Research Article

Subjective Risk Assessment and Perception in the Greek and English Bakery Industries

Table 2

Subjective risk assessment by Greek and English employees.

ExposureMedian score**
EnglishGreek -value

Physical/chemical/ergonomic factors
Noise23 0.001*
High temperature230.765
Chemicals02 0.001*
Lifting and carrying heavy loads330.694
Awkward working postures220.012
Repetitive movements330.017

Psychosocial/organization
Rate of work23 0.001*
Deadlines32 0.001*
Monotonous work220.477

Significant at 0.0056 level of significance (Bonfferoni correction).
Ranging from 0 ( never) to 4 ( always).