Universidad Cesar Vallejo, Trujillo, Peru.
Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad, Cusco, Peru.
BMJ Open. 2024 Oct 11;14(10):e080572. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080572.
Mining activity represents one of the most hazardous occupations related to health, with 8% of fatal injuries concentrated in this sector worldwide. Thus, it is crucial to timely identify the factors involved in such injuries. We aimed to explore the sociodemographic and occupational/organisational factors associated with injuries, causative agents and subsequent disabilities and fatality of workers exposed to occupational injuries in the mining sector.
A secondary scoping review was conducted following the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines.
Scopus, Embase, Virtual Health Library, SciELO and PubMed databases were searched in February 2022 and updated in October 2023. The protocol was developed in April 2022.
We included observational studies published within the last 13 years (2010-2022) which provided information on injuries of the mining workers and reported associated factors as well as health consequences.
Two independent reviewers examined the eligibility criteria, screened and coded the extracted information using prevalidated data extraction tools, according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses-Extension for Scoping Reviews reporting guidelines.
A total of 123 studies were found, of which nine were selected for inclusion in this review. Participants were between 15 and 80 years old, and the rate of injuries ranged from 4.4% to 10.6% of reported cases. Among the total selected studies, mechanical agents were identified as the leading cause of injuries in six studies. The factors associated with injuries included age, gender (female) and biochemical characteristics. On the other hand, occupational and organisational factors encompassed work shift, outsourcing (contractors) and less than 2 years of experience in the sector.
This review emphasises that both work-related and individual characteristics are significantly related factors of injuries. Moreover, commonly reported health consequences of injuries encompass mortality, average days lost and permanent, partial or total disability.
采矿作业是与健康相关的最危险职业之一，全球有 8%的致命伤害集中在这一领域。因此，及时识别此类伤害涉及的因素至关重要。我们旨在探讨与矿工职业伤害相关的社会人口学和职业/组织因素、致伤因素以及随后的残疾和死亡。
按照乔安娜·布里格斯研究所的指南进行二次范围审查。
2022 年 2 月在 Scopus、Embase、虚拟健康图书馆、SciELO 和 PubMed 数据库进行检索，并于 2023 年 10 月更新。该方案于 2022 年 4 月制定。
我们纳入了在过去 13 年（2010-2022 年）内发表的观察性研究，这些研究提供了矿工受伤信息，并报告了相关因素以及健康后果。
两名独立评审员根据《系统评价和荟萃分析扩展报告的首选报告项目》的预验证数据提取工具，检查资格标准、筛选和编码提取的信息。
共发现 123 项研究，其中 9 项被选入本综述。参与者年龄在 15 至 80 岁之间，报告病例的受伤率从 4.4%至 10.6%不等。在所选择的研究中，有 6 项研究确定机械因素是受伤的主要原因。与受伤相关的因素包括年龄、性别（女性）和生化特征。另一方面，职业和组织因素包括轮班、外包（承包商）和在该行业工作不满 2 年。
本综述强调，工作相关和个体特征都是与受伤显著相关的因素。此外，常见的受伤健康后果包括死亡率、平均缺勤天数以及永久性、部分或完全残疾。
