PURPOSE To determine the epidemiological characteristics of work-related eye injury in representative southwest region of China. METHODS Patients with eye injuries treated at the Ninth People's Hospital of Chongqing from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014 were included in the current study. All patients completed a comprehensive examination and interview. Demographic characteristics and injur...

BACKGROUND Our objective was to assess the cost-effectiveness of emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) performed on both penetrating and blunt trauma victims, using both published survival and outcome data and previously unaccounted for data on the cost of occupational exposure. METHODS Cost-utility analysis was performed using decision-analytic models constructed for both penetrating and bl...

Orchard workers are a population at risk for serious and disabling occupational injuries and illnesses. The purpose of this descriptive, exploratory study was to gather information about orchard workers' perceptions and experiences related to their work to better understand factors that contribute to their occupational risk. The sample consisted of 180 Hispanic orchard workers from 3 counties i...

OBJECTIVES This study is planned to assess the trend of occupational injuries in Korea from 2001 to 2010. METHODS Ten years of occupational injuries, from 2001 to 2010, were analyzed in order to investigate the changing profiles according to the various characteristics of injuries; economic sectors, age of the injured, and type of injuries. The changing profile of occupational injuries was in...

The authors developed, tested, and replicated a model in which safety-specific transformational leadership predicted occupational injuries in 2 separate studies. Data from 174 restaurant workers (M age = 26.75 years, range = 15-64) were analyzed using structural equation modeling (LISREL 8; K. G. Jöreskog & D. Sörbom, 1993) and provided strong support for a model whereby safety-specific transfo...

The purpose of this study was to examine nonfatal occupational injury data associated with slip and fall accidents by extracting the latest information from the database of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Systematic information on the cost and causes of industrial slip and fall accidents are not readily available from statistical and survey data sources, as such, detailed information rega...

The COVID-19 pandemic places unique challenges to medical rescuers’ occupational health. Thus, it is crucial assess its direct and indirect impacts on key psychological outcomes adaptation strategies. This study aims analyse the impact of this coping emotion regulation strategies, their levels work-related outcomes, such as burnout, trauma post-traumatic growth. Additionally, contribution emplo...

OBJECTIVES To determine the characteristics and etiologies of occupational trauma associated mortality in Tabriz megacity, Northern Iran. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, we included all the recorded cases of occupational mortalities referring to Tabriz forensic medicine center, labor institute and Imam Reza and Sina hospitals between March 2011 and March 2012. We recorded the demographic ...