一部地域 塵業災害愚 者寶 硏究

A Study of lndustrial Patients from Selected General Hospitals in the Kyung Pook and Taegu City Areas

The purpose of this study is to research the actual conditions of industrial accident patients and to produce worker satisfaction and a rational and effective counter measure paln. Direct interviews with 179 cases (in and out patients) were carried out during a three month períod from April to July 1990, at six hospita1s ; two general hospitals Sun Lin and Sung Mo in PO Hang, and four gen eral hospita1s in Taegu ; Kyung Pook University Hospital, Dong San Medical Center, Young Nam Medical Center and Catholic Hospita1. The results of this study are summarized as follows : 1. Among the 179 cases, 51. 6 % were male and 48.4 % were female. The two largest age groups were 30-39, 31.8% and 20-29, 27.4%. Among the 179 cases, 51.6% were married, the largest family number was 2 to 3, 41.1 % and 4 to 5, 25.6%. Educationally, graduation from high school was the largest group, 46.4% among the pat. ients, followed by middle school and primary school. The largest group income level was from 40-69 만원， 45.2 %. The largest group of patients who worked over 50 hrs. a week was 52.0%. The largest group of patients who worked less than 1 year was 44.7%, of the patients in work places of less than 100 people, 60.3 % were injured and in work places of 100-299 people, 20.1 % were injured. In manufacturing, the lagest group injured was 55.3%, the next group was transport, stroage, communication. The largest group of production wor. kers injured was 40.2%. 2. The cause of injury in the largest group was facility problems, 33.5 %. The next group was un safe habits, 30.2% ; a lack of safety knowledge, 17.9%; and insufficient supervision, 12.3%. The 30-39 year age group was head the highest number of injuries, 40.4 % ; work places with more than 10 yeras of work. 44.4 % ; work palces with more than 1000 people, 56.3 % and mining acc. idents. 80.0 %. Among these groups the highest cause of injury was due to facility problems. 3. The accident pattern showed machinery injuries 28.5 % as the largest group, followed by falls & falling objects 17.3%, fire & electric 15.1%, struke by an object 14.5%, followed by overaction and vehicular accidents. The accident pattern showed 46.4 % among workers over the 50 year age group, workers in the 5-10 year group, 50.0% ; places employing more than 1000 workers, 35.3% ; construction 73.7%, and construction workers 57.1 %, among these fall & falling objects caused the greatest number of injuries. 4. The largest group of injuries was fractures 54.8 %, traurna 14.5 %, amputation 11. 7 %, open wound, and burns. The largest number of fractures occurred in people in the 30-39 year age group, 63.2 % ; over 10 years of work, 55.6% ; in work places of 300-400 people, 63.6%; construction 63.2% and general workers 57.2%. 5. The largest group of injuries was upper extrernity 45.3 %, lower extrernity 24.0 %, trunk 18.5% and head or neck 12.2 %. Of these groups, upper extrerrúty injuries were the highest in those less 20 years old 75.0 %, less than 1 years of work 59.5 %, in work places of 500-999 야ople 60.0%, manufacturing 56.6% and production workers 55.6%. 6. Periods of injury showed 34 people injured in Septemher, to be the largest followed by October, 32; August, 22 people ; July, 19 people and the lowest December, 2 people. During the week, Friday had the largest group injured, 35 people ; followed by Saturday, 26 people and the lowest was Wednesday, 17 people, During the day 1400 hours had the largest group injured, 38 people ; f， lowed by 800 hours, 31 people.