completed 09/1996
Suspicion of work-related strain as the cause of frequent early retirement. Goal: information concerning occupational activity-related illnesses.
Cross sectional investigation of retrospective data (analysis of files); secondary analysis of specifically diagnosed early retirements.
Workers in the construction industry enter early retirement significantly more frequently as a result of support and locomotor system conditions and as results of injuries in comparison with all other employees in industry. Skin diseases, psychiatric illnesses and digestive disorders came to the fore in individual trades in the construction industry.
Publications:
Zschenderlein et al.: Risikogruppen älterer Arbeitnehmer in der Bauwirtschaft - Stufe II: Erwerbs- und Berufsunfähigkeit in ausgewählten Berufen der Bauwirtschaft und Stufe III: Retrospektive Kohortenstudie. Schriftenreihe der Berufsgenossenschaften der Bauwirtschaft, Böblingen/Ulm 1995
construction industry
Type of hazard:work-related health hazards
Catchwords:Belastung, Gesundheitliche Beeinträchtigungen und Störungen, Besondere Personengruppen
Description, key words:Retrospective cross section study, secondary analysis of the reasons for leaving a profession