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Injuries to the Lumbosacral Region in a Gearbox Factory

Abstract

An accident model was used to collect data on all reported accidents in a gearbox factory during 1974. The model clearly differentiates between the various components of an accident such as events, personal movements and objects or substances. The data were used to study the causes of lumbosacral injuries and the anatomical distribution of injuries in all slipping and tripping accidents. A production labour force of 2000 men sustained a total …

Authors

MANNING DP; SHANNON HS

Journal

Occupational Medicine, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 144–148

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Publication Date

1979

DOI

10.1093/occmed/29.4.144

ISSN

0962-7480