Psychosocial Risk Factors and Occupational Injury
What the evidence tells us about the link between the psychosocial work environment and physical injury.
Why we focus on psychosocial health
Servare's holistic approach is grounded in evidence that the psychosocial work environment shapes physical injury risk, not just mental wellbeing. A large longitudinal cohort study by Julià and colleagues (2016) tracked workers over time and found that unfavourable psychosocial conditions — such as low support, low esteem, and high psychological demands — were associated with a higher incidence of occupational injury, with the patterns differing between men and women.
For us, the practical takeaway is simple: protecting workers physically means addressing psychological and social factors at the same time. We've summarised the study in our own words above — to read the authors' full methodology, results, and discussion, please access the original paper from the publisher.
Source
Julià M, Catalina-Romero C, Calvo-Bonacho E, Benavides FG. Exposure to Psychosocial Risk Factors at Work and the Incidence of Occupational Injuries: A Cohort Study in Spain. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2016;58(3):282–286. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000614
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