The Trend of Occupational Injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010
Objectives: This study is planned to assess the trend of occupational injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010. Methods: Ten years of occupational injuries, from 2001 to 2010, were analyzed in order to investigate the changing profiles according to the various characteristics of injuries; economic sector...
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| author | Kyung Yong Rhee Seong Weon Choe Young Sun Kim Kwon Ho Koo |
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| description | Objectives: This study is planned to assess the trend of occupational injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010.
Methods: Ten years of occupational injuries, from 2001 to 2010, were analyzed in order to investigate the changing profiles according to the various characteristics of injuries; economic sectors, age of the injured, and type of injuries. The changing profile of occupational injuries was investigated by comparison with an index-created relative value based on the number of cases of reference category.
Results: The fatalities of construction, forest, agriculture, and service show the increasing trend. The nonfatal occupational injuries of the manufacturing sector were higher than those of other sectors in every year but the fatal occupational injuries of construction workers were higher than those of the manufacturing sector. Occupational injuries occurring due to amputation and those of slip and trip increased. The number of occupational injuries for the worker groups of 24 years old and below decreased and 45 years old and above increased. In comparison to the figure of fall from height, the figures of slip and trip or caught in equipment are higher in every calendar year.
Conclusion: This study find out construction, forest, agriculture, and service sectors, aged worker with 45 years old and over can be target population for the strategies of occupational safety. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66907994f38b47e694b8d328abc056752023-09-02T02:03:54ZengElsevierSafety and Health at Work2093-79112013-03-0141637010.5491/SHAW.2013.4.1.63The Trend of Occupational Injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010Kyung Yong Rhee0Seong Weon Choe1Young Sun Kim2Kwon Ho Koo3Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety and Healty Agency, Incheon, KoreaKorea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Daegu, KoreaOccupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety and Healty Agency, Incheon, KoreaKorea Occupational Safety and Healty Agency, Incheon, KoreaObjectives: This study is planned to assess the trend of occupational injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010. Methods: Ten years of occupational injuries, from 2001 to 2010, were analyzed in order to investigate the changing profiles according to the various characteristics of injuries; economic sectors, age of the injured, and type of injuries. The changing profile of occupational injuries was investigated by comparison with an index-created relative value based on the number of cases of reference category. Results: The fatalities of construction, forest, agriculture, and service show the increasing trend. The nonfatal occupational injuries of the manufacturing sector were higher than those of other sectors in every year but the fatal occupational injuries of construction workers were higher than those of the manufacturing sector. Occupational injuries occurring due to amputation and those of slip and trip increased. The number of occupational injuries for the worker groups of 24 years old and below decreased and 45 years old and above increased. In comparison to the figure of fall from height, the figures of slip and trip or caught in equipment are higher in every calendar year. Conclusion: This study find out construction, forest, agriculture, and service sectors, aged worker with 45 years old and over can be target population for the strategies of occupational safety.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791113410077Occupational injuriesIndustry sector |
| spellingShingle | Kyung Yong Rhee Seong Weon Choe Young Sun Kim Kwon Ho Koo The Trend of Occupational Injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010 Safety and Health at Work Occupational injuries Industry sector |
| title | The Trend of Occupational Injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010 |
| title_full | The Trend of Occupational Injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010 |
| title_fullStr | The Trend of Occupational Injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Trend of Occupational Injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010 |
| title_short | The Trend of Occupational Injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010 |
| title_sort | trend of occupational injuries in korea from 2001 to 2010 |
| topic | Occupational injuries Industry sector |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791113410077 |
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