Proposal of a workplace classification model for heart attack accidents from the field of occupational safety and health engineering

[EN] Research on occupational accidents is a key factor in improving working conditions and sustainability. Fatal accidents incur significant human and economic costs. Therefore, it is essential to examine fatal accidents to identify the factors that contribute to their occurrence. This study presen...

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Autores: Sánchez-Lite, Alberto, Iglesias, Iván, González-Gaya, Cristina, Fuentes Bargues, José Luis|||0000-0003-4877-3291
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/220295
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/220295
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Occupational accidents
Fatal accidents
Human and economic costs
Heart attack accidents
Workplace classification model
Occupational safety
Health engineering
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Sumario:[EN] Research on occupational accidents is a key factor in improving working conditions and sustainability. Fatal accidents incur significant human and economic costs. Therefore, it is essential to examine fatal accidents to identify the factors that contribute to their occurrence. This study presents an overview of fatal heart attack accidents at work in Spain over the period 2009¿2021. Descriptive analysis was conducted considering 13 variables classified into five groups. These variables were selected as predictors to determine the occurrence of this type of accident using a machine learning technique. Thirteen Naïve Bayes prediction models were developed using an unbalanced dataset of 15,616 valid samples from the Spanish Del ta@database, employing a two-stage algorithm. The final model was retained using a General Performance Score index. The model selected for this study used a 70:30 distribution for the training and test datasets. A sample was classified as a fatal heart attack if its posterior probability exceeded 0.25. This model is assumed to be a compromise between the confusion matrix values of each model. Sectors with the highest number of heart attacks are `Health and social work¿, `Transport and storage¿, `Manufacturing¿, and `Construction¿. The incidence of heart attacks and fatal heart attack accidents is higher in men than in women and higher in private sector employees. The findings and model development may assist in the formulation of surveillance strategies and preventive measures to reduce the incidence of heart attacks in the workplace.