title: A study of work injuries in eight Asian countries.
abstract: This study is based on a survey conducted in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand on occupational injuries during the years 1975-1980. The number of work accidents have risen rapidly during this period in all of the 8 countries studied. In the case of Thailand, the total number of work injuries increased four fold from 1975-1978, whereas, in Singapore it has almost doubled in 6 years. The number of permanent disablement nearly trebled in Korea, and the Philippines for the year 1967-1980. The largest percentage of accidents are lost-time injuries in all of the 8 countries. Thailand had a three fold increase in lost-time injuries whilst in Hong Kong the figure doubled. Six out of the 8 countries indicated that the building construction industry had the largest number of fatal accidents, followed by the manufacturing industry.
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D007723:Korea; D008296:Malaysia; D010679:Philippines; D012846:Singapore; D013188:Sri Lanka; D013785:Thailand; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*