A review of fatal accident incidence rate trends in fishing
Background: Injury prevention in fishing is one of the most important occupational health challenges.Aim: The aim was to describe and compare internationally the trends of the fatal injury incidence rates and to discuss the impact of the implemented safety programs.Materials and methods: The review...
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ftviamedicaojs:oai:czasopisma.viamedica.pl:article/38805 2023-05-15T16:50:46+02:00 A review of fatal accident incidence rate trends in fishing Jensen, Olaf C. C. Petursdottir, Gudrun Holmen, Ingunn Marie Abrahamsen, Annbjørg Lincoln, Jennifer 2014-06-30 application/pdf application/xhtml+xml https://journals.viamedica.pl/international_maritime_health/article/view/IMH.2014.0011 https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2014.0011 en eng Via Medica Completion of the online submission form electronically is tantamount to automatically and free-of-charge transferring of the copyright for publishing and distribution of the submitted material (in all known now and developed in the future forms and fields of exploitation) to the Owner, i.e. International Maritime Health Foundation, under condition that those materials are accepted for publication. The authors agree not to publish any data or figures presented in their work anywhere and in any language without the prior written consent of the owner of the copyrights, i.e. the Owner. Legal relations between the Publisher and the author(s) are in accordance with Polish law and with international conventions binding to Poland. The legal bases to acquiring the copyright are article 921 section copyright law and related law as well as the international conventions binding to Poland. International Maritime Health; Vol 65, No 2 (2014); 47-52 fishing occupational fatal injury epidemiology incidence fatigue 2014 ftviamedicaojs https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2014.0011 2019-03-25T12:56:46Z Background: Injury prevention in fishing is one of the most important occupational health challenges.Aim: The aim was to describe and compare internationally the trends of the fatal injury incidence rates and to discuss the impact of the implemented safety programs.Materials and methods: The review is based on journal articles and reports from the maritime authorities in Poland, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, United States and Alaska and Canada. The original incidence rates were recalculated as per 1,000 person-years for international comparison of the trends.Results: The risk of fatal accidents in fishing in the northern countries has been reduced by around 50% to an average of about 1 per 1,000 person-years. Norway and Canada keep the lowest rates with around 0.5 and 0.25 per 1,000 person-years. About half of the fatal injuries are related to vessel disasters and drowning. The safety programs seem to have good effects, but the risk is still about 25 to 50 times higher than for onshore workers.Conclusions: The overall fatal injury rates in the European and North American studies decreased by around 50% most probably as result of the implemented safety programs. However the high risk in fishing compared to onshore workers calls for continued and intensified safety programs. Other/Unknown Material Iceland Alaska Via Medica Journals Canada Norway International Maritime Health 65 2 47 52 |
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Background: Injury prevention in fishing is one of the most important occupational health challenges.Aim: The aim was to describe and compare internationally the trends of the fatal injury incidence rates and to discuss the impact of the implemented safety programs.Materials and methods: The review is based on journal articles and reports from the maritime authorities in Poland, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, United States and Alaska and Canada. The original incidence rates were recalculated as per 1,000 person-years for international comparison of the trends.Results: The risk of fatal accidents in fishing in the northern countries has been reduced by around 50% to an average of about 1 per 1,000 person-years. Norway and Canada keep the lowest rates with around 0.5 and 0.25 per 1,000 person-years. About half of the fatal injuries are related to vessel disasters and drowning. The safety programs seem to have good effects, but the risk is still about 25 to 50 times higher than for onshore workers.Conclusions: The overall fatal injury rates in the European and North American studies decreased by around 50% most probably as result of the implemented safety programs. However the high risk in fishing compared to onshore workers calls for continued and intensified safety programs. |
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Jensen, Olaf C. C. Petursdottir, Gudrun Holmen, Ingunn Marie Abrahamsen, Annbjørg Lincoln, Jennifer |
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Completion of the online submission form electronically is tantamount to automatically and free-of-charge transferring of the copyright for publishing and distribution of the submitted material (in all known now and developed in the future forms and fields of exploitation) to the Owner, i.e. International Maritime Health Foundation, under condition that those materials are accepted for publication. The authors agree not to publish any data or figures presented in their work anywhere and in any language without the prior written consent of the owner of the copyrights, i.e. the Owner. Legal relations between the Publisher and the author(s) are in accordance with Polish law and with international conventions binding to Poland. The legal bases to acquiring the copyright are article 921 section copyright law and related law as well as the international conventions binding to Poland. |
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