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The Trend of Occupational Injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010

OBJECTIVES: This study is planned to assess the trend of occupational injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010. METHODS: Ten years of occupational injuries, from 2001 to 2010, were analyzed in order to investigate the changing profiles according to the various characteristics of injuries; economic sector...

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Autores principales: Rhee, Kyung Yong, Choe, Seong Weon, Kim, Young Sun, Koo, Kwon Ho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3601298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23515324
http://dx.doi.org/10.5491/SHAW.2013.4.1.63
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author Rhee, Kyung Yong
Choe, Seong Weon
Kim, Young Sun
Koo, Kwon Ho
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description OBJECTIVES: This study is planned to assess the trend of occupational injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010. METHODS: Ten years of occupational injuries, from 2001 to 2010, were analyzed in order to investigate the changing profiles according to the various characteristics of injuries; economic sectors, age of the injured, and type of injuries. The changing profile of occupational injuries was investigated by comparison with an index-created relative value based on the number of cases of reference category. RESULTS: The fatalities of construction, forest, agriculture, and service show the increasing trend. The nonfatal occupational injuries of the manufacturing sector were higher than those of other sectors in every year but the fatal occupational injuries of construction workers were higher than those of the manufacturing sector. Occupational injuries occurring due to amputation and those of slip and trip increased. The number of occupational injuries for the worker groups of 24 years old and below decreased and 45 years old and above increased. In comparison to the figure of fall from height, the figures of slip and trip or caught in equipment are higher in every calendar year. CONCLUSION: This study find out construction, forest, agriculture, and service sectors, aged worker with 45 years old and over can be target population for the strategies of occupational safety.
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spelling pubmed-36012982013-03-20 The Trend of Occupational Injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010 Rhee, Kyung Yong Choe, Seong Weon Kim, Young Sun Koo, Kwon Ho Saf Health Work Original Article OBJECTIVES: This study is planned to assess the trend of occupational injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010. METHODS: Ten years of occupational injuries, from 2001 to 2010, were analyzed in order to investigate the changing profiles according to the various characteristics of injuries; economic sectors, age of the injured, and type of injuries. The changing profile of occupational injuries was investigated by comparison with an index-created relative value based on the number of cases of reference category. RESULTS: The fatalities of construction, forest, agriculture, and service show the increasing trend. The nonfatal occupational injuries of the manufacturing sector were higher than those of other sectors in every year but the fatal occupational injuries of construction workers were higher than those of the manufacturing sector. Occupational injuries occurring due to amputation and those of slip and trip increased. The number of occupational injuries for the worker groups of 24 years old and below decreased and 45 years old and above increased. In comparison to the figure of fall from height, the figures of slip and trip or caught in equipment are higher in every calendar year. CONCLUSION: This study find out construction, forest, agriculture, and service sectors, aged worker with 45 years old and over can be target population for the strategies of occupational safety. Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute 2013-03 2013-03-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3601298/ /pubmed/23515324 http://dx.doi.org/10.5491/SHAW.2013.4.1.63 Text en Copyright © 2013 by Safety and Health at Work (SH@W) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3601298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23515324
http://dx.doi.org/10.5491/SHAW.2013.4.1.63
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