Two thousand nine hundred and ninety-four reports of OSHA-reportable occupational injury or illness cases in 1984 from member companies of a national trade association of semiconductor manufacturing firms were analyzed. The 37 participating manufacturing facilities represented 16 companies employing over 95,000 persons, or approximately one-third of the U.S. work force for this industry in 1984. The annual incidence rate for all reportable injuries and illnesses was 2.7 per 100 full-time employees (FTE) for men and 3.7 per 100 FTE for women. Strains, sprains, or dislocations were the most frequently reported incidents (N = 956 [31.9%]), followed by cuts, lacerations, punctures, scratches, and abrasions (N = 445 [14.9%]), and chemical burns (N = 401 [13.4%]). Increased work-loss days per case were associated with manufacturing sites that did not have an employee health clinic on the premises, with custodial occupations, and with female gender.
Juan José Bienes CalvoÓscar Sola Torres
Juan José Bienes CalvoÓscar Sola Torres
Juan José Bienes CalvoÓscar Sola TorresJesús Lorenzo Jiménez
Oihane Mendizábal SandonísEkhine Garcia GarciaJuan Mari Martinez TxoperenaRafa ZubiríaJuantxo Agirre Mauleón