title: [Work accidents in the large-scale food distribution sector].
abstract: The application of a systematic method of reading accident registers, as has already been experimented in various manufacturing sectors by other authors, is proposed for food supermarkets. The study covered 461 accidents occurring in the five-year period 1986-1990 in 25 food supermarkets in the Milan area. The proposed method is based on the identification of each accident according to the "process/mode of occurrence" data pairs. Subsequent elaboration of these pairs reveals the incidence of accidents and also enables conclusions to be drawn on the main causes that are then useful for the prevention programmes implemented both by local health units and plant management.
authors.affiliation: UOTSLL, USSL 75/V, Milano.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Magna
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cantoni
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005511:Food Handling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005522:Food Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Infortuni sul lavoro nel settore grande distribuzione alimentare.