Author reports a case of 67- years- old men referred to Donga University Hospital silicosis who had worked in tunnel drilling where presumably had been exposed to high concentration free silica for almost 20 yr. This report is considered the first in Korea to the best of our knowledge since no cases on silicosis could be reported in this occupation in reviewing various literature sources in Kor...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is an illness, not an injury, and health factors such as obesity, smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, diabetes, and thyroid disease are much more likely to contribute substantially to the onset of carpal tunnel syndrome than workplace activities. CTS are considered as a clinical entity and diagnosis is still based upon symptoms of numbness, tingling and/or burning i...

The primary care NP has a significant opportunity to meet the special healthcare needs of the occupational community. While NPs routinely diagnose and treat workers, writing return-to-work restrictions can pose a challenge.

Worker-generated claims-reporting moral hazard is said to occur when, in order to collect workers’ compensation benefits, workers report on-the-job injuries that never occurred or that occurred off the job. Using newly available injury micro data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on all cases with days away from work, this article assesses the hypothesis that claims-reporting moral hazard is ...

INTRODUCTION Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the leading causes of work related injuries in industries for a number of reasons. First, technological changes have increased the pace in which the worker must perform (1). Production rates have increased dramatically with high tech approaches and as a result, the requirement of the worker to keep up with the escalation in rate has resulted i...

The genus Mycocepurus is a phylogenetically basal attine ant, so studies of its biology may provide insight into the evolution of behaviours associated with fungus-growing that characterize the tribe Attini. Mycocepurus smithii from Puerto Rico produces sexual females from July to September, but no males were observed in 2 years of observations, confirming previous observations elsewhere. Colon...

nowadays deep excavations are needed for construction of foundation of high rise buildings, providing space for parking and etc. in some cases deep excavations may be constructed in the vicinity of the subway tunnels and causes unpredicted extra displacements and internal forces in tunnel lining of tunnels which were not designed for them and consequently affect serviceability of tunnel. theref...

the construction of underground tunnel plays a more and more important role in the development of big cities. one of the most important problems caused by the construction of the tunnel is that underground excavation will cause large settlement of the ground and buildings. previous studied showed the difference between numerical and experimental results. in this study the case study of niyayesh...

Physicians engaged in management of burn patients in India need to keep themselves abreast with the legal requirements. Clinical burn management and liaison with local authorities go almost parallel. Concept of the legal rights of Burn Survivor and the family are emerging now in India. Demarcation between physical impairment status and disability to sustain are discussed. Burn Physicians can he...