Table 7 Non-fatal work injuries among immigrants compared to natives
Author (ref number) | Sample, method, country, study period | Observed differences, immigrants compared with natives: |
|---|---|---|
Ahonen and Benavides [14] | Recorded injuries. General working pop., Spain, 2003 | Non-fatal injuries: RR 3.9, 95%CI 3.9–3.9(m) and RR 5.4, 95%CI 5.4–5.5 (w). |
Alexe DM et al. [16] | Farm injuries, database run by four major hospitals, Greece, 1996–2000 | PR = 23% of the injuries ended with hospitalization vs 14% among Greek farm worker |
Biering, et al. [20] | Recorded injuries. General working pop., Denmark, 2003–2013 | OR 0.93, 95%CI 0.87–1.00 (old EU and Western) OR 1.13, 95%CI 1.02–1.24 (new EU countries) OR 1.56, 95%CI 1.48–1.64 (rest of the world). |
Connel et al. [29] | Patients with eye injuries at an accident and emergency clinic, Ireland, 2006–8 | 48% of all injuries observed among immigrants their proportion of the work-force was 9%). |
Davidson and Orr [31] | Case study of plastic surgery patients, Ireland, 2006/7 | 40% of all injuries observed among foreign nationals. |
Frickman et al. [40] | Emergency department data, Switzerland, 2001–11 | 66% of all injuries observed among immigrants (> twice the proportion of foreigners in the pop.). |
Gravseth et al. [85] | Patients’ records from an Accident and Emergency department, Norway, 2001 | 30% of all injuries observed among immigrants (their proportion of the work-force was 12%) |
Manstrangel et al. [50] | Patients records from an Accident and Emergency department, Italy, 2004 | ERR# = 1.68 (109.1 per 1000 compared with 65 per 1000 among Italians)a |
Premji et al. [59] | General working pop., aggregated work injuries by occupation, Canada, 2000–2 | Ta = 0.08NS (% immigrants) / Ta = 0.16a (% recent immigrants) |
Saeed et al. [65] | Patients admitted with ocular trauma in Ireland, 2001 and 2006–7 | ERR# = 13.4 (134 per 100.000 vs 10 per 100.000 natives)a |
Salminen et al. [66] | Self-reported injury among bus drivers, Finland, 2005–6 | ERR# = 0.68 (77.5 per 1000 employees 113.6)NS |
Salvatore et al. [67] | Self-reported work injuries in the general working pop., Italy, 2007 | RR 1.82, 95%CI 1.53–2.16 (m) and RR 1.20, 95%CI 0.81–1.79 (w) |
Sattler et al. [68] | Hand injuries presenting to the Dep. Of Plastic Surgery, 2000–05, Ireland | The patient numbers from the new EU countries increased from 18 (2.4%) to 41 (4.9%). |
Smith and Mustard [71] | Self-reported work injuries, general working pop., Canada, 2003 and 2005 | OR 2.08, 95%CI 1.02–4.2.5 |
Thurston and Verhoef [88] | Self-reported work injuries, convenience sample of immigrants,., Canada, 1994 | ERR# = 1.70 (Lost-time injury 6.0% of person years worked vs 3.6%. among natives). |
Tiagi [78] | Work injuries by occupation in the General working pop. in Canada, 2011 | ERR# = 0.97, 69 vs 71 per 10,000NS |