[Stepladder accidents--a 5-year analysis of these falls from a height].
1989; National Institutes of Health; Volume: 36; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
Autores
Kimberly T. Arnold, R Budde, M Wolf,
Tópico(s)Agriculture and Farm Safety
Resumo156 injuries by a stepladder are reported. In the whole of plunge injuries occurred with a stepladder we found 12%. The painters are involved in 34.6% in this kind of accident, apprentices in 5.8%. Most people were aged from 20-24 and the lower limb was more often injured than the upper limb. Fractures were present in 24% and we registered 48.8 days in which workers were unfit to work. Most patients (95.2%) obtained total rehabilitation.
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