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Prohibition on Changing Workplaces and Fatal Occupational Injuries among Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea
We assessed the risk of fatal occupational injuries among migrant workers with two different types of employment permits in South Korea. This observational study used national data from January 2007 to September 2018 and analyzed 42,089 cases of occupationally injured migrant workers of Chinese nati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6766071/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31509996 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183333 |
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description | We assessed the risk of fatal occupational injuries among migrant workers with two different types of employment permits in South Korea. This observational study used national data from January 2007 to September 2018 and analyzed 42,089 cases of occupationally injured migrant workers of Chinese nationality. Fatality rates were analyzed according to year, sex, age, occupation, industry, and type of employment permit. Chinese workers were permitted to work for one employer and prohibited from changing employers, whereas Korean-Chinese workers were permitted to change their employer. The adjusted fatality rate of occupational injuries of Chinese migrant workers was significantly higher (1.80-fold, 95% confidence interval 1.31–2.46) than that of Korean-Chinese migrant workers. The prohibition on changing workplaces; male sex; age ≥ 45 years; machine operator; construction industry; and agriculture, livestock, and fisheries industry were risk factors for fatal occupational injuries. The results imply a need for revision of the migrant-worker employment permit systems and implementation of occupational safety and health policies for all workers to promote health equity. |
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spelling | pubmed-67660712019-09-30 Prohibition on Changing Workplaces and Fatal Occupational Injuries among Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea Lee, Ju-Yeun Cho, Sung-il Int J Environ Res Public Health Article We assessed the risk of fatal occupational injuries among migrant workers with two different types of employment permits in South Korea. This observational study used national data from January 2007 to September 2018 and analyzed 42,089 cases of occupationally injured migrant workers of Chinese nationality. Fatality rates were analyzed according to year, sex, age, occupation, industry, and type of employment permit. Chinese workers were permitted to work for one employer and prohibited from changing employers, whereas Korean-Chinese workers were permitted to change their employer. The adjusted fatality rate of occupational injuries of Chinese migrant workers was significantly higher (1.80-fold, 95% confidence interval 1.31–2.46) than that of Korean-Chinese migrant workers. The prohibition on changing workplaces; male sex; age ≥ 45 years; machine operator; construction industry; and agriculture, livestock, and fisheries industry were risk factors for fatal occupational injuries. The results imply a need for revision of the migrant-worker employment permit systems and implementation of occupational safety and health policies for all workers to promote health equity. MDPI 2019-09-10 2019-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6766071/ /pubmed/31509996 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183333 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Lee, Ju-Yeun Cho, Sung-il Prohibition on Changing Workplaces and Fatal Occupational Injuries among Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea |
title | Prohibition on Changing Workplaces and Fatal Occupational Injuries among Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea |
title_full | Prohibition on Changing Workplaces and Fatal Occupational Injuries among Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea |
title_fullStr | Prohibition on Changing Workplaces and Fatal Occupational Injuries among Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea |
title_full_unstemmed | Prohibition on Changing Workplaces and Fatal Occupational Injuries among Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea |
title_short | Prohibition on Changing Workplaces and Fatal Occupational Injuries among Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea |
title_sort | prohibition on changing workplaces and fatal occupational injuries among chinese migrant workers in south korea |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6766071/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31509996 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183333 |
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