Workplace injury data reported by occupational physicians and general practitioners
| Autor: | Sarah Turner, R. Jabbour, Raymond Agius, F. Page, Louise Hussey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Occupational Medicine business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Poison control Human factors and ergonomics Occupational physicians medicine.disease Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health General Practitioners Research Design Surveys and Questionnaires Sprains and strains Injury prevention medicine Humans Industry Wounds and Injuries Workplace injury Female Medical emergency Workplace business |
| Zdroj: | Occupational Medicine. 65:296-302 |
| ISSN: | 1471-8405 0962-7480 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Accurate workplace injury data are useful in the prioritization of prevention strategies. In the UK, physicians report workplace ill-health data within The Health and Occupation Research (THOR) network, including injury case reports. AIMS: To compare workplace injury data reported by occupational physicians (OPs) and general practitioners (GPs) to THOR. METHODS: Injury cases reported by OPs and GPs, reported to THOR between 2006 and 2012 were analysed. Demographics, industrial groups, nature of injury, kind of accident and site of injury were compared. Data on sickness absence for workplace injuries reported by GPs were investigated. RESULTS: In total, 2017 workplace injury cases were reported by OPs and GPs. Males were more likely to sustain a workplace accident than females. Sprains and strains were reported most often, with the upper limbs being affected most frequently. Slips, trips and falls were identified as important causal factors by both OPs and GPs. Psychological injuries also featured in THOR reporting, with a higher proportion reported by OPs (21%) than by GPs (3%). The proportion of people classified as 'unfit' by GPs reduced following the introduction of the 'fit' note. CONCLUSIONS: THOR reports returned by OPs and GPs provide a valuable source of information of workplace injury data, and complement other sources of information, such as the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations and the Labour Force Survey. Language: en |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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