Bo Jacobsson, Lothar Schelp
NIOSH Education and Information Division
AUTHOR
ABSTRACT
The
aim of this study was to investigate occupational injuries
among teenagers in a defined population and geographical area
with regard to incidence and severity and to compare our registration
system with that of the Swedish Occupational Injury Information
System. All occupational accidents in the age group 15-19
years were registered at public health centres. We found a
higher incidence compared to school accidents in the older
population. Part- time work, lack of experience, temporary
employment, unskilled work, and age-specific behavioural patterns
are factors that might explain the higher incidence rate.
The highest rates were found in service, military and unspecified
occupations. Only 25% of the work-related accidents in our
study were registered by the Swedish Occupational Injury System
(ISA). It seems possible to reduce the number of accidents
through the instigation of fairly simple measures. The coverage
of the registration by the ISA seems to be incomplete.
JOURNAL AND
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#
JOURNAL:
Scand J Soc Med. 1988; 16(1): 21-25.
Note:
Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine.
NLOM ID#:
88159196
.
This
document was extracted from the CDC-NIOSH Epidemiology of
Farm Related Injuries: Bibliography With Abstracts, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service,
Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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