[An injuries prevention programme in the transport and cargo handling sector, implemented by the ASL 10 Local Health Unit, Florence].
BACKGROUND
There are doubts about the ability of public health services to significantly reduce occupational injuries through non-targeted investigations and surveillance programmes.


METHODS
For this reason an intervention was designed specifically for the transport and cargo handling sector, in which inspections are concentrated on the minority of higher risk companies, followed by ex-post assessment of the outcomes.


CONCLUSIONS
The goal of identifying the most hazardous companies through injury data appears to be successful in companies with more than 3 employees. Some problems remain for smaller companies and for the large porterage cooperatives, where the official data on the number of employees is unreliable.
Ariani
F
F
ASL 10 Firenze, UF PISLL Nordovest, Unità Funzionale TAV & Grandi Opere.
Tomassini
A
A
D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006078:Government Programs; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007318:Inservice Training; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D016272:Occupational Health; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011635:Public Health Administration; D017751:Safety Management; D014186:Transportation