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ArticleOccupational medicine (Oxford, England)2013

Workplace injuries in Fiji: a population-based study (TRIP 7).

R Reddy, B Kafoa, I Wainiqolo, B Kool, D Gentles, E McCaig, S Ameratunga

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Article in Occupational medicine (Oxford, England), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

R ReddySection of Audiology, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. r.reddy@auckland.ac.nz
B Kafoa
I Wainiqolo
B Kool
D Gentles
E McCaig
S Ameratunga
University of Auckland · NZFiji National University · FJCancer Research And Biostatistics · US

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Wellcome Trust 071671
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWorkplace injury rates in low and middle-income countries are known to be high. Contemporary data on this topic from Pacific Island countries and territories are scant.

aimsTo describe the epidemiology of fatal and hospitalized workplace injuries in Fiji using a population-based trauma registry.

methodsAn analysis of data from a prospective population-based surveillance registry investigated the characteristics associated with workplace injuries resulting in death or hospital admission among people aged 15 years and older in Viti Levu, the largest island in the Republic of Fiji, from October 2005 to September 2006. Incidence rates were calculated using denominator data from the 2004-05 Fiji Employment Survey.

resultsOne hundred and eighty-nine individuals met the study eligibility criteria (including nine deaths). This corresponded to annual injury-related hospitalization and death rates of 73.4 and 3.7 per 100 000 workers, respectively. Males accounted for 95% of injuries, and hospitalization rates were highest among those aged 15-29 years (33 per 100 000 workers). Fijian and Indian workers had similar rates of admission to hospital (38.3 and 31.8 per 100 000 workers, respectively). Fractures (40%) and 'cuts/bites/open wounds' (32%) were the commonest types of injury while 'being hit by a person or object' (34%), falls (27%) and 'cutting or piercing' injuries (27%) were the commonest mechanisms. Overall, 7% of injuries were deemed intentional.

conclusionsAcknowledging the likely underestimation of the overall burden of workplace injuries, these findings support the need to identify context-specific risk factors and effective approaches to preventing workplace injuries in Fiji.

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