Thermal burn and electrical injuries among electric utility workers, 1995-2004
Thermal burn and electrical injuries among electric utility workers, 1995-2004
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DOI：
10.1016/j.burns.2006.06.017
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发表时间：
2007-03-01
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2.7
通讯作者：
Yager, Janice W.
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作者：
Fordyce, Tiffani A.;Kelsh, Michael;Yager, Janice W.
这项研究描述了电力公司工作人员因热烧伤、电烧伤和化学烧伤而发生的工伤事故。我们根据职业、受伤的身体部位、年龄、性别和受伤周围的环境来描述受伤趋势。该分析包括电力研究所 (EPRI) 职业健康与安全数据库 (OHSD) 中包含的所有热、电和化学伤害。热烧伤和电击伤害共计 872 起，占所有伤害的 3.7%，但占所有医疗索赔费用的近 13%，仅次于扭伤和拉伤相关伤害的医疗费用（占所有伤害的 38%）。大多数烧伤发生的时间不超过 1 天。头部、手部和其他上肢是最容易受到烧伤或电击伤害的身体部位。在该行业中，电烧伤占烧伤比例最大，为 399 人受伤（45.8%），其次是热烧伤，为 345 人受伤（39.6%），化学烧伤为 51 人受伤（5.8%）。这些伤害也代表了不成比例的死亡人数；在数据库记录的 24 例死亡中，有 7 例死亡是由于接触电流或极端温度造成的。高风险职业包括焊工、线路工人、电工、抄表员、机械师、维修工人以及工厂和设备操作员。 (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd 和 ISBI。版权所有。
This study describes the occurrence of work-related injuries from thermal-, electrical- and chemical-burns among electric utility workers. We describe injury trends by occupation, body part injured, age, sex, and circumstances surrounding the injury. This analysis includes all thermal, electric, and chemical injuries included in the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Occupational Health and Safety Database (OHSD). There were a total of 872 thermal burn and electric shock injuries representing 3.7% of all injuries, but accounting for nearly 13% of all medical claim costs, second only to the medical costs associated with sprain- and strain-related injuries (38% of all injuries). The majority of burns involved less than 1 day off of work. The head, hands, and other upper extremities were the body parts most frequently injured by burns or electric shocks. For this industry, electric-related burns accounted for the largest percentage of burn injuries, 399 injuries (45.8%), followed by thermal/heat burns, 345 injuries (39.6%), and chemical burns, 51 injuries (5.8%). These injuries also represented a disproportionate number of fatalities; of the 24 deaths recorded in the database, contact with electric current or with temperature extremes was the source of seven of the fatalities. High-risk occupations included welders, line workers, electricians, meter readers, mechanics, maintenance workers, and plant and equipment operators. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.