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ArticleQatar medical journal2022

Work-related injuries in Qatar for 1 year: an initial report from the work-related injury unified registry for Qatar.

Rafael Consunji, Ayman El-Menyar, Nazia Hirani, Aisha Abeid, Hassan Al-Thani, Muhammad S Hardan, Sailesh Chauhan, Hasan Kasem, Ruben Peralta

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Rafael Consunji
Ayman El-Menyar
Nazia HiraniHamad Injury Prevention Program, Hamad Trauma Centre, Department of Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. Email and ORCID ID: rconsunji@hamad.qa & https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9854-3585.
Aisha Abeid
Hassan Al-Thani
Muhammad S HardanAmbulance Services, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Sailesh ChauhanAmbulance Services, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Hasan KasemQatar Red Crescent, Doha, Qatar.
Ruben Peralta

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Ministry of Public Health National Health Strategy 2018-2022 has recognized the need for accurate, updated, and representative data that truly reflects the occupational health and safety status in Qatar. In 2015, the Hamad Trauma Center received a research grant to create a unified registry for work-related injuries in Qatar [WURQ], whose processes and research findings have been reported earlier. This paper shall describe the findings from the initial 1-year collection of data on work-related injuries [WRIs] and deaths in Qatar for the year 2020 through the WURQ database.

methodsThe WURQ database was queried for all WRIs from January 1 to December 31, 2020. These data were classified by date of injury, age, sex, nationality, mechanism of injury, severity of injury, location of medical consultation, and clinical outcome.

resultsOut of a total worker population of 2,174,828 [2.29 occupational fatalities per 100,000 workers, there were 50 deaths caused by WRIs]. The majority of WRI deaths were in the prehospital setting [60%] with the majority of fatal injuries occurring at the worksite [64%] and 22% due to falls. Five hundred six workers sustained severe WRIs [23.26 severe occupational injuries per 100,000 workers], and 37,601 workers sustained mild to moderate WRIs [1,728.91 mild to moderate occupational injuries per 100,000 workers]. The severe WRIs were most commonly due to falls [226 out of 506] from height [45%] and falling heavy objects [80 out of 506] [16%]. Road traffic injuries [RTI] make up one-fourth [133 out of 506] of all severe WRIs.

conclusionWURQ has described WRIs in Qatar using a purpose-built and nationally linked occupational injury registry. Occupational injury and injury fatality statistics, for Qatar in 2020, are lower than or comparable with those from other high-income countries. This data can be used to inform worksite inspections, investigations, worker safety education, environmental improvements, and injury prevention programs to make Qatar safer for all its workers.

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PMCPMC10100584

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