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KMID : 0365819750150020293
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Journal of Pusan Medical College
1975 Volume.15 No. 2 p.293 ~ p.302
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Clinical Survey on the Industrial Injuries in Busan Area
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Abstract
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The author analyzed the industrially injured patients who had been treated for more than 11 days at authorized medical institutions from November 1974 to October 1975 for a year. The subject of the study was 503 establishments within the jurisdiction of Tong-rae branch of the Office of Labor Affairs.
The results were as follows.
1. The total number of workers in 503 establishments was 103, 813, the number of patients 8,139, the number of injuries 10, 891 with the average incidence of 10. 5%.
2. The incidence of injuries by the type of industry was as follows in decreasing order; the iron & steel, metal industry(26. 4%); the papers, woods manufacturing industry(22. 0%); the transportation business (13. 9%); the glasses, ceramic industry(10.4%); the groceries manufacturing industry(10. 1%); other manufacturing industries(7. 8%); the textile industry(7. 2%); the electric, electronics industry(3. 6%); the chemical products manufacturing industry(3. 5%).
3. By the scale of industry, there could found a particular relationship between the incidence of the industrial injury and the scale in the iron & steel, metal industry. In the textile and the papers, woods manufacturing industry, the number of patients was in proprtionate to the scale of the industries whereas in the transportation business an inverse proportion to the scale was noted.
4. An interesting age distribution was noted by the types of industries i. e, most patients were less than 20 years of age in the textile and the electric, electronics industries. On the other hand in the groceries manufacturing industry, the glasses, ceramic industry and iron & steel, metal industry most patients were between 25 and 30 years of age.
5. By the´ length of service, the injuries were more frequent in immature workers, especially in the groceries, ceramic industry and other manufacturing industries. Less than 4 month service workers were frequent victims(51. 8%), which signified the special need of safety management for several months since employment. On the other hand in the groceries manufacturing industry patients were more common in somewhat skillful employees of one to two years service. In general, immature workers were the victims of injury as the scale of the industry was smaller.
6. The sites of the injuries showed the preponderance to the left than the right hand much to the upper extremities than the lower ones. Of the upper extremities finger injury was more common especially the thumb and the index fingers in the textile industry, chemical products manufacturing industry and electric, electronics industry, which gives us some information on their prevention. By the type of indutsry, m°dium-scaled industry with the workers less than 99 had more patients with injuries of the fingers.
More serious injuries such as fractures and amputaions were common in the electric, electronics industry, the glasses, ceramic industry, chemical pryiucts manufactufacturlng industry and the papers, woods mar#qfacturing industry, which signifies the need of special safety measures for their prevention,
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