Background: Construction work (building houses, roads, workplaces, and repairing and maintaining infrastructures) is a dangerous land-based job. This includes many hazardous tasks and conditions such as working at the following conditions: Height, excavation, noise, dust, power tools and equipment. Construction work has been increased in developed and underdeveloped countries ove...

BACKGROUND/AIM When working with individuals following stroke or traumatic brain injury, an important role of the occupational therapist is to assess the impact of cognitive impairment on their ability to engage in occupations and resume important life roles. The aim of this study was to survey therapists' reasons for selection of and challenges with using various cognitive assessment approache...

The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Evidence-Based Practice Project has developed a table summarizing the research opportunities in the area of adults with traumatic brain injury. The table provides an overview of the state of current available evidence on interventions within the scope of occupational therapy practice and is based on the systematic reviews from the AOTA Practi...

Occupational Health and Safety is one of the most important services. Effective and efficient Occupational Health and Safety measures in industries lead to reduction in number of accidents and loss and injury to human lives, safety to assets, continuous production etc. But the hazards cannot be completely mitigated and thus there is a need to develop and implement Occupational Health and Safety...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether common important health conditions and their treatments increase risks of occupational injury. METHODS A systematic search was conducted of MEDLINE, EMBASE and PsycINFO databases from inception to November 2006 employing terms for occupational injury, medications, and a broad range of diseases and impairments. Papers related solely to driving, alcohol, or sub...

Department of Occupational Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan Sciencebased Industrial Park Clinic, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Southern Region Labor Inspection Office, Council of Labor Affairs,...

BACKGROUND Measures of socio-economic position, such as education, occupational class and income, are well-known determinants of ill-health, injury and sickness absence. The aim was to analyse socio-economic and occupational determinants of work injury absence and their contribution to overall socio-economic inequalities in all-cause sickness absence. METHODS A register-based follow-up study ...

BACKGROUND Analysis of workers' compensation data and occupational health and safety trends in healthcare across Canada was conducted to provide insight concerning workplace injuries and prevention measures undertaken in the healthcare sector. METHODS Timeloss claims data were collected for 1992-2002 from the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada. Labour Force data from Statis...

A cross sectional survey was initiated to understand the frequency of occupational injury occurrence and the associated factors in the fish processing industries of western India involving 185 randomly selected women subjects. All the subjects were interviewed with the help of an interviewer-administered questionnaire to collect information regarding their personal, occupational and work relate...

OBJECTIVE Sharp injuries constitute important occupational exposure in hospital environment, and perhaps the newly graduated medical and dental students, known as House Officers, in the first twelve months of their practice, are the most vulnerable of all health workers. This study was designed to examine the nature and prevalence of occupational injuries among medical and dental house officers...