Banco L, Lapidus G, Monopoli J, Zavoski R
Connecticut Childhood Injury Prevention Center, Hartford 06115, USA.
Am J Ind Med. 1997 May;31(5):619-22. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199705)31:5<619::aid-ajim17>3.0.co;2-1.
A tool used to cut cardboard containers, known as a case cutter, frequently causes lacerations among adolescent grocery store workers. We evaluated a safety program using a less hazardous case cutter combined with worker education. Nine supermarket stores were divided into three groups. In Group A stores, employees received new safety case cutters with education; in Group B stores, employees received education using old cutters; Group C stores were the control. Case cutting lacerations were tracked 3 years before, and 1 year after, the intervention. There were 199 cutting injuries. Cutting injury rates decreased 3.5/100,000 man-hours in Group A stores, compared to 1.5 in Group B stores and 1.6/100,000 man-hours in control stores, with a marked reduction of compensation-related injuries in A stores. Estimated cost savings for A stores were $245/year/store and $29,413/year for the chain. An intervention to decrease case cutting injuries among adolescent grocery store workers can be protective and cost-effective.
一种用于切割硬纸板容器的工具，即开箱刀，经常导致青少年杂货店员工被划伤。我们评估了一项安全计划，该计划使用危险性较低的开箱刀并结合员工培训。九家超市被分为三组。在A组商店，员工收到新的安全开箱刀并接受培训；在B组商店，员工使用旧开箱刀接受培训；C组商店为对照组。在干预前3年和干预后1年跟踪开箱刀划伤情况。共有199起切割伤。A组商店的切割伤发生率从每100,000工时3.5起降至1.5起，B组商店为每100,000工时1.5起，对照组商店为每100,000工时1.6起，A组商店与赔偿相关的伤害显著减少。估计A组商店每年每家节省成本245美元，整个连锁超市每年节省29,413美元。减少青少年杂货店员工开箱刀划伤的干预措施具有保护作用且具有成本效益。
