Research Article

Construction Accidents in Spain: Implications for an Aging Workforce

Table 5

Accidents and LWD by deviation (trigger) and age in construction (Spain), 2011-2018.

Accident number% of the rowLWD (average)K-W test
-2425-3940-49+50-2425-3940-49+50TotalSig.

Without information6,9515.3%43.7%30.6%20.5%20.625.231.639.229.8
Electrical problem, explosion, and fire4,1685.6%48.2%28.6%17.6%24.628.033.143.532.0
Overflow, overturn, leak, spill, and emanation14,5625.7%46.0%30.7%17.6%11.412.614.618.214.1
Break, pop, slip, drop, and collapse material agent39,3605.7%43.6%30.1%20.7%22.428.835.742.133.3
Total or partial loss of control of work equipment or materials81,4386.1%44.8%29.6%19.5%22.726.832.137.630.2
Falling people from height30,9944.3%40.0%31.2%24.6%38.253.366.275.362.1
Falling people at same level43,0045.1%38.3%30.6%25.9%26.734.442.149.340.2
Falling people without specification3,1285.1%41.4%31.3%22.3%20.927.636.345.434.0
Body movement without added physical effort87,6084.9%43.0%31.5%20.6%21.626.131.336.029.6
Body movement as a consequence of or with physical effort134,2164.7%43.2%31.8%20.4%18.723.627.834.626.9
Surprise, fear, violence, aggression, threat, and presence2,3415.7%44.5%30.2%19.7%23.531.339.949.036.9
Others7,7215.9%43.0%29.9%21.2%20.423.530.940.029.1
455,4915.2%42.9%30.9%21.0%

Percentage above the expected for this age (statistically significant). Sig. K-W test < 0.001 for all deviation. Growing LWD with age.