Open AccessMaxillofacial injuries related to work accidents: a new concept of a hospital-based full electronic occupational trauma surveillance system
Author(s) -
Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
occupational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1471-8405
pISSN - 0962-7480
DOI - 10.1093/occmed/52.1.45
Subject(s) - occupational safety and health , medicine , medical emergency , injury prevention , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , unit (ring theory) , injury surveillance , occupational medicine , emergency medicine , occupational exposure , psychology , pathology , mathematics education
The objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence of occupational maxillofacial injuries using a newly installed relational database. Twenty-six injuries were identified out of 28,624 patients admitted to the emergency unit during a 12 month period. Falls from height or being struck by moving objects were common causes of these injuries. Two-thirds of those identified were construction workers. This paper demonstrates the power of modern databases to identify specific occurrences that may provide the basis for prevention in the future.
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