An Epidemiological Study On Occupational Injuries Among Workers In Dalang Town Of Dongguan

Objective:To describe epidemiological characteristics of the occupational injury among workers in Dalang town of Dongguan ,so that to provide the scientific foundation for more effective decision making of health service in this area.MethodsDescriptive epidemiological methods were employed for this study. The occupational injuries data was from Dalang Hospital medical record during 1999~2006. injury classification by ICD-10 and their corresponding rates .And all of the data were analyzed with Excel and SPSS13.0 software.Results:1. There were 4,353 occupational injuries from 1999 to 2006 in Dalang town of Dongguan. The trend of occupational injuries was rising in these 8 years.2.The P25 age of occupational injury of workers was 19.68., P50=23.45, and P75=29.37, male and female were 3,575 and 778, with the ratio of male to female was 4.60∶1.3. In months showed that the occupational injuries in August was more than in other months. In the peak time injury were during daytime at 11:00 and 17:00.4. The top 3 injuries were cut (42.09%), contusion(33.31%) and fracture(16.29%).5.The first three injuries according to body part were hand, the upper extremity and the foot。6. The craft types of injury occurrence were common among the five metals, spin and plastic manufacture, and so on.Conclusion: Occupational injury of workers took the majority of injuries in developed regions and the intervention for occupational injury targeted peasant workers should be the most priority. The prevention and control of occupational injuries should require a comprehensive approach, including training and education of work safety, improving workers'consciousness of self-protection, and enhancing proprietors'consciousness of work safety.