IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v18y2021i20p10781-d656029.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Analysis of the Correlation between Occupational Accidents and Economic Factors in China

Author

Listed:
  • Chengwu Li

    (School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China)

  • Xiangbing Wang

    (School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China)

  • Chengmin Wei

    (School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China)

  • Min Hao

    (School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China)

  • Zhen Qiao

    (School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China)

  • Yonghang He

    (School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China)

Abstract

One of the important factors affecting the production safety of a country or region is the level of economic development. Avoiding accidents under the condition of ensuring economic development is a problem that needs in-depth research. On the basis of collecting the data of occupational accidents and economic development indicators in China from 2000 to 2020, this paper studies the relationship between occupational accidents and five economic indicators, such as resident consumption, energy consumption, education funds, wage level and research input. The grey working accident model of Gaussian function is established, the occurrence trend of occupational accidents is quantitatively analyzed, and the accident reduction measures are suggested based on the relationship between accidents and economy. The results show that there is a strong correlation between accident and economic indicators, and the comprehensive correlation coefficient among scientific research investment, education funds and accident indicators is significantly higher than that of other economic indicators. Increasing investment in scientific research and education is conducive to improving the quality of workers and training safety professionals and can effectively reduce workplace accidents.

Suggested Citation

  • Chengwu Li & Xiangbing Wang & Chengmin Wei & Min Hao & Zhen Qiao & Yonghang He, 2021. "Analysis of the Correlation between Occupational Accidents and Economic Factors in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-20, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:20:p:10781-:d:656029
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/20/10781/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/20/10781/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Robert G. Blanton & Dursun Peksen, 2017. "Dying for Globalization? The Impact of Economic Globalization on Industrial Accidents," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 98(5), pages 1487-1502, November.
    2. Xibing Li & Jiao Liu & Jian Zhou & Xiling Liu & Lei Zhou & Wei Wei, 2020. "The Effects of Macroeconomic Factors on Road Traffic Safety: A Study Based on the ARDL-ECM Model," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-16, December.
    3. Anna-Maria Mouza & Antonis Targoutzidis, 2012. "The impact of the economic cycle on fatal injuries. The case of UK 1971–2007," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 46(6), pages 1917-1929, October.
    4. Moniruzzaman, Syed & Andersson, Ragnar, 2008. "Economic development as a determinant of injury mortality - A longitudinal approach," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 66(8), pages 1699-1708, April.
    5. Bożena Hoła & Tomasz Nowobilski, 2019. "Analysis of the Influence of Socio-Economic Factors on Occupational Safety in the Construction Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(16), pages 1-12, August.
    6. Li-Ting Yeh, 2020. "Using Weighted Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure Occupational Safety and Healthy Economic Performance of Taiwan’s Industrial Sectors," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 8(9), pages 1-13, September.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Ja-Young Lee & Chankyu Kang, 2022. "A Study on the Status of Safety and Health for Golf Course Caddies and Improvement of Protective Measures in South Korea," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-14, August.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Nahid Pourrostami & Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary & Fatemeh Zarezadeh Mehrizi, 2023. "Population aging and working hour impacts on occupational accidents: evidence from Japan," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 56(4), pages 2621-2644, August.
    2. Vendula Laciok & Katerina Sikorova & Bruno Fabiano & Ales Bernatik, 2021. "Trends and Opportunities of Tertiary Education in Safety Engineering Moving towards Safety 4.0," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-21, January.
    3. Xun Liu & Xiaobo Li, 2022. "Exploring the Formation Mechanism of Unsafe Construction Behavior and Testing Efficient Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Programs," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(4), pages 1-19, February.
    4. Yoshitsugu Kitazawa, 2010. "Size of economic activity and occurrence of fatal traffic accidents: a count panel data analysis on Fukuoka prefecture in Japan," Discussion Papers 41, Kyushu Sangyo University, Faculty of Economics.
    5. Larisa Ivascu & Muddassar Sarfraz & Muhammad Mohsin & Sobia Naseem & Ilknur Ozturk, 2021. "The Causes of Occupational Accidents and Injuries in Romanian Firms: An Application of the Johansen Cointegration and Granger Causality Test," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(14), pages 1-17, July.
    6. Satu-Marja Mäkela & Arttu Lämsä & Janne S. Keränen & Jussi Liikka & Jussi Ronkainen & Johannes Peltola & Juha Häikiö & Sari Järvinen & Miguel Bordallo López, 2021. "Introducing VTT-ConIot: A Realistic Dataset for Activity Recognition of Construction Workers Using IMU Devices," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-20, December.
    7. Paul A. Schulte & George L. Delclos & Sarah A. Felknor & Jessica M. K. Streit & Michelle McDaniel & L. Casey Chosewood & Lee S. Newman & Faiyaz A. Bhojani & Rene Pana-Cryan & Naomi G. Swanson, 2022. "Expanding the Focus of Occupational Safety and Health: Lessons from a Series of Linked Scientific Meetings," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-21, November.
    8. Ahmet Tasdelen & Alper M. Özpinar, 2023. "A Dynamic Risk Analysis Model Based on Workplace Ergonomics and Demographic-Cognitive Characteristics of Workers," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-11, March.
    9. Qingwei Xu & Kaili Xu, 2021. "Analysis of the Characteristics of Fatal Accidents in the Construction Industry in China Based on Statistical Data," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-21, February.
    10. Law, Teik Hua, 2015. "Factors associated with the relationship between non-fatal road injuries and economic growth," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 166-172.
    11. Kyunghee Lee & Jieun Hwang, 2022. "The Association between Comorbidities and Comorbid Injuries on Treatment Outcome in Pediatric and Elderly Patients with Injuries in Korea: An Observational Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(10), pages 1-15, May.
    12. Christian Acevedo Navas, 2010. "¿Influye la realIdad económIca en el suicidio?," Revista de Economía del Caribe 7805, Universidad del Norte.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:20:p:10781-:d:656029. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.