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avje delovno aktivne populacije | health of the working-age population 220 (Albreht, 2016). Epidemiological research has been providing information on
causality of infectious diseases and causality of some chronic diseases thus in-
fluencing occupational health and safety. Furthermore, epidemiology can ex-
plain causality of absenteeism. Absenteeism is expressed in percentage there-
fore giving the average fraction of lost working days per person (NIJZ, 2016).
Between years 2007 and 2015 the absenteeism in the Slovenian Railways Group
was higher in comparison with absenteeism in the Republic of Slovenia (Fig-
ure 1) therefore we wanted to examine the absenteeism by different occupation-
al subgroups. In our research, we compared absenteeism between four groups
of workers of Slovenian Railway Group. The data was acquired from annu-
al workers health reports which are every year prepared for the previous year.
Current annual reports represent just percent of absenteeism but not the de-
tailed information about causality of absenteeism.
Figure 1: Graphically represented percent of absenteeism between
Slovenian Railways Group and Republic of Slovenia.
Workers from the observed groups were railway maintenance workers, of-
fice workers, train drivers and railway wagon inspectors. Railway maintenance
workers and office workers have regular work schedule, while train drivers and
wagon inspectors work in shift-work schedule. The other difference between
groups is the dynamic of their work with railway maintenance and wagon in-
spectors having dynamic work while office workers and train drivers have pre-
dominantly sedentary work. The health-risk factors in the maintenance work-
ers group are lifting and moving heavy objects, work in the forced posture, and
exposure to weather conditions. The health-risk factors in the office workers
group include prolonged sitting (often in the forced posture) and stress. Train
drivers work 8-12 hours and are exposed to prolonged sitting, forced posture
and whole-body vibrations, accompanied by stress, exposure to electro-mag-
netic fields, sleep deprivation, eating disorders and other (Vrašec, 2015). Wag-
causality of infectious diseases and causality of some chronic diseases thus in-
fluencing occupational health and safety. Furthermore, epidemiology can ex-
plain causality of absenteeism. Absenteeism is expressed in percentage there-
fore giving the average fraction of lost working days per person (NIJZ, 2016).
Between years 2007 and 2015 the absenteeism in the Slovenian Railways Group
was higher in comparison with absenteeism in the Republic of Slovenia (Fig-
ure 1) therefore we wanted to examine the absenteeism by different occupation-
al subgroups. In our research, we compared absenteeism between four groups
of workers of Slovenian Railway Group. The data was acquired from annu-
al workers health reports which are every year prepared for the previous year.
Current annual reports represent just percent of absenteeism but not the de-
tailed information about causality of absenteeism.
Figure 1: Graphically represented percent of absenteeism between
Slovenian Railways Group and Republic of Slovenia.
Workers from the observed groups were railway maintenance workers, of-
fice workers, train drivers and railway wagon inspectors. Railway maintenance
workers and office workers have regular work schedule, while train drivers and
wagon inspectors work in shift-work schedule. The other difference between
groups is the dynamic of their work with railway maintenance and wagon in-
spectors having dynamic work while office workers and train drivers have pre-
dominantly sedentary work. The health-risk factors in the maintenance work-
ers group are lifting and moving heavy objects, work in the forced posture, and
exposure to weather conditions. The health-risk factors in the office workers
group include prolonged sitting (often in the forced posture) and stress. Train
drivers work 8-12 hours and are exposed to prolonged sitting, forced posture
and whole-body vibrations, accompanied by stress, exposure to electro-mag-
netic fields, sleep deprivation, eating disorders and other (Vrašec, 2015). Wag-
