Woolford Marta Helen, Bugeja Lyndal, Driscoll Tim, Ibrahim Joseph Elias
1 Health Law & Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
2 Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
New Solut. 2017 May;27(1):16-27. doi: 10.1177/1048291117693389. Epub 2017 Feb 10.
Prevention efforts, especially in high-income countries, have reduced work-related death and injury. Despite this, the global incidence of workplace fatalities remains unacceptably high with approximately 317 million incidents occurring on the job annually. Of particular concern is the occurrence and re-occurrence of incidents with a similar cause and circumstance, such as fatalities occurring in agriculture and transport industries. Efforts to reduce workplace fatalities include surveillance and reporting, investigation, and regulation. Challenges remain in all three domains, limiting the prevention of work-related injuries and deaths. In this commentary, the nature of these challenges and recommendations on how to overcome them are described. Examples of incidents of workplace injury and death, as well as injury prevention efforts are provided to ensure contextual understanding. Reflecting on the present enhances key stakeholders, policy and decision-makers' understanding of the opportunities to reducing harm and the associated human, and economic and legal costs.
预防工作，尤其是在高收入国家，已经减少了与工作相关的死亡和伤害。尽管如此，全球工作场所死亡事故的发生率仍然高得令人无法接受，每年约有3.17亿起事故发生在工作岗位上。特别令人担忧的是，类似原因和情况的事故不断发生，比如农业和运输行业发生的死亡事故。减少工作场所死亡事故的努力包括监测与报告、调查和监管。在这三个领域仍然存在挑战，限制了对与工作相关的伤害和死亡的预防。在这篇评论中，将描述这些挑战的性质以及如何克服它们的建议。提供了工作场所伤亡事故的例子以及伤害预防措施，以确保能结合实际情况理解。反思当下可以增强关键利益相关者、政策制定者和决策者对减少伤害的机会以及相关的人力、经济和法律成本的理解。
