Logging injuries for a 10-year period in Jilin Province of the People's Republic of China.
OBJECTIVE
Logging continues to be a major source of injuries in northeast China. This paper describes logging-related injuries in the Jilin Province of the People's Republic of China.


METHODS
Logging fatalities and nonfatal injuries were summarized from 1981 to 1990 in Jilin. Injury data from 1991 for the entire forestry sector in China were also analyzed.


RESULTS
Fatalities were mainly from of head injuries and were caused by being struck by an object. Nonfatal injuries were most often to the lower extremities and the head and were normally caused by being struck by an object or a fall or slip. The majority of both fatal and nonfatal logging injuries occurred to workers with less than 1 year of employment and those under 35 years old. Most injuries occurred November through March in Jilin.


CONCLUSIONS
Patterns of logging injury in Jilin of China were similar, but not identical, to those described in other studies of logging injuries worldwide. Methods found to be effective in reducing logging-related injuries in other parts of the world might be used in China to reduce the injuries associated with logging.
Wang
Jingxin
J
Division of Forestry, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6125, Morgantown, WV 26506-6125, USA. jxwang@wvu.edu
Bell
Jennifer L
JL
Grushecky
Shawn T
ST
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D016468:Forestry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D000078329:Workforce; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*