National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, USA.
J Safety Res. 2009;40(6):455-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2009.10.002. Epub 2009 Oct 30.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the circumstances leading to fall from equipment injuries in the mining industry.
The 2006 and 2007 Mine Safety and Health Administration annual injury databases were utilized for this study whereby the injury narrative, nature of injury, body part injured, mine type, age at injury, and days lost were evaluated for each injury.
The majority of injuries occurred at surface mining facilities (approximately 60%) with fractures and sprains/strains being the most common injuries occurring to the major joints of the body. Nearly 50% of injuries occurred during ingress/egress, predominantely during egress, and approximately 25% of injuries occurred during maintenance tasks. The majority of injuries occurred in relation to large trucks, wheel loaders, dozers, and conveyors/belts. The severity of injury was independent of age and the median days lost was seven days; however, there was a large range in severity.
From the data obtained in this study, several different research areas have been identified for future work, which include balance and stability control when descending ladders and equipment design for maintenance tasks.
本研究旨在评估导致采矿行业设备损伤坠落的情况。
本研究利用了 2006 年和 2007 年矿山安全与健康管理局的年度伤害数据库，对每个伤害事件的伤害描述、伤害性质、受伤部位、矿山类型、受伤时的年龄和损失的天数进行了评估。
大多数伤害发生在露天采矿设施（约 60%），最常见的受伤部位是身体的主要关节，包括骨折和扭伤/拉伤。近 50%的伤害发生在进入/离开时，主要发生在离开时，约 25%的伤害发生在维护任务时。大多数伤害与大型卡车、轮式装载机、推土机和输送机/皮带有关。伤害的严重程度与年龄无关，中位数损失天数为七天；然而，严重程度的范围很大。
根据本研究获得的数据，已经确定了未来工作的几个不同研究领域，包括下梯子和设备设计时的平衡和稳定性控制以及维护任务的设计。
