6.2) for >19 km vs. <3.6 km. The distance between home and work, not working the day before the accident, and certain categories of personnel were related to commuting accidents.

Keywords: commuting accidents; health care worker; case control study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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