Disability retirement among former employees at the construction of the Great Belt Link

SummaryObjective estigate incidences of disability retirement among men who had been employed at the construction of a large traffic link in Denmark, which involved long working hours and long distances between home and work place. s ed 20–54 years at baseline who had been engaged in the construction of the Great Belt Link (n=5882) were followed-up for disability retirements from 1996 to 2000. Age-standardized incidence ratios (SIR) were calculated and compared with those of other construction workers (n=117,157). All economically active men in Denmark were used as the standard population. s Rs for the two groups were 2.29 (95% confidence intervals (CI): 1.95–2.67) and 0.98 (95% CI: 0.93–1.03), respectively. sions eat Belt construction workers had an elevated risk for disability retirement compared with other construction workers and with economically active men in general.