Open AccessCompleteness of ascertainment of construction site injuries using First Information Reports (FIRs) of Indian police: Capture-recapture study
Author(s) -
Sajjan Singh Yadav,
Phil Edwards,
John D. Porter
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_202_20
Subject(s) - medicine , mark and recapture , injury prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , injury surveillance , confidence interval , medical emergency , demography , environmental health , population , pathology , sociology
The construction industry is a leading contributor to occupational injuries. First Information Reports (FIRs) of Indian Police are a potential data source for construction injuries. The aim of this study was to estimate the completeness of ascertainment of construction site injuries by FIRs.