Citation

Ong CN, Phoon WO, Tan TC, Jeyaratnam J, Cho SC, Suma'mur PK, Mahathevan R, Reverente BR, Wongphanich W, Kogi K. Ann. Acad. Med. Singapore 1984; 13(2 Suppl): 429-434.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, Academy of Medicine, Singapore)

DOI

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PMID

6497348

Abstract

This study is based on a survey conducted in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand on occupational injuries during the years 1975-1980. The number of work accidents have risen rapidly during this period in all of the 8 countries studied. In the case of Thailand, the total number of work injuries increased four fold from 1975-1978, whereas, in Singapore it has almost doubled in 6 years. The number of permanent disablement nearly trebled in Korea, and the Philippines for the year 1967-1980. The largest percentage of accidents are lost-time injuries in all of the 8 countries. Thailand had a three fold increase in lost-time injuries whilst in Hong Kong the figure doubled. Six out of the 8 countries indicated that the building construction industry had the largest number of fatal accidents, followed by the manufacturing industry.

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