Road and traffic injuries of workers on the road to and from place of work in the Philippines

In the Philippines, road accidents are prevalent due to various factors- structural, policy lapses, and structural in nature. The issue being addressed at in this paper is the injury on the road to and from work which is classified as occupational injury. The aim of this research is to identify the prevalence from existing records of road injuries of workers and employees on their way to and from their place of work, or while carrying out their work outside the workplace. Hospital-based surveys and records were also sources of data for this study. Occupational injuries in the Philippines showed 22,265 cases in 2003, and 47,235 cases in 2007. The cause of injury mostly occurred on the road (44.4 per cent), at home (22.9 per cent), leisure-related (20.2 per cent), and of unknown place of occurrence (17.8 per cent). Work-related injuries were reported at 7.8 per cent. The injuries were reported to mostly occur between 4:00PM and 7:59PM. Of the total injuries, 0.47 per cent led to death. The highest number of overall cause of injuries was vehicular accidents with 3,077 cases. More males (83 per cent) than females (17 per cent) were injured. It is suggested that data collection on occupational injuries be a national scale, and not merely randomized collection of data. Policies must be crafted to prevent occupationally related road injuries.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.icadtsinternational.com/documents/?category=20th_T2013_Brisbane
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Author's name not included on paper but information supplied by conference organisers
• Authors:
  • Lu, J L
• Conference:
  • International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (T2013), 20th, 2013, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Publication Date: 2013-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 469-85
• Monograph Title: 20th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety Conference Proceedings, 25-28 August 2013, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crashes; Data collection; Injuries; Injury rates; Traffic crashes; Work trips
• Geographic Terms: Philippines
• ATRI Terms: Crash analysis; Data collection; Injury rate; Journey to work; Traffic crash
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01500770
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 5 2013 8:47AM