Firth H, Herbison G P
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin.
N Z Med J. 1990 Jun 13;103(891):265-6.
Attendances for work-related injury at the accident and emergency department, Dunedin Hospital over a 10 week period are described. The number of workers attending from Dunedin city, St Kilda and Green Island boroughs was 655, the overall rate being 15.8/1000 workers. The injury rate varied according to age, sex, ethnicity, occupation and industry. Laceration, strain/sprain and foreign body in the eye were the most common injuries and machinery was the commonest cause of injury. Small factories had significantly higher rates for lost time injuries compared with large factories. Serious under reporting of occupational injury to the Department of Labour was identified.
本文描述了达尼丁医院急诊科在10周内与工伤相关的就诊情况。来自达尼丁市、圣基尔达和绿岛区的就诊工人数量为655人，总体发生率为15.8/1000工人。伤害发生率因年龄、性别、种族、职业和行业而异。撕裂伤、拉伤/扭伤和眼睛中的异物是最常见的损伤，机器是最常见的致伤原因。与大工厂相比，小工厂的误工伤害发生率显著更高。研究发现，向劳工部严重瞒报职业伤害情况。
