Marshall S W, Kawachi I, Cryer P C, Wright D, Slappendel C, Laird I
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand.
N Z Med J. 1994 Oct 26;107(988):434-7.
This paper presents a detailed investigation of the injury experience of New Zealand forestry workers, including loggers and silviculture workers.
Record linkage of multiple data sources.
During the period 1975-88, there were 81 work-related fatalities among loggers and 10 fatalities among silviculture workers, yielding fatality rates of 2.03 and 0.15 per 1000 workers/year, respectively. These figures were substantially higher than the fatal injury rate among the overall New Zealand workforce of 0.07 deaths per 1000 workers/year. In addition there were 1068 work-related injuries resulting in hospitalisation among loggers, and 478 among silviculture workers, yielding hospitalisation rates of 38.93 and 9.58 per 1000 workers/year, respectively. The types of injury contact involved in each incident were analysed. Contact with falling trees was the leading cause of death in forestry, accounting for over half of the fatal injuries among loggers and a third among silviculture workers. For loggers, the three commonest types of contact resulting in hospitalisation were: chainsaw injuries (n = 351; 33%), falling trees (n = 269; 25%), and rolling logs (n = 82; 8%). Among silviculture workers, the three commonest types of contact resulting in hospitalisation were: chainsaw injuries (n = 108; 23%), falling trees (n = 96; 20%), and falls/slips and trips (n = 94; 20%)
There is clear need for continued efforts to improve the overall safety of forestry work in New Zealand.
本文详细调查了新西兰林业工人（包括伐木工和造林工人）的受伤情况。
对多个数据源进行记录链接。
在1975年至1988年期间，伐木工中有81起与工作相关的死亡事故，造林工人中有10起死亡事故，死亡率分别为每1000名工人/年2.03例和0.15例。这些数字大大高于新西兰全体劳动力每年每1000名工人0.07例的致命伤害率。此外，伐木工中有1068起与工作相关的受伤事故导致住院，造林工人中有478起，住院率分别为每1000名工人/年38.93例和9.58例。分析了每次事故中涉及的伤害接触类型。与倒下的树木接触是林业死亡的主要原因，占伐木工致命伤害的一半以上，占造林工人致命伤害的三分之一。对于伐木工来说，导致住院的三种最常见的接触类型是：电锯伤害（n = 351；33%）、倒下的树木（n = 269；25%）和滚动的原木（n = 82；8%）。在造林工人中，导致住院的三种最常见的接触类型是：电锯伤害（n = 108；23%）、倒下的树木（n = 96；20%）和跌倒/滑倒及绊倒（n = 94；20%）
显然需要继续努力提高新西兰林业工作的整体安全性。
