Emergency Department Surveillance of Occupational Injuries in Shanghai’s Putuo District, People’s Republic of China

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• Personal Author:
  Christiani D ; Perry MJ ; Sun B-X ; Wang X ; Zhang H-X
• Description:
  Purpose: Although the People's Republic of China has an enormous worker population, occupational injury data availability has been hindered by the lack of a national surveillance system. This study compared work with non-work-related injuries by diagnosis, cause, and demographic characteristics of cases treated in a moderate-sized emergency department (ED) in Shanghai. Methods: Data on all injury cases presenting to the ED were collected prospectively from November 1, 1998 through November 31, 1999 at the Putuo District Hospital. Results: A total of 5200 injuries were recorded; 3175 (61.1%) injuries occurred in individuals aged 18 to 60 years and of these, 38% occurred at work, 15.8% occurred going to or coming from work, and 46.2% were non-work-related. Top three causes of at-work-only injuries were cutting/piercing instruments, assault, and struck by/caught in objects. Injuries caused by machinery (prevalence ratio [PR]=2.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.2-2.6) and being struck by a falling object (PR=1.8; CI, 1.6-2.1) were among those more likely to have occurred at work. Conclusions: These findings are an important first step in implementing injury surveillance in Shanghai hospitals to track injury patterns and to ultimately inform injury prevention efforts in this major international urban center. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Aging Demography Epidemiology Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Men Occupational Health Safety Violence Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accidents Age Groups Assaults Author Keywords: Injuries China Demographic Characteristics Emergency Medicine Equipment Operation Etiology Falling Objects Humans Injuries Injury Surveillance Machinery Medical Facilities Occupational Medicine Sociological Factors Statistical Analysis Surveillance Work Environment Worker Health Workers

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• ISSN:
  1047-2797
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  351-357
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059183
• Citation:
  Ann Epidemiol 2005 May; 15(5):351-357
• Contact Point Address:
  Melissa J. Perry, Sc.D., M.H.S., Occupational Health Program, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave., Boston MA 02115
• Email:
  mperry@hsph.harvard.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19980701
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of Epidemiology
• End Date:
  20030630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3ca0761627e4aaa4b48826b37698472109de6bc982ffc67f381528cb3c29763893535148491be6eb6dae13ac3e0972fefd851c40c89c78cece1909702e94e5ac
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223478/cdc_223478_DS1.pdf
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