Yoon Jin Ha, Kim Yeong Kwang, Kim Kyoo Sang, Ahn Yeon Soon
The Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
J Korean Med Sci. 2016 Oct;31(10):1546-52. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.10.1546.
To determine the actual firefighter injury statistics in Korea, we conducted a survey on the nature of on-duty injuries among all male firefighters in Korea. We distributed questionnaires to all Korean male firefighters via email, and data from the 19,119 workers that responded were used for data analysis. The job types were categorized into fire suppression, emergency medical service (EMS) and officers. As estimated of age standardized injury prevalence per one thousand workers, 354 fire extinguishing personnel, 533 EMS workers, and 228 officers experienced one or more injuries during the previous 12 months. The odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of injuries was 1.86 (1.61-2.15) for fire suppression and 2.93 (2.51-3.42) for EMS personnel compared to officers after adjusting for age, marital status, smoking habit and career period. Age standardized absence days from work due to injuries per one thousand workers were 1,120, 1,337, and 676 for fire suppression, EMS and officers, respectively. Car accident (24.5%) was the most common cause and wound (42.3%) was the most common type of injuries. Our nationwide representative study showed that fire suppression and EMS workers are at greater risk of on-duty injuries compared to officers. We observed different injury characteristics compared to those reported in other countries.
为确定韩国消防员的实际受伤统计数据，我们对韩国所有男性消防员的执勤受伤性质进行了一项调查。我们通过电子邮件向所有韩国男性消防员发放了问卷，并将19119名回复者的数据用于数据分析。工作类型分为灭火、紧急医疗服务（EMS）和官员。按每千名工人年龄标准化的受伤患病率估计，在过去12个月中，354名灭火人员、533名EMS工作人员和228名官员经历了一次或多次受伤。在调整年龄、婚姻状况、吸烟习惯和职业生涯后，与官员相比，灭火人员受伤的优势比（95%置信区间）为1.86（1.61 - 2.15），EMS人员为2.93（2.51 - 3.42）。每千名工人因伤导致的年龄标准化缺勤天数，灭火人员、EMS人员和官员分别为1120天、1337天和676天。车祸（24.5%）是最常见的原因，伤口（42.3%）是最常见的受伤类型。我们的全国代表性研究表明，与官员相比，灭火人员和EMS工作人员在执勤时受伤的风险更大。我们观察到的受伤特征与其他国家报告的不同。
