Risk for occupational injury of handicapped workers in Taiwan.
The current study investigated occupational risk of handicapped workers relative to nonhandicapped workers and used the standardized mortality ratio as an index that handicapped workers were at elevated risk for occupational injury. A total of 6,327 records of disabling occupational injuries beyond first aid treatment from January to December, 1999 were collected and analyzed. The ratio of the standardized mortality ratio of the handicapped vs nonhandicapped workers indicated that occupational injury risk of handicapped workers must be seriously examined for the reasons for this unexpectedly high occupational risk.
Chi
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CF
Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei. Chris@Mail.NTUST.EDU.TW
Chen
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Lin
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TU
D000328:Adult; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000401:mortality*