Case-study research was carried out with a view to find the attributes of occupational injury among workers in the chemical industry and to enhance safety issues. Injury data were collected and processed in terms of different variables, such as age, gender, skills, type of hazard, etc. Pareto analysis was then applied to find a pattern of occupational injury among the workers. The study reveale...

Occupational injury is associated with numerous individual and work-related risk factors, including long working hours and short sleep duration; however, the complex mechanisms causing such injuries are not yet fully understood. The authors used structural equation modeling (SEM) as a novel approach to examine fatigue-related direct and indirect potential risk factors for occupational injury. T...

Many occupational therapists treat individuals with neurological conditions during their career, particularly people with stroke (Nelson et al., 1990). Other neurological conditions encountered include traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. All of these conditions result in complex physical, perceptual and cognitive disabilities, which affect a person’s occupational...

BACKGROUND This paper uses new data to examine the gap in injury and fatality rates between immigrant men and women and their Canadian-born counterparts. METHODS Data from the 2011 National Household Survey and the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada were used to determine the difference in occupational and industry injury and fatality rates between various arrival cohorts o...

Mechanics are exposed to varied work stressors such as hot noisy environments, strenuous postures, improperly designed tools and machinery and poor psycho-social environments which may exert an influence on their health and safety. The study aimed to examine the occupational injury patterns and identify work stressors associated with injury amongst automobile mechanics. A descriptive ergonomic ...

Industrial dermatitis is skin disease primarily caused by the industrial environment. It is the commonest occupational disease in industrialised countries. Of all industrial injury benefits paid out in this country for occupational diseases prescribed under the 1965 National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, a little more than 657. are for industrial dermatitis. Occupational skin disease has...

Rates of fatal accidents per 100,000 workers in industry are indicators of achievement in occupational safety and health. The pattern of fatal occupational accidents varies in different regions of the world particularly in developing countries. In global estimates of fatal occupational accidents by Takala J (1999) from the International Labour Organization there are no data related to fatal occ...

Repetitive strain injury is a group of musculoskeletal disorders affecting muscles, tendons, nerves and blood vessels. These disorders could be attributed to occupational causes; however non-occupational causes should be excluded. The management of these cases required a multidisciplinary team approach.

BACKGROUND Hospital based studies of occupational risk factors for knee disorders are complicated by the possibility of selective referral to hospital of people whose work is made difficult by their symptoms. AIMS To explore the extent of such bias and to assess the association of meniscal injury with occupational activities. METHODS A questionnaire was mailed to a community sample of 2806 ...

The visual and vestibular problems experienced by adults post brain injury (concussion, traumatic injury, cerebral vascular accident, tumor removal, etc.) must be evaluated treated in conjunction with each other for best outcomes. American Occupational Therapy Association’s (AOTA) Practice Framework categorizes both the sensory systems as client factors (body functions) that are a part of scope...