Fatal occupational injuries in a new development area in the People's Republic of China

Citation
Zl. Xia et al., Fatal occupational injuries in a new development area in the People's Republic of China, J OCCUP ENV, 42(9), 2000, pp. 917-922
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Envirnomentale Medicine & Public Health
Journal title
JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
ISSN journal
10762752 → ACNP
Volume
42
Issue
9
Year of publication
2000
Pages
917 - 922
Database
ISI
SICI code
1076-2752(200009)42:9<917:FOIIAN>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Fatal occupational injuries in a new development region in Shanghai in east China are described. All occupational deaths in the East Pujiang New Area during the period 1991 through 1997 were abstracted from multiple, overlapp ing source documents. There were 426 deaths and a crude mortality rate of 9 .1 per 100, 000 workers. The death rate was highest in 1995 (14.6%), when e xpansion in the area was most rapid. The construction sector accounted for 55% of the deaths, followed by manufacturing (23%) and transport, storage, and telecommunications (11%). Falls, collisions, struck by/against incident s, and electrocutions accounted for 80% of all deaths. Falls led all other causes of deaths (33%) and were particularly prevalent in the construction industry (46% of all deaths in construction). The development of ongoing, c omprehensive injury surveillance systems in the People's Republic of China will be essential to target and evaluate injury prevention activities in th e future.