Medical, personal, and occupational outcomes for work-related amputations in Minnesota

✍ Scribed by Debora Boyle; Christina Larson; David Parker; Luisa Pessoa-Brandão

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 117 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0271-3586
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(200005)37:5<551::aid-ajim11>3.0.co;2-v

✦ Synopsis

Background The Minnesota Sentinel Event Noti®cation System for Occupational Risks (SENSOR) surveillance system has collected data on the medical, personal, and occupational outcomes associated with work-related amputations since 1992. Methods SENSOR de®ned amputations as any ®nger amputation or the loss of any other body part; 832 workers were identi®ed as having amputation injuries between 1994 and 1995 and 72% of these workers completed a telephone interview. Results Twenty percent of those injured required overnight hospitalization. Ninety-one percent of the cases reported having missed work, with 56% reporting missing ten or more days. Individuals working on their usual jobs at the time of injury were more likely to report less serious medical and occupational outcomes. Conclusions Severe injuries were signi®cantly associated with worse medical, personal, and occupational outcomes. Two groups of machines, material handling, and powered handtools were associated with a higher proportion of severe injuries. Am.