Product-related home accidents. a study of injuries and accidents
Lindblad, B.E.; Terkelsen, C.J.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 150(46): 2804-2806
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782 PMID: 3206686 Document Number: 309108
In a pilot survey by the EEC, with Danish participation, 4,357 domestic accidents related to products were registered prospectively. The injuries were correlated to sex, part of the body and mechanism of injury. The sex ratio was female/male 1,757/2,600 (1/1.47). It was noticed that, among women, there was an extraordinary frequency of injuries caused by hot liquids and vapour whereas it was noticed that, among men, there was an extraordinary frequency of excoriations, lacerations, foreign bodies in the eye, burns, and corrosions not caused by hot liquids. 3,249 (70.3%) of the injuries were localized to the limbs, 444 (9.6%) were injuries of the eyes and 238 (5.2%) were injuries of the face. 409 (8.9%) were fractures. The most frequent injury mechanism, 55.2%, were other sorts of mechanical interaction. With this exception the most frequent were accidents caused by falls: 20.1%, foreign bodies: 13.4%, and exposure to heat: 6.6%. A detailed connection between the nature of the injury and its localization was described.