Shaikh Masood Ali, Shaikh Irshad Ali
Chester Health Department, Chester City Hall, 1 Fourth Street, Chester, PA 19013, United States of America.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2005 Apr-Jun;17(2):9-11.
Injuries are an under recognized public health problem globally. We assessed the number and type of occupational injuries in welders, in a prospective manner.
A cohort of 208 welders was re-interviewed twice at three-month intervals to determine the type and frequency of injuries in the welders primarily involved in the automobile sector, in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi in Pakistan. Data was analyzed for frequencies and counts with STATA 8.
Cumulatively, 105 injuries were reported by 61 welders in the two follow-ups, who took 28 days off as a result of these injuries, in the past six months. Four welders reported multiple injuries involving the same injury episode. None of the welders reported any permanent disfigurement as a result of these injuries.
Occupational injuries are common in the welders working primarily in the automobile sector in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Foreign bodies in the eyes are the most common type of injuries sustained by these welders.
伤害是全球一个未得到充分认识的公共卫生问题。我们以前瞻性方式评估了焊工的职业伤害数量和类型。
对208名焊工组成的队列每隔三个月进行两次重新访谈，以确定主要从事汽车行业的焊工（位于巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡和拉瓦尔品第双城）的伤害类型和频率。使用STATA 8对数据进行频率和计数分析。
在两次随访中，61名焊工累计报告了105起伤害，在过去六个月里，他们因这些伤害休假28天。四名焊工报告了同一伤害事件中的多处伤害。没有焊工报告因这些伤害导致任何永久性毁容。
在伊斯兰堡和拉瓦尔品第双城主要从事汽车行业工作的焊工中，职业伤害很常见。眼睛中的异物是这些焊工遭受的最常见伤害类型。
