caa a22 4500 469048751 CHVBK 20180323132824.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01321653 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01321653 Work-related injuries of the hand: Data from an occupational injury/illness surveillance system [Elektronische Daten] [Denise Oleske, Jerome Hahn] Administrative and clinical data from a network of occupational medicine clinics were combined to evaluate the utility of these data in the surveillance of non-fatal occupational injuries. Incident cases of work-related hand injuries were characterized to evaluate that process. In 1988, hand and finger injuries were found to be among the most common (n=4,120) of all occupational injuries recorded in the system. Hand/finger injuries accounted for 30.0 percent of all episodes of work-related injuries treated, with the incidence of these decreasing with increasing company size. Hand injuries were found to be potentially severe with nearly 20 percent resulting from a crushing motion and nearly 10 percent being fractures or amputations. Hands being caught in machines or struck by metal items or hand tools accounted for 36.2 percent of the injuries. A surveillance system based upon ambulatory care data can be a feasible method for identifying priority areas for the prevention of work-related injuries. Human Sciences Press, Inc., 1992 Oleske Denise Department of Health Systems Management, Rush University, 1653 W. Congress Parkway, 60612, Chicago, IL aut Hahn Jerome aut Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 17/4(1992-08-01), 205-219 0094-5145 17:4<205 1992 17 10900 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01321653 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01321653 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oleske Denise Department of Health Systems Management, Rush University, 1653 W. Congress Parkway, 60612, Chicago, IL aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hahn Jerome aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 17/4(1992-08-01), 205-219 0094-5145 17:4<205 1992 17 10900 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer