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Work-related injuries in Qatar for 1 year: an initial report from the work-related injury unified registry for Qatar
dc.contributor.author | Consunji, Rafael | |
dc.contributor.author | El-Menyar, Ayman | |
dc.contributor.author | Hirani, Nazia | |
dc.contributor.author | Abeid, Aisha | |
dc.contributor.author | Al-Thani, Hassan | |
dc.contributor.author | Hardan, Muhammad S | |
dc.contributor.author | Chauhan, Sailesh | |
dc.contributor.author | Kasem, Hasan | |
dc.contributor.author | Peralta, Ruben | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-07T15:38:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-01-07T15:38:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Consunji RJ, El-Menyar A, Hirani N, Abeid A, Al-Thani ., Hardan MS, Chauhan S, Kasem H, Peralta R. Work-related injuries in Qatar for 1 year: an initial report from the work-related injury unified registry for Qatar. Qatar Medical Journal, 2022. http://doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2022.58 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.unphu.edu.do/handle/123456789/5436 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Ministry of Public Health National Health Strategy 2018 – 2022 has recognized the need for accurate, updated, and representative data that truly reflects the occupational health and safety status in Qatar. In 2015, the Hamad Trauma Center received a research grant to create a unified registry for work-related injuries in Qatar [WURQ], whose processes and research findings have been reported earlier. This paper shall describe the findings from the initial 1-year collection of data on work-related injuries [WRIs] and deaths in Qatar for the year 2020 through the WURQ database. Methods: The WURQ database was queried for all WRIs from January 1 to December 31, 2020. These data were classified by date of injury, age, sex, nationality, mechanism of injury, severity of injury, location of medical consultation, and clinical outcome. Results: Out of a total worker population of 2,174,828 [2.29 occupational fatalities per 100,000 workers, there were 50 deaths caused by WRIs]. The majority of WRI deaths were in the prehospital setting [60%] with the majority of fatal injuries occurring at the worksite [64%] and 22% due to falls. Five hundred six workers sustained severe WRIs [23.26 severe occupational injuries per 100,000 workers], and 37,601 workers sustained mild to moderate WRIs [1,728.91 mild to moderate occupational injuries per 100,000 workers]. The severe WRIs were most commonly due to falls [226 out of 506] from height [45%] and falling heavy objects [80 out of 506] [16%]. Road traffic injuries [RTI] make up one-fourth [133 out of 506] of all severe WRIs. Conclusion: WURQ has described WRIs in Qatar using a purpose-built and nationally linked occupational injury registry. Occupational injury and injury fatality statistics, for Qatar in 2020, are lower than or comparable with those from other high-income countries. This data can be used to inform worksite inspections, investigations, worker safety education, environmental improvements, and injury prevention programs to make Qatar safer for all its workers. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Qatar Medical Journal | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Salud laboral | en_US |
dc.subject | Seguridad en el trabajo | en_US |
dc.subject | Traumatismos ocupacionales | en_US |
dc.title | Work-related injuries in Qatar for 1 year: an initial report from the work-related injury unified registry for Qatar | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |