Citation

Ariani F, Tomassini A. Med. Lav. 2009; 100(4): 285-289.

Vernacular Title

Intervento di prevenzione, nel comparto trasporto e movimentazione merci, ASL 10

Affiliation

ASL 10 Firenze, UF PISLL Nordovest, Unità Funzionale TAV & Grandi Opere.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Società italiana di medicina del lavoro, Publisher Mattioli)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19764186

Abstract

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. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: 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.

Language: it