TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Major Workplace Related Accidents in Singapore: A Major Trauma Centre's Experience
JO  - Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
A1  - Ng, Zhi Xu
A1  - Teo, Li Tserng
A1  - Go, Karen T. S.
A1  - Yeo, Yen Teng
A1  - Chiu, Ming Terk
SP  - 920
EP  - 927
VL  - 39
IS  - 12
N2  - Introduction: Major workplace related accidents pose a signifi cant healthcare resource challenge in Singapore. Materials and Methods: Our study looks at the epidemiology of patients who were admitted for workplace related accidents, in a single institution, with an Injury Severity Score of >9. Results: There were 196 cases of major workplace related accidents admitted between January 2006 and December 2007. The median age of patients admitted was 37 years with a large percentage being males (95.4%) and non-residents (57.1%). The most common ethnic group was Chinese (53.1%) followed by Indians (23.5%). The most common mechanism of injury was fall from height (66.3%) followed by injuries as a result of falling objects at work (21.9%). The percentage of patients who required surgical intervention was 69.9%. Patients admitted for major workplace related accidents had a median length of stay of 5 days in the hospital, a median length of 24 days of medical leave (ML), certifying them unfi t for duty and the average cost of stay for each patient was S$11,000. Conclusions: We have a better understanding of the epidemiology and socio-economic impact of workplace related accidents through this study. Workplace related accidents result in signifi cant number of man-days lost from work and monetary cost to employers, medical insurance and the hospital. With an improved understanding, we propose methods to prevent and reduce such accidents in future. A direct consequence of which will be the possible reduction of hospitalisation costs and better allocation of healthcare resources in the future.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0304-4602
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -