Occupational injury burden among gold miners in Ghana. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Occupational injury burden among gold miners in Ghana. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)
- Main Title:
- Occupational injury burden among gold miners in Ghana
- Authors:
- Nakua, Emmanuel Kweku
Owusu-Dabo, Ellis
Newton, Samuel
Adofo, Koranteng
Otupiri, Easmon
Donkor, Peter
Mock, Charles - Abstract:
- Abstract: The mining environment is particularly dangerous in low- and middle-income countries. We sought to better understand the burden, characteristics and risk factors associated with gold mining, through a household survey of 1, 029 miners in four districts, in Ghana. We found a high burden of injuries, with 25.5% of workers injured in the past year, giving an incidence of 19.67 injuries per 200, 000 hours worked. Notably, an increase in injury risk was associated with work in the informal mining sector ( galamsey ), with an adjusted injury incidence ratio of 1.57 (95%CI: 1.12, 2.19) compared with miners in the formal sector. Half of gold miners in Ghana work in galamasey, and this sector is a high priority for safety promotion. Improving the safety of the equipment, which accounted for nearly half (46.2%) of galamsey -related injuries, could be a prime target for improving safety.
- Is Part Of:
- International journal of injury control and safety promotion. Volume 26:Issue 4(2019)
- Journal:
- International journal of injury control and safety promotion
- Issue:
- Volume 26:Issue 4(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 26, Issue 4 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0026-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 329
- Page End:
- 335
- Publication Date:
- 2019-10-02
- Subjects:
- Mining -- galamsey -- burden -- injuries
Wounds and injuries -- Prevention -- Periodicals
Wounds and Injuries -- prevention & control -- Periodicals
Consumer Product Safety -- Periodicals
363.107 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/nics20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/17457300.2018.1515232 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1745-7300
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