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Document ID (ISN)66421
CIS number 96-1150
ISSN - Serial title 0014-0139 - Ergonomics
Year 1994
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Mital A., Ghahramani B.
Title The injury profile of a large telecommunication company: A statistical summary
Bibliographic information Oct. 1994, Vol.37, No.10, Special Issue, p.1591-1601. 8 ref.
Abstract Over the years, over-exertion injuries have continued to increase despite ergonomic interventions to control their frequency of occurrence. Occupational injury and illness data from a large US telecommunications company (297,548 employees), collected over a seven-year period, suggest that: (1) better record-keeping may be a reason behind the reported increase in injuries; workday losses decline as a result of improved ergonomic and occupational health interventions; (2) serious injuries are not just limited to heavy manufacturing industries; and (3) reduction in workday losses may not translate in injury cost savings.
Descriptors (primary) notification of occupational accidents; statistical trends; morbidity; overstrain; strain injuries; telecommunications; musculoskeletal diseases
Descriptors (secondary) hernia; USA; lower extremity disorders; spinal injuries; frequency rates; upper extremity disorders; repetitive strain injury
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Statistics
Broad subject area(s) Physiology, ergonomics
Browse category(ies) Mental stress and burnout
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
Communications industry
Reporting of occupational accidents
Notification of accidents and diseases