Work-related burns in South Wales 1995–96

Munnoch, D. Alex; D'Arcy, Carl; Whallett, E.J.; Dickson, W.A.

doi:10.1016/s0305-4179(00)00009-7

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“…These results are similar to those of other investigators [McCullough et al, 1998;Baggs et al, 2002;McCall, 2004, 2005]. Others authors have found higher percentages of chemical burns [Hunt et al, 2000;Munnoch et al, 2000]. When we look at source of burn, rather than nature, chemicals and chemical products account for nearly 20% of burns (Table II), which is similar to the latter two studies.…”

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Characteristics of occupational burns in Oregon, 2001–2006

Walters

2009

American J Industrial Med

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Characteristics of occupational burns in Oregon, 2001–2006

Walters

2009

American J Industrial Med

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“…Studies have produced mixed findings, with some reporting the most common source of burns caused by chemicals 12,22 whereas others have reported heat 6,24 -26 The results of this study were consistent with the latter and further discovered that the average severity of burns from heat exposure was greater with respect to claim cost and indemnity duration. This held true for both gender and all age categories.…”

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“…4,5 Most studies that have investigated occupational burns have come from data provided by medical and admission records of hospitals with specialized burn care services and death certificates. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Although valuable, data from burn sources inherently underestimate the extent and distribution of work-related burns because only the most severely injured employees are brought to these treatment centers. 15,16 Although other studies have used population-based approaches to assess risk and severity by individual characteristics and risk by occupation and industry, [17][18][19][20][21] these approaches have yielded varying results and have led to a concurrence among investigators that continued surveillance of occupational burns using population-based methods is needed.…”

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An Analysis of Occupational Burn Injuries in Rhode Island: Workers?? Compensation Claims, 1998 to 2002

Horwitz

McCall

2005

Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation

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Occupational burns have been determined to be a serious public health concern. The analysis of workplace risks and risk factors associated with burns are critical to developing effective interventions in the future. In this study, we examined accepted Rhode Island workers' compensation claims (n = 5619) from 1998 to 2002 to assess the rates and risks of occupational burns. We used employment data from the Department of Labor's Current Population Survey (CPS) to estimate claim rates and shift analyses. The overall burn rate was estimated to be 24.3 per 10,000 workers. The claim rate for workers younger than 25 years of age was almost double that for all other age groups. The average per-claim disability duration for claims requiring indemnity was 167.9 days, and average annual total cost of claims was dollar 1,010,166. The highest claim rate identified was for workers in food service occupations and an increased risk was found for chemical burns among evening and night-shift workers. Increased interventions are needed to reduce occupational burns in work settings. Particular diligence should be should address occupational burn hazards in restaurant establishments, and preventative should be measures aimed at young employees and late-shift workers.

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“…The frequency of accidental acid burns in developed societies of North America and Europe are considered low [6–10]. In some developing countries, chemical burns are related to assault and are fairly quite common.…”

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Decreasing incidence of cutaneous chemical burns in a resource limited burn centre: is this a positive effect of modernization?

Nnabuko¹,

Okoye²,

Ogbonnaya³

et al. 2017

Burns &Amp; Trauma

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BackgroundBurns present a devastating injury to patients. Burns caused by chemical agents, present a worse scenario. In a resource limited country like Nigeria, readily available sources of these corrosive agents are mainly from lead-acid battery vendors and to some extent local small scale soap manufacturers who use caustic soda. We hypothesized that with the reduction in small scale soap manufacturing and increasing trend towards modernization in the use of dry cell batteries, chemical burns may be on the decline, and we sought to investigate this.MethodsThe records of all acute burn patients seen at the Burns and Plastic Department of the National Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu Nigeria between January 2011 and December 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. The results were compared to similar studies carried out at the same centre. A questionnaire was administered to corrosive chemical (sulphuric and caustic soda) vendors to assess the trends in product sales and use in recent times.ResultsA total of 624 acute burn cases were treated during the period; among which, 12 cases (1.9%) were chemical burns. When compared with previous studies at the centre, Chemical burn cases were recorded as the lowest rate. The median age of patients was 24 years. There were eight males and four females. Interpersonal assault was the commonest mechanism of injury with sulphuric acid suspected to be the commonest agent in 83.3% of the cases, while 16.7% of the cases were from accidental use of caustic soda. The head and neck as well as the upper limbs were the most affected (30%).Twenty-six questionnaires to lead-acid vendors were analyzed and revealed that all respondents noticed a marked downward trend in the sale of either sulphuric acid or caustic soda, and they attributed this to the ready availability of imported alternatives to locally manufactured soap or wet lead-acid batteries. Ease of use, durability and convenience of the dry cell batteries were cited as principal reasons.ConclusionThere appears to be a downward trend in the prevalence of chemical burns in our study compared to previous studies in the centre which may be due to reduced availability and access of corrosive chemicals to the general public. Further prospective multicentre studies to confirm this are recommended.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s41038-017-0072-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Work-related burns in South Wales 1995–96

Cited by 25 publications

References 11 publications

Characteristics of occupational burns in Oregon, 2001–2006

Characteristics of occupational burns in Oregon, 2001–2006

An Analysis of Occupational Burn Injuries in Rhode Island: Workers?? Compensation Claims, 1998 to 2002

Decreasing incidence of cutaneous chemical burns in a resource limited burn centre: is this a positive effect of modernization?

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