title: Work-related injuries in young workers: an Italian multicentric epidemiological survey.
abstract: Emergency departments records from 33 hospitals were reviewed to disclose work-related injuries occurred in teen-subjects living in 14 Italian cities. During January-June 2000, 317 work-related injuries were reported. Male subjects, 17 year old, working in the industrial field, resulted the most affected, probably due to the fact that among young workers this sex and age class is the most represented one. Cluster analysis identified two groups of work-related injuries: one includes mainly transportation injuries causing lower extremities or multiple body sites traumas. The other is more strictly related to specific working tasks and includes mostly traumas and cut wounds in hand/wrist and head, together with eye lesions. A more intensive supervision on the use of protective equipment, a more appropriate training in hazard recognition and safe work practices, including operation of vehicles in the work site, must be implemented to reduce work-related injuries.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. g.aggazzotti@unimore.it
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aggazzotti
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Righi
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Patorno
authors.forename: Guglielmina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fantuzzi
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fabiani
authors.forename: Anna Rita
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Giuliani
authors.forename: Iolanda
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grappasonni
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petrelli
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ricciardi
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: La Torre
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sciacca
authors.forename: Italo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Angelillo
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bianco
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nobile
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gregorio
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lupi
authors.forename: Vincenza
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Perlangeli
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bonazzi
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laviola
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Triassi
authors.forename: Evelina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Iorfida
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Montegrosso
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rivosecchi
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Adorisio
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gramiccia
authors.forename: Ida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mura
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Castiglia
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Albino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poli
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tardivo
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*