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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 48195 |
| CIS number |
87-946 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0386-0264 - Journal of Transportation Medicine |
| Year |
1986 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Sakuma K., Ohyama Y. |
| Title |
Study on the injuries of Japanese National Railways workers and the protective effect of helmets |
| Original title |
Chimeisotsu kara mita gyōmujo-gyōmugai shōbyō no hikaku narabi ni anzen ni taisuru igakuteki sekkinhō no 1-kōsatsu [in Japanese] |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1986, Vol.40, No.5, p.294-298. Illus. 7 ref. |
| Abstract |
Among railway workers, the number of bodily injuries sustained on the job decreased yearly from 1957 and 1984. The main causes of injuries resulting in death were 1) being hit by a train (61% of all death cases), 2) falls, 3) traffic accidents, 4) electric shock. The lethality of bodily injury cases (i.e. percentage ratio of deaths to bodily injury cases requiring one day or more of absence from work) was high, 23.4% for being hit by trains, 5.3% for falls, 4.3% for traffic accidents, 14.3% for electric shock. For the 152 cases of death caused by being hit by trains between 1979 and 1984, the speed of the train was divided into three categories (a) below 24km/h, (b) 25-45km/h, (c) above 46km/h. In the cases where helmets were worn the lethality was (a) 13.8% (b) 28.6%, (c) 63.2%. In the cases without helmets, the lethality was (A) 22.7%, (B) 28.6%, (C) 80.0%. These data suggest that the rate of deaths can be reduced by wearing helmets. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Japan; fatalities; safety helmets; rail transport |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
statistics |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Transport and communications
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
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| Browse category(ies) |
Rail transportation
Head protection
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