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CISDOC database
Document ID (ISN) | 112183 |
CIS number |
11-0858 |
ISSN - Serial title |
1545-9624 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene |
Year |
2009 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Lombardi D.A., Matz S., Brennan M.J., Smith G.S., Courtney T.K. |
Title |
Etiology of work-related electrical injuries: A narrative analysis of workers' compensation claims |
Bibliographic information |
Oct. 2009, Vol.6, No.10, p.612-623. Illus. 21 ref. |
Internet access |
Etiology.pdf [in English]
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Abstract |
Workers' compensation claims routinely collected over a one-year period from a large U.S. insurance provider were used to identify electrical-related injuries. Among the 586,567 reported claims during 2002, electrical-related injuries accounted for 1283 (0.22%) of nonfatal claims and 15 fatalities (1.2% of electrical). Most (72.3%) were male, average age of 36, working in services (33.4%), manufacturing (24.7%), retail trade (17.3%) and construction (7.2%). Body part(s) injured most often were the hands, fingers, or wrist (34.9%); multiple body parts/systems (25.0%); lower/upper arm; elbow; shoulder, and upper extremities (19.2%). The leading activities were conducting manual tasks (55.1%); working with machinery, appliances, or equipment; working with electrical wire; and operating powered or nonpowered hand tools. Primary injury sources were appliances and office equipment (24.4%), wires, cables/cords (18.0%), machines and other equipment (11.8%), fixtures, bulbs and switches (10.4%) and lightning (4.3%). No vector was identified in 85% of cases, and the work process was initiated by others in less than 1% of cases. |
Descriptors (primary) |
USA; compensation of occupational accidents; causes of accidents; electrical accidents |
Descriptors (secondary) |
location of injury; analysis of accident causes; sex-linked differences |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Subject(s) |
Electricity
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Broad subject area(s) |
Electrical safety
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Browse category(ies) |
Electricity
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