Citation

Mital A, Pennathur A, Kansal A. Int. J. Ind. Ergonomics 1999; 25(2): 151-169.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

This is the third part of the three-part paper on nonfatal occupational injuries in the United States. This part focuses on injuries to the upper extremities. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics were used to examine injury statistics to different regions of the upper extremities including the arms, the fingers, and the wrists. Injuries to these different regions of the upper extremities are categorized by common measures of magnitude such as the number of cases and the incidence rates; by major US industrial classifications; by different types of events or exposures such as contact with objects, slip and fall accidents, overexertion injuries, etc.; by different sources of injuries such as parts or materials, worker motion, healthcare patient, etc.; by different US occupations such as service, technical, sales and administrative support, etc.; by age of the injured; by ethnic origin of the injured; by gender of the injured; by length of service of the injured with the employer; and by the number of lost workdays.Relevance to industryThis paper provides focused information on the upper extremity injuries in the United States. Knowledge of upper extremity injury trends is essential for instituting efforts to control them.