Assessment of psychosocial risks in Electricity and Gaz Company

Abstract

Introduction

Risk evaluation is a global process covering different aspects of employee’s workandfamily life. Nowadays, psychosocial risks are as important as physical and chemical risks, and their identification isdeterminant in each workplace.

Objectives

Our study aimed to assess psychosocial risks among Electricity and Gas Company’s employees and to identify factors related to these risks.

Methods

A cross sectional study was conducted among male workers in a Tunisian electricity and gas Company. The KRASEK scale was used to assess psychosocial risks. The Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS version 23.

Results

Among male workers in the company, 83 employees participated in this study. The mean age of our population was 41.28 years± 12.12 years. Manuel labour was identified in 67.5% of cases. High psychological demands were reported by 63.9% of the employees. The assessment of decision latitude dimension identified low autonomy at work in 54.2% of cases. The mean social support scale was 23.73± 4.18. Job strain was identified among 32.5% of participants. Among employees in job strain, twenty-one subjects (77.8%) were affected in the technical division and 21.7% were in “iso strain”. Job strain and iso strain were associated with sedentary workers aged less than 45 years, p values were 0.006 (OR= 5.474; IC 95% [1.477-20.290]) and 0.010 (OR= 4.917; IC 95% [1.353-17.872]) respectively. However, Iso strain was negatively associated with being married (p=0.038) (0.0327 IC 95% [0.111-0.964]).

Conclusions

This study highlighted the importance of psychosocial risks in this company. The identification of these risks in the workplace may further help preventers to recommend proper interventions to offer employees a supportive work environment and to enhance their personal and professional well-being.

Disclosure of Interest

None Declared