Citation

Song JY, Kim MG, Ahn YS. Int. J. Occup. Safety Ergonomics 2019; 25(4): 575-582.

Affiliation

c Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine , Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital , 29 Dongguk-no, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang 410-773 , Republic of Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10803548.2017.1411666

PMID

29214900

Abstract

PURPOSE: The main objective of this study was to ascertain whether injury related hospital admission in all South Korea female firefighters is greater than that in the general population.

METHODS: To perform this comparison, the standardized admission ratios (SARs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated by person-years and mortality computation software.

RESULTS: Compared to the general population, the SARs of overall injury (SAR =1.57, 95%CI [1.24, 1.96]) as well as for injury to the lower back (SAR =2.78, 95%CI [1.81, 4.07]) in the female firefighters were significantly higher. The SARs for injury to the knee (SAR=2.48, 95% CI [1.18, 4.55]) in the emergency medical services (EMS) workers were significantly higher than those in the general population.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study shows that the SARs of overall injury and injury to the lower back in the female firefighters and knee injury in the EMS were significantly higher than those in the general population. Further studies are needed to protect the lower back of firefighters and the knees of EMS.

Language: en

Keywords

female firefighters; injury; knee; lower back