Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2011 Jan-Mar;17(1):38-48.
doi: 10.1179/107735211799031095.

Non-fatal occupational injuries among non-governmental employees in Malaysia

Adinegara Bin Lutfi Abas  1 , Abdul Razzak Bin Mohd Said, Mohammed Azman Bin Aziz Mohammed, Nalini Sathiakumar
Affiliations

Non-fatal occupational injuries among non-governmental employees in Malaysia

Adinegara Bin Lutfi Abas et al. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2011 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

We analyzed data on non-fatal occupational injuries reported to Malaysia's social security organization from 2002 to 2006. There was a decrease in both the absolute number and the incidence rates of these injuries over time. About 40% of cases occurred in the manufacturing sector followed by the service (17%) and trading (17%) sectors. The agriculture sector reported the highest incidence rate (24.1/1,000), followed by the manufacturing sector subcategories of wood-product manufacturing (22.1/1,000) and non-metallic industries (20.8/1,000). Men age 40 to 59 and persons of Indian ethnicity had a greater tendency to sustain injuries. Government and non-governmental organizations should strive to develop strategies to reduce the occupational injuries targeting vulnerable groups. Enforcement of safety measures will further play an important role to ensure that both employees and employers take special precautions to address workplace hazards.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Incidence Rate of Non-fatal Occupational Injuries in the Agriculture Industry by Ethnicity and Gender, 2002–2006.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Incidence Rate of Non-fatal Occupational Injuries in the Wood-Product Industry by Ethnicity and Gender, 2002–2006.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Incidence Rate of Non-fatal Occupational Injuries in Non-metallic Product Industry by Ethnicity and Gender, 2000–2006.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Leigh J, Macaskill P, Corvalan C, Kuosma E, Mandryk J. Global burden of occupational disease and injury due to occupational factors. Epidemiol. 1999;10(5):626–631. - PubMed
    1. Concha-Barrientos M, Nelson DI, Fingerhut M, Driscoll T, Leigh J. The global burden due to occupational injury. Am J Ind Med. 2005;48(6):470–481. - PubMed
    1. Annual Report. Social Security Office, Ministry of Labour, Thailand; Bangkok, Thailand: 2002.
    1. Workplace injuries and occupational diseases [Internet] Ministry of Manpower, Singapore; Singapore: [cited 2009 Nov 10]. c2009. Available from: http://www.mom.gov.sg/publish/momportal/en/communities/workplace_safety_....
    1. Phung DT, Nguyen HT, Mock C, Keifer M. Occupational injuries reported in a population-based injury survey in Vietnam. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2008;14(1):35–44. - PubMed

Publication types