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PLoS ONEBackgroundSawmill workers are at increased risk of occupational injuries due to their exposure to workplace hazards. However, little is known about the burden of occupational injuries among them in Ghana.
Felix Agyemang Opoku +9 more
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Occupational Safety and English Language Proficiency [PDF]
Recent occupational injury data shows a rising trend, which happens to coincide with both increases in the population of foreign born in the U.S. and with changes in its composition. This study aims at exploring the presence of a statistical relationship
Marvasti, Akbar
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Informal waste pickers play a crucial role in urban recycling systems but often face precarious employment and systematic marginalization. This study examines the evolving demographic, occupational, and health trends of informal waste pickers in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2023.
Siu‐Ming Chan +6 more
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Epidemiologic study of hand and upper extremity injuries by power tools
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2019 Background Hand injuries caused by chain saws, electric saws, and hand grinders range from simple lacerations to tendon injuries, fractures, and even amputations.
Yong Hun Kim +4 more
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Improving our understanding of nonfatal occupational injuries [PDF]
This blog is part of a series for NIOSH\u2019s 50th anniversary highlighting research and prevention throughout the Institute\u2019s history.Counting and describing nonfatal occupational injuries are vital to understanding and prevention.
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Work‐related injuries may increase risk for opioid‐related harms. Yet there remains a gap in our understanding of trends in opioid‐related harms over time among injured workers. We estimated trends in hospital encounters for opioid‐related harms among injured workers in Ontario, Canada from 2006 to 2022.
Jeavana Sritharan +4 more
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Characteristics of nonfatal occupational injuries in the Republic of Srpska [PDF]
Scripta Medica, 2015 Introduction: Occupational injuries are one of the greatest public health problems worldwide, including our country. According to the International Labour Organisation, 4% of gross domestic income is lost on treatment, rehabilitation and other ...
Šormaz Vladimir +2 more
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Exposures to human pathogens and toxins in licensed facilities in Canada have been monitored by a federal surveillance system since 2015, yet the affected persons (APs) in these incidents remain uncharacterized. This study comprehensively describes APs, highlighting sector‐specific patterns and trends over time.
Emily F. Tran +4 more
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Occupational Eye Injuries among a Group of Workers in Cairo, Egypt
Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 2019 Background & Objective(s): Occupational eye injuries can result in serious morbidity and great economic loss. Employees in every industry are at risk of eye injuries.
Sally Adel Hakim, Radwa M. Nabil
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Occupational injury proneness in Indian women: A survey in fish processing industries
Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2006 A cross sectional survey was initiated to understand the frequency of occupational injury occurrence and the associated factors in the fish processing industries of western India involving 185 randomly selected women subjects.
Saha Asim, Nag Anjali, Nag Pranab
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