Occupational injury in Swedish fishery: 1. Analysis of injury statistics

1999 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-89
Author(s):  
Marianne T\"orner ◽  
Per-Olov Nordling
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Permanent Disability ◽  
Repair Work ◽  
Trawl Fishing ◽  
Common Activity ◽  
Serious Injury ◽  
Yearly Rate

The purpose of the present study was to make a thorough inventory of all serious accidents in Swedish fishery, reported to the Swedish Labour Market No-fault Liability Insurance, July 1983--June 1995 (431 cases, corresponding to a yearly rate of 12 per 1000 fishermen). No age group was over represented among the victims of such serious accidents. The most accident-prone activity was hauling of the trawl and the most common contacts in connection to this were getting jammed by a wire or hit by a falling object/receiving a blow by an object. The second most common activity at the time of accident was repair work/work by the wharf, often connected to the contacts pricks or cuts or falls. Falls to the same level was the most common contact over all, followed by falls to a lower level. The most frequent mechanism behind the accidents was working in an exposed position, and second most common was slipping. Hands and wrists were most commonly injured. The median value for sick listing due to serious injury in occupational accidents in fishery, was 48 days. Approximately one third of the victims suffered permanent disability (mean degree 7%). Trawl fishing was over represented in serious accidents. Half of the accidents occurred on deck. January had the highest portion of accidents (14%) followed by October and November (10% each). The most accident-prone time of day was 9.30--10.30 am.

One-Year Incidence of Occupational Injuries among Teenagers in a Swedish Rural Municipality

1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Jacobsson ◽  
Lothar Schelp
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Temporary Employment ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Time Work ◽  
One Year

The aim of this study was to investigate occupational injuries among teenagers in a defined population and geographical area with regard to incidence and severity and to compare our registration system with that of the Swedish Occupational Injury Information System. All occupational accidents in the age group 15–19 years were registered at public health centres. We found a higher incidence compared to school accidents in the same age group as well as in relation to occupational accidents in the older population. Part-time work, lack of experience, temporary employment, unskilled work, and age-specific behavioural patterns are factors that might explain the higher incidence rate. The highest rates were found in service, military and unspecified occupations. Only 25 % of the work-related accidents in our study were registered by the Swedish Occupational Injury System (ISA). It seems possible to reduce the number of accidents through the instigation of fairly simple measures. The coverage of the registration by the ISA seems to be incomplete.

scholarly journals Penetrating deep pelvic injury due to “less-lethal” beanbag munitions: a case report and policy implications

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e000754
Author(s):  
Christopher S Schenck ◽  
Soum D Lokeshwar ◽  
Matthew D Riedel ◽  
Kimberly A Davis
Keyword(s):  
Pelvic Abscess ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Severe Injury ◽  
Pelvic Injury ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
Delayed Presentation ◽  
Permanent Disability ◽  
Irrigation And Debridement ◽  
Excellent Functional Outcome ◽  
Serious Injury

“Less-lethal” munitions are designed to cause incapacitation and are often used by law enforcement officers. Although these munitions are not designed to cause severe injury, recent reports have demonstrated that they can cause severe injury, permanent disability, and death. The long-term consequences of injury due to less-lethal munitions are not well understood. We present a case of osteomyelitis and pelvic abscess secondary to a retained beanbag munition following penetrating injury in the setting of a patient with delayed presentation for care. The patient underwent surgical removal of the retained beanbag munition and irrigation and debridement of the osteomyelitis and pelvic abscess with an excellent functional outcome. We discuss the public health and policy implications of serious injury due to less-lethal munitions.

scholarly journals Assessment of intraocular pressure in chinchillas of different age groups using rebound tonometry

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1466-1471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flor Diana Yokoay Claros Chacaltana ◽  
João Antonio Tadeu Pigatto ◽  
Ione Terezinha Denardin
Keyword(s):  
Intraocular Pressure ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Rebound Tonometer ◽  
Indirect Ophthalmoscopy ◽  
Group I ◽  
Schirmer Tear Test ◽  
The Mean

ABSTRACT: The aim of this research was to measure the intraocular pressure (IOP) of normal chinchilla eyes using the rebound tonometer. A further aim was to assess whether there were differences in the values of intraocular pressure in relation to animals age, gender and time of day. Thirty-six chinchillas were divided into three groups of 12 chinchillas each, by age: Group I (2-6-month-old), Group II (20 and 34 months) and Group III (37 and 135 months). Ophthalmic examination was performed previously by Schirmer tear test, slit lamp biomicroscopy, indirect ophthalmoscopy and fluorescein test in all chinchillas. Three measurements of intraocular pressure were assessed on the same day (7, 12 and 19h). Tonometry was performed on both eyes using the rebound tonometer after calibration in "p" mode. Statistical analysis was performed with SigmaPlot for Windows. The mean IOP for groups I, II and III were 2.47±0.581mmHg, 2.47±0.581mmHg and 2.51±0.531mmHg, respectively. No significant differences were reported between age and IOP and no significant differences were reported between the time of day and IOP. The IOP in chinchillas did not differ significantly between genders or ages of the animals, and did not change with time of day.

Too sick to work, too healthy to qualify: a cross-country analysis of the effect of changes to disability benefits

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (8) ◽  
pp. 717-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasja Koitzsch Jensen ◽  
Henrik Brønnum-Hansen ◽  
Ingelise Andersen ◽  
Karsten Thielen ◽  
Ashley McAllister ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Problems ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Disability Benefits ◽  
Disability Benefit ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Permanent Disability ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Employment Rates

BackgroundDenmark and Sweden have implemented reforms that narrowed disability benefit eligibility criteria. Such reforms in combination with increasing work demands create a pincer movement where in particular those with moderate health problems might be unable to comply with work demands, but still not qualify for permanent disability benefits, ending up with temporary means-tested or no benefits. This paper examines whether this actually happened before and after the reforms.MethodsThe Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) study waves 1–2 and 4–6 in Denmark and Sweden for the age group 50–59 years (N=5384) was used to analyse changes in employment rates and benefits among people with different levels of health before, during and after disability benefit reforms. Interaction between time and health in relation to employment versus permanent or temporary benefits was used as a criterion for whether our hypotheses was confirmed.ResultsOverall, employment rates have increased in the age group, but only among the healthy. The OR for receiving temporary or no benefits increased from 1.25 (95% CI: 0.81 to 1.90) before to 1.73 (95% CI: 1.14 to 2.61) after policy reforms for the 29% with moderate health problems and from 2.89 (95% CI: 1.66 to 5.03) to 6.71 (95% CI: 3.94 to 11.42) among the 11% with severe health problems. The interaction between time and health was statistically significant (p<0.001).ConclusionPeople with impaired health and workability are forced into a life with temporary means-tested or no benefits when pressed by rising work demands and stricter disability benefit eligibility criteria.

scholarly journals Estimating Markov Transition Probabilities Between Health States in the Social Security Malaysia (SOCSO) Dataset

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11S2) ◽  
pp. 278-282
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Transition Probabilities ◽  
Counting Method ◽  
Considerable Part ◽  
Health States ◽  
Permanent Disability ◽  
Markov Transition ◽  
The Social ◽  
Injury Burden

Occupational injury represents a considerable part of injury burden to the society as it may affect workers in their most productive years. The objective of this paper is to estimate the Markov transition probabilities of a worker’s health states over time using the Counting Method (CM) and the Proportional Odds Model (POM), focusing on disability among the Social Security Organization (SOCSO) contributors in Malaysia. Four health states namely active/work (A), temporary disability (T), permanent disability (P) and death (D) are considered, where the transition probabilities are estimated at yearly intervals based on age, gender, year and disability category.

scholarly journals An observational study to evaluate the prevalence and pattern of refractive errors in children aged 3-17 years in Mumbai, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1028
Author(s):  
Sheela Kerkar ◽  
Apurva Thombre
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Refractive Error ◽  
Who Classification ◽  
Refractive Errors ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Interventional Study ◽  
Permanent Disability ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Educational Standard ◽  
And Gender

Background: Refractive error is one of the most important causes of avoidable visual impairment. Early detection of refractive error in children is essential to avoid any permanent disability. The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of refractive errors as per age, gender and educational standard in school children aged 3-17 years.Methods: This was an observational non-interventional study. 600 eyes of 300 participants in the age group of 3-17 years were evaluated. All underwent cycloplegic refraction followed by objective refraction. Participants were divided into 3 groups as follows 3-8 years, 9-12 years and 13-17 years and evaluation of type of refractive error was done age wise and gender wise.Results: The number of male and female participants was almost similar with a male:female ratio of 1.02:1. Refractive errors were most common in the age group of 9-12 years. The most common refractive error was astigmatism followed by myopia and hypermetropia. It was also found that majority of patients had bilateral refractive errors.Conclusions: The most common refractive error was astigmatism followed by myopia and hypermetropia. It was also found that majority of patients had bilateral refractive errors. The visual acuity in majority was 6/18 which according to WHO classification falls in Category 0 of Visual impairment in India.

scholarly journals Workers’ Health in Brazil: Accidents recorded by Social Security from 2008 to 2014

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Josierton Cruz Bezerra ◽  
Luciano José Arantes ◽  
Helena Eri Shimizu ◽  
Edgar Merchán-Hamann ◽  
Walter Massa Ramalho
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Historical Series ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Ecological Unit ◽  
Made In

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the incidence of occupational accidents in Brazil, recorded by Social Security according to the geographic regions, age group, gender and their prevalence according to the causes and branch of economic activity. Methods: ecological descriptive study with time series analysis from 2008 to 2014. Data on the beginning and end of the historical series were compared in each ecological unit studied. Results: the South and Southeast regions, male, between 20 and 49 years of age presented the highest falls in incidence. 70.87% of the causes occurred in group XIX of ICD-10. The economic activity with the highest prevalence of accidents was the manufacturing industry. Conclusions: accidents at work have decreased in Brazil, however, the incidence is still high. Advances need to be made in the recording of accidents and in the prevention and surveillance of workers’ health.

ASSESSMENT OF THE PREVALENCE OF DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM IN TRANSPORT INDUSTRY WORKERS IN VARIOUS AGE GROUPS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.G. Khotuleva ◽  
◽  
A.V. Karpushina ◽  
L.P. Kuzmina
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular System ◽  
Gradual Increase ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Circulatory System ◽  
Frequency Of Occurrence ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Permanent Disability ◽  
Age Dependent ◽  
Transport Industry ◽  
Medical Examinations

Abstract. Summary. The leading cause of mortality, temporary and permanent disability is "age-dependent" (age-associated) diseases, the main of which are pathologies of the cardiovascular system. The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of diseases of the circulatory system in workers of the transport industry in various age groups. Materials and methods. The data of objective periodic and preliminary medical examinations conducted in the FSBSI «Izmerov Research Institute of Occupational Health», among Metro employees for people, were analyzed. The assessment was carried out in various age groups, starting from the age of 30 to 70 years (in increments of 5 years). The prevalence of diseases of the circulatory system in workers of different ages was analyzed. Results. There is a pronounced tendency to increase the prevalence of diseases of the cardiovascular system with age in Metro workers. There was a significant increase in the relative risk of diseases characterized by high blood pressure in all age groups relative to the previous age group, except for the 70-74 year group, in which the risk does not increase relative to the 65-69 year group, which indicates a gradual increase in the prevalence of the disease with increasing age. The prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) was also estimated. An increase in the frequency of occurrence of this pathology has been shown from the age of 55-59 years.

scholarly journals Profile of Brazilian workers victims of occupational accidents with biological fluids

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 1061-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Moura D’Almeida Miranda ◽  
Elaine Drehmer de Almeida Cruz ◽  
Jorge Cestari Vinícius Félix ◽  
Luciana Puchalski Kalinke ◽  
Maria de Fátima Mantovani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Information System ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Biological Fluids ◽  
Employment Relationship ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Incidence Density ◽  
Occupational Accident ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Descriptive Research

ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the Brazilian workers victims of occupational accidents with biological fluids. Method: Epidemiological and descriptive research, in which 284,877 notifications of the Notifiable Diseases Information System were analyzed between 2007 and 2014. We used Stata 13 for data analysis. Results: The highest incidence density occurred in females with 0.8 cases per 1,000 workers/year (n = 222,042, 77.9%); in the age group of 20 to 24 years old, with 0.6 cases per 1,000 workers/year (n = 64,221, 23.3%); with some high school and some college, with 0.6 cases per 1,000 workers/year (n = 141,275, 49.6%). We found that these accidents occurred among 23 occupational subgroups. For the most part, the workers had an employment relationship and had issued the Occupational Accident Notification. Conclusion: It is necessary to rethink the measures of orientation to workers regarding the risks and relative prophylaxis for these accidents, with the aim of reducing them.

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