title: Occupational injuries in workers from different ethnicities.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Occupational injuries remain an important unresolved issue in many of the developing and developed countries. We aimed to outline the causes, characteristics, measures and impact of occupational injuries among different ethnicities.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed the literatures using PUBMED, MEDLINE, Google Scholar and EMBASE search engine using words: "Occupational injuries" and "workplace" between 1984 and 2014.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Incidence of fatal occupational injuries decreased over time in many countries. However, it increased in the migrant, foreign born and ethnic minority workers in certain high risk industries. Disproportionate representations of those groups in different industries resulted in wide range of fatality rates.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overrepresentation of migrant workers, foreign born and ethnic minorities in high risk and unskilled occupations warrants effective safety training programs and enforcement of laws to assure safe workplaces. The burden of occupational injuries at the individual and community levels urges the development and implementation of effective preventive programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Clinical Research, Trauma Section, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Ahammed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mekkodathil
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Clinical Research, Trauma Section, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar; Department of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El-Menyar
authors.affiliation: Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Thani
keywords: Injury prevention; occupational injuries; workplace