OBJECTIVE: To summarise the extent to which narrative text fields in administrative health
data are used to gather information about the event resulting in presentation to a health care …

Background: Trauma registries continue to be underutilized for surveillance, despite
providing data on the most severe injuries with a level of detail not available in national data …

BACKGROUND: Ladder use is involved in many occupational and non-occupational
activities. Falls from ladders can result in serious injury and affect people of all ages. The …

Background Hispanic and foreign‐born workers suffer high rates of occupational fatality.
Reasons for this are not well understood. Our aim was to gather information about the …

Background Day laborers in the US, comprised largely of undocumented immigrants from
Mexico and Central America, suffer high rates of occupational injury according to recent …

Background To gain a better understanding of nonfatal injuries in Alaska, underutilized data
sources such as workers' compensation claims must be analyzed. The purpose of the …

Construction industry plays a vital role in development of infrastructure of a country. About
50% of the subjects of unorganised sector belonged to construction industry in our country …

Aviation is a critical component of life in Alaska, connecting communities off the road system
across the state. Crash-related fatalities in the state are well understood and many …

Background Work-related injuries in Australia are estimated to cost around $57.5 billion
annually, however there are currently insufficient surveillance data available to support an …

Objective: Many state trauma registries contain work-related information but are
underutilized for occupational injury research/surveillance. We assessed three methods of …