BACKGROUND Underreporting occupational disease cases has been a long-standing problem in Taiwan, which hinders the progress in occupational health and safety. To address this problem, the government has founded the Network of Occupational Diseases and Injuries Service (NODIS) for occupational disease and injury services and established a new Internet-based reporting system. OBJECTIVES The aim...

Agriculture is one of the most hazardous industries in the United States. It is crucial to analyze the previously collected farm fatality data in Pennsylvania involving youth to identify fatality sources and to delineate prevention strategies to mitigate future occurrences. The Penn State Farm and Agricultural Injury Database was updated to include the Occupational Injury and Illness Classifica...

OBJECTIVES An 'information gap' has been identified regarding the effects of chronic disease on occupational injury risk. We investigated the association of ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, depression and asthma with acute occupational injury in a cohort of manufacturing workers from 1 January 1997 through 31 December 2007. METHODS We used administrative data on real-time inju...

OBJECTIVES To compare the characteristics and rates of at-risk drinking among patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with occupational and nonoccupational injury. METHODS Cross-sectional survey of injured patients presenting to a university hospital ED. Injured patients were prospectively identified, and consenting patients completed a survey including questions regarding quanti...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of interventions addressing cognitive impairments to improve occupational performance for people with traumatic brain injury. METHOD A total of 37 studies met inclusion criteria: 9 Level I systematic reviews, 14 Level I studies, 5 Level II studies, and 9 Level III studies. RESULTS Strong evidence supports use of direct attention training, dual-task t...

BACKGROUND Rates of occupational injury among immigrant workers are widely believed to be underestimated. The goal of this study was to enhance understanding of the burden of occupational injury and the work organization factors underlying injury among immigrant Latino residential construction workers. METHODS Prospective data were obtained from a community-based sample of Latino residential ...

Fatal Occupational Injuries — Continued CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) monitors occupational injury deaths through death certificates compiled for the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) surveillance system* (1 ). Previous reports analyzed data from 1980–1989 (1–3 ). This report updates these estimates on the magnitude of work-related injury de...

Fisheries work is one of the occupations at highest risk for occupational accidents in many countries. It is necessary to understand the injuries in order to prevent them. This study of occupational injury claims by fisheries workers in Norway made to insurance companies from 1991 to 1996 analysed the workers’ age, time of injury, injury type, part of the body involved, injury event and cost. T...

BACKGROUND Collection of household waste is a job which requires repeated heavy physical activities such as lifting, carrying, pulling, and pushing. Like many developing countries, in Ethiopia municipal solid waste is collected manually. Therefore, this study is aimed to assess the extent of occupational injuries and associated factors among solid waste collectors in Addis Ababa City. METHODS...

OBJECTIVE We assessed evidence for post-acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation interventions used to enhance community integration (CI) relevant to occupational therapy. METHOD We conducted a systematic review of intervention studies on TBI rehabilitation from 1990 to 2007. RESULTS We analyzed and summarized 10 studies that met the inclusion criteria. Of 10 studies, 7 found that ...