| Document ID (ISN) | 76326 |
| CIS number |
01-558 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
2000 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Author(s) |
Jensen O.C. |
| Title |
Non-fatal occupational fall and slip injuries among commercial fishermen analyzed by use of the NOMESCO injury registration system |
| Bibliographic information |
June 2000, Vol.37, No.6, p.637-644. Illus. 29 ref. |
| Abstract |
The distribution and the characteristics of 582 occupational injuries among commercial fishermen in Denmark are described by using data from a hospital emergency department for the period 1990-1997. Injuries from falls made up 25% of all injuries; they were the cause of 28% of all contusions, 32% of all fractures, 61% of all sprains and strains, 40% of all injuries to lower extremities and 62% of all injuries to the chest. The proportion of fall injuries in different age groups was U-shaped and constitutes around 40% for men both under 20 years and over 50 years of age, and around 20% for those between these ages. Frequent types of injury mechanisms other than falls and slips were: getting caught (22%), contact with objects or persons (28%), foreign body (9%) and cuts (9%). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
falls of persons; fishing; occupational accidents |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
analysis of accident causes; Denmark; sprains; frequency rates; age-linked differences; statistical evaluation; falls from heights; falls on the level |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Denmark |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Mechanical hazards, transport
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Fishing
|
