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Occupation-related burn injuries
Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation, 2000Unlike household burn injuries, the characteristics of burn injuries in the workplace have not been well described. In an effort to understand the causes and effects of occupation-related burn injuries and to aid in prevention, we sought to describe work-related burn injuries by frequency, burn type, age of the patients, body parts burned, and ...
J P, Hunt +3 more
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Burns, 1987
The epidemiology of occupational burns injuries in a well-defined population is analysed. Although a total of 371 persons sustained an injury, only a few were inpatients and just one required anti-shock treatment. The mean burn surface area was 0.66 per cent and 14 patients had full thickness burn injuries. There were no deaths.
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The epidemiology of occupational burns injuries in a well-defined population is analysed. Although a total of 371 persons sustained an injury, only a few were inpatients and just one required anti-shock treatment. The mean burn surface area was 0.66 per cent and 14 patients had full thickness burn injuries. There were no deaths.
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1991
Abstract Among people aged 20 to 64, one-third of all injuries (NCHS 1985) and one sixth of all injury deaths occur on the job. Occupational hazards and their resulting injuries have changed markedly in recent decades as job characteristics have altered and increased protection has been provided.
Susan P Baker +3 more
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Abstract Among people aged 20 to 64, one-third of all injuries (NCHS 1985) and one sixth of all injury deaths occur on the job. Occupational hazards and their resulting injuries have changed markedly in recent decades as job characteristics have altered and increased protection has been provided.
Susan P Baker +3 more
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Occupational Injuries in Ghana
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2005Household interviews were used to survey 21,105 persons living in 431 urban and rural sites in Ghana, to determine the nature and extent of their occupational injuries. Annual occupational injury rates were 11.5 injuries/1000 persons in the urban areas and 44.9/1000 in the rural areas.
Charles, Mock +4 more
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Occupational injuries in Tehran
Injury, 2005As the first step in evaluation of the magnitude of the occupational injuries (OIs) in our community, we focused on hospital records of more than 8400 hospitalized trauma patients in six large university hospitals during 13 months of data gathering process. Fourteen percent of 8426 trauma patients had OIs (1180 cases) and 95% of them were male.
Bahman Sayyar, Roudsari +1 more
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Automobile accident occupant injuries
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 1976Since the invent ion of the "horseless carriage," the number and types of death and disabil i ty among the occupants of vehicles involved in automobile accidents have been significant. By 1966, the numbers had become so a la rming as to resul t in the publicat ion of Accidental Death and Disability: the Neglected Disease of Modern Society2 The impact ...
J K, Sims +3 more
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Occupational injuries in Bahrain
Occupational Medicine, 1995A study was conducted to show the problem of occupational injuries in Bahrain and try to highlight some solutions that may help to prevent or reduce workplace hazards. The data for occupational injuries between 1988 to 1991 from the social insurance records were reviewed and analysed.
A, al-Arrayed, A, Hamza
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Causation in occupational injury
Internal Medicine Journal, 2009AbstractAssessment for compensation of occupational injury forms is commonplace for occupational medicine specialists and less frequently for other health‐care providers. There is no specific training to understand the legal system that forms the basis of any compensation system.
J, Kennelly, D, Gorman
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Occupational Injuries in Italy
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2005Data collected by the Italian Funds for Occupational Injuries and Diseases (INAIL) on incidence and mortality for occupational injuries in Italy during 1951-2001 are described with respect to the two main occupational sectors, Industry and Services, and Agriculture. Comparisons with other EU countries are included to place the current severe phenomenon
Alberto, Baldasseroni +3 more
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SEVERE OCCUPATIONAL TRAUMATIC INJURIES
Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1994Severe occupational traumatic injuries represent a challenge to workers and physicians. Efforts to prevent occupational injuries, such as education, protective equipment, adherence to safety procedures, and personal responsibility, are of critical importance.
D, Briggs, M, Kirwin, K M, Morrison
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