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SynthesisFrontiers in public health2024

Occupational accidents and the use of PPE: a global meta-analysis.

Ginevra Malta, Serena Matera, Fulvio Plescia, Anna Calascibetta, Antonina Argo, Emanuele Cannizzaro

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Synthesis in Frontiers in public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ginevra MaltaDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Childcare, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), Palermo, Italy.
Serena MateraDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Occupational Medicine - University of Catania, Palermo, Italy.
Fulvio PlesciaDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Childcare, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), Palermo, Italy.
Anna CalascibettaDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Childcare, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), Palermo, Italy.
Antonina ArgoDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Childcare, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), Palermo, Italy.
Emanuele CannizzaroDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Childcare, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), Palermo, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Occupational accidents, despite continuous safety updates, are still a scourge in the occupational and forensic spheres, constituting, among other things, the subject of a large share of litigation. Demographic data can help to understand the areas where the application of health surveillance is lacking. This meta-analysis sets out to analyse data from studies on accidents at work, focusing on the correlation between the areas in which accidents occur and whether or not personal safety equipment is used, in relation to the different regulations in force. For the selection of the data, a systematic review was carried out according to the PRISMA guidelines, with the primary objective of identifying the trend of occupational accidents in specific geographical areas, which differ in terms of the attention paid to preventive aspects. The data we highlighted showed, regarding the type of accident, substantial differences between low-income countries and industrialised countries (stratified according to the Human Development Index) and, an overall indifference as to whether or not individual safety devices were used, revealing that, despite the continuous normative evolution in the field of safety at work, even today, the investigative data on the actual application of the regulations, during accidents at work, is underestimated and little researched.

Indexed as

Accidents, OccupationalPersonal Protective EquipmentGlobal HealthHumansoccupationalPPErisksafetysustainibilitywork accidentswork healthwork injuries

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PMID38975359
PMCPMC11224295

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