title: Analysis of occupational injuries in the sea fishing industry according to the type of fishery and the fishing activity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sea fishing is one of the most dangerous occupations. Numerous studies have already sought to evaluate the risk level of this occupation through the analysis of the frequency and seriousness of occupational injuries. The purpose of the present study is to analyse these accidents in terms of two main characteristics of the vessels involved: the fishery type (high seas, offshore, coastal, or inshore fishery) and the fishing activity (use of passive or active gears).
  
  
  METHODS
  Injury rates were calculated for the Brittany region and for the year 2012. A second analysis was carried out on 8,286 reported injuries that occurred in France from 2002 to 2012, while vessels were in the process of fishing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This first analysis shows that the incidence rate is very high (103 per 1,000 full-time equivalent fishermen) and that it depends more on the fishery type than on the fishing activity; the highest rates concern the offshore and the coastal fleets. Results of the second analysis show that the nature of accidents depends more on the fishing activity than on the type of fishery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings lead to a discussion of the causes of the highest incidence rate values and the causes of the observed variations. The discussion also involves the methodological difficulties related to the incidence rate calculations.
authors.affiliation: Université Bretagne Sud, Lorient, France. christine.chauvin@univ-ubs.fr.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chauvin
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Le Bouar
authors.forename: Salim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lardjane
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005398:Fisheries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009326:Naval Medicine; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012767:Ships
keywords: fishery; fishing fleet; incidence rates; occupational injuries