Surveillance for work-related skull fractures in Michigan
β Scribed by Kica, Joanna; Rosenman, Kenneth D.
- Book ID
- 127231173
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 304 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4375
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## Abstract ## Background Workβrelated amputations are of concern in Michigan and nationally. This study reports on 1 year of data on workβrelated amputations, which were treated in Michigan hospital emergency departments (ED) or as inβpatients in Michigan. ## Methods Michigan hospitals provided
Historically, Alaska has had an occupational fatality rate five times greater than that for the United States. This article reports recent surveillance results for hospitalized nonfatal work-related injuries in Alaska, using the population-based Alaska Trauma Registry (ATR) from 1991 through 1995. T
Work-related upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders ''associated with repeated trauma'' account for more than 60% of all newly reported occupational illness, 332,000 in 1994 according to the U.S. Department of Labor. These numbers do not include, for example, those disorders categorized as ''inju