Occupational injuries are estimated to cause over 300,000 deaths per year worldwide.
Many low- and middle-income countries often lack effective injury surveillance systems.
We attempted to utilize household surveys to collect occupational injury data to develop more accurate injury incidence data.
We undertook a pilot study of this approach in the rural area of Mirsarai, Bangladesh. Surveys were administered to 2,017 males and 120 females. Sixty-five percent were self-employed and over 80% worked in work places with less than six employees; over 60% worked seven days per week.
Just over 50% of subjects reported at least one injury at work in the prior year.
Incidence of lost-time injuries was 31%. The median number of work days lost was 7. The injury rates were higher than ILO estimates for Bangladesh, perhaps because of our study's focus on a rural population.
We recommend expanding to larger and a more representative sample of the Bangladesh working community.
2011-09-12
Eng.
International journal of occupational and environmental health : official journal of the International Commission on Occupational Health
World Health Organization Bangladesh. hugh.davies [at] ubc.ca
Int J Occup Environ Health. ;17(3):214-22
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