Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is inherently risky, but little is known about mining-associated hazards and injuries despite the tremendous growth worldwide of ASGM and the benefits it offers. The current study aimed to characterize the physical injuries associated with ASGM in Ghana to guide policy formulation. A cross-sectional survey was carried out in the Tarkwa mining distric...

background : hepatitis b and c and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection are a serious health issue in iran. knowledge of the designed standard precautions can reduce occupational injuries which result in the transmission of these viruses. this study was conducted to determine the rate of occupational injuries and awareness of the standard precautions among laboratory staff and nurses of...

a motor vehicle seat belt use law for the driver and front-seat passenger was implemented in taiwan on june 1, 2001. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of motor vehicle seat belt use on the severity of traumatic brain injuries because of motor vehicle accidents.data were collected from 27 major teaching hospitals four years before june 1, 2001 and until may 31, 2013. a total ...

BACKGROUND Empirical evidence describing the psychosocial consequences of occupational injury is still limited. The effect of occupational injury on depression might pose unique challenges in workers compared with other kinds of injury. This study aimed to assess the differential impact of workplace injury compared with non-workplace injury on depression over time, and to identify the potential...

OBJECTIVE To determine the corneal injuries pattern. MATERIAL AND METHOD It is a retrospective hospital based analysis of 5504 corneal injuries among the 111781 patients attending King Mahendra Memorial Eye Hospital over a period of 4 years in order to know the lesions pattern for planning purpose. RESULTS Among the corneal lesions, 59.7% were traumatic and 40.3% were non traumatic lesions,...

traumatic coronary artery-cameral fistulas (tcaf) are rare and may present secondary to penetrating injuries (80%) or iatrogenic traumas. early operative intervention remains the recommended treatment modality for accidental traumatic coronary artery fistulas. we report the case of a 17-year-old man who presented with left anterior descending coronary artery-right ventricle fistula following pe...

Data collected by the Italian Funds for Occupational Injuries and Diseases (INAIL) on incidence and mortality for occupational injuries in Italy during 1951-2001 are described with respect to the two main occupational sectors, Industry and Services, and Agriculture. Comparisons with other EU countries are included to place the current severe phenomenon in context. An ad hoc analysis aimed at ve...

The aim of this review is to look at the future of occupational accidents by analysing a Finnish Delphi and a British scenario study on the future of occupational safety and health. We then present occupational injury trends from all around the world: Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Africa, and North America. The connection between economic booms and occupational injury rates was analy...