A matrix analysis of carrying device-related injuries in preschool children. (June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Kun; Nishida, Yoshifumi; Kitamura, Koji; Mikami, Yoshiki
• Is Part Of: Safety science. Volume 115(2019)
• Page Start: 199
• Page End: 207
• Publication Date: 2019-06
• Subjects: Carrying device -- Child injury -- Bicycle -- Stroller -- Child seat -- Baby sling; Industrial accidents -- Periodicals; Accident Prevention -- Periodicals; Safety -- Periodicals; Travail -- Accidents -- Périodiques; 363.11
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2019.02.012
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0925-7535

Abstract

Highlights: Objects-in-Injury-Process Matrix (OIPM) is proposed for transforming narrative text data. OIPM identifies roles of objects in accident sequences (underlying, intermediate, direct factor). Device-specific accident patterns can guide parents to correct their unsafe habits. Abstract: A new injury process analysis framework, Objects in Injury Process Matrix (OIPM), is proposed. This framework links objects and actors to a sequence of events in three stages, underlying, intermediate, and the point of injury, to examine the origins and evolution of injury events. In order to demonstrate the usefulness and workability of this framework, injuries to preschool children associated with typical child-carrying devices (baby slings, strollers, bicycle-mounted child seats, and car seats) were analysed. Data were taken from the Childhood Injury Surveillance Database compiled from medical treatment records at the National Center for Child Health and Development Japan. The Database contains coded data such as age and gender of child, time of injury, and treatment. In addition, the narrative part of the record contains rich information to help understand the roles of objects and actors at different stages of the injury process. In order to utilize this information in a systematic manner, the OIPM framework was employed and narrative texts were transformed into coded data. The results of the analysis show that analysing injury data based on the OIPM framework gives better understanding of the injury mechanism, which helps both designers of objects and actors involved in injury events.