A Study of Factors Relating to Work Accidents among Seamen

Hisamune, Shuji; Amagai, Kiyoshi; Kimura, Nobuo; Kishida, Koya

doi:10.2486/indhealth.44.144

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“…A number of studies have tried to discuss the cause of repatriation in various nationalities, with a majority of them looking at accidents and trauma aboard ships [9][10][11][12][13]. Several studies have looked at the causes of mortality on board ships [14][15][16].…”

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Repatriation rates in Filipino seafarers: a five-year study of 6,759 cases

Abaya¹,

Roldan²,

Ongchangco³

et al. 2015

International Maritime Health

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Filipinos represent the most numerous group of seafarers in the world. Profiling their health issues may help in optimising current protocols, implementing health surveillance programs, and formulating health policies for seafaring personnel. In addition, our study results may help physicians performing pre-employment medical examinations to identify and manage conditions that are at a high risk of medical repatriation.

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Repatriation rates in Filipino seafarers: a five-year study of 6,759 cases

Abaya¹,

Roldan²,

Ongchangco³

et al. 2015

International Maritime Health

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“…In the last few decades the disaster and accident rates in seafaring have fallen sharply 1) . According to a study on fatal work-related accidents onboard UK merchant shipping from 1919 to 2005, large reductions were found for mortality rates in fatal disasters and personnel accidents over the course of time 2) .…”

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Occupational Risks and Challenges of Seafaring

Oldenburg

Baur

Schlaich

2010

Journal of Occupational Health

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Occupational Risks and Challenges of Seafaring: Marcus OLDENBURG, et al. Department of Maritime Medicine, Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine, Germany-Seafarers are exposed to a high diversity of occupational health hazards onboard ships. Objective: The aim of this article is to present a survey of the current, most i m p o r t a n t h a z a r d s i n s e a f a r i n g i n c l u d i n g recommendations on measures how to deal with these problems. Methods: The review is based on maritime expert opinions as well a PubMed analysis related to the occupational risks of seafaring. Results: Despite recent advances in injury prevention, accidents due to harmful working and living conditions at sea and of nonobservance of safety rules remain a main cause of injury and death. Mortality in seafaring from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is mainly caused by increased risks and impaired treatment options of CVD at sea. Further, shipboard stress and high demand may lead to fatigue and isolation which have an impact on the health of onboard seafarers. Communicable diseases in seafaring remain an occupational problem. Exposures to hazardous substances and UV-light are important health risks onboard ships. Because of harsh working conditions onboard including environmental conditions, sufficient recreational activities are needed for the seafarers' compensation both onboard and ashore. However, in reality there is often a lack of leisure time possibilities. Discussion: Seafaring is still an occupation with specific work-related risks. Thus, a further reduction of occupational hazards aboard ships is needed and poses a challenge for maritime health specialists and stakeholders. Nowadays, maritime medicine encompasses a broad field of workplaces with different job-related challenges. (J Occup Health 2010; 52: 249-256) Review

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“…In summary, the temperature and depth sensors made from thermistors and piezoelectric elements, respectively, have the disadvantages of low efficiency when applied to oceanographic measurements [19], and only marine dynamic environmental parameters of a low temporal and spatial resolution can be obtained. These parameters are far from enough for the study of mesoscale vortices, fronts, and internal waves in the ocean [20,21].…”

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A High Spatial Resolution FBG Sensor Array for Measuring Ocean Temperature and Depth

Wang

et al. 2019

Photonic Sens

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Exploring and understanding the ocean is an important field of scientific study. Acquiring accurate and high-resolution temperature and depth profiles of the oceans over relatively short periods of time is an important basis for understanding ocean currents and other associated physical parameters. Traditional measuring instruments based on piezoelectric ceramics have a low spatial resolution and are not inherently waterproof. Meanwhile, sensing systems based on fiber Bragg grating (FBG) have the advantage of facilitating continuous measurements and allow multi-sensor distributed measurements. Therefore, in this paper, an all-fiber seawater temperature and depth-sensing array is used to obtain seawater temperature and depth profiles. In addition, by studying the encapsulation structure of the FBG sensors, this paper also solves the problem of the measurement error present in traditional FBG sensors when measuring seawater temperature. Through a theoretical analysis and seaborne test in the Yellow Sea of China, the sampling frequency of the all-fiber seawater temperature and depth profile measurement system is 1 Hz, the accuracy of the FBG sensors reaches 0.01 ℃, and the accuracy of the FBG depth sensors reaches 0.1 % of the full scale. The resulting parameters for these sensors are therefore considered to be acceptable for most survey requirements in physical oceanography.

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A Study of Factors Relating to Work Accidents among Seamen

Cited by 10 publications

References 4 publications

Repatriation rates in Filipino seafarers: a five-year study of 6,759 cases

Repatriation rates in Filipino seafarers: a five-year study of 6,759 cases

Occupational Risks and Challenges of Seafaring

A High Spatial Resolution FBG Sensor Array for Measuring Ocean Temperature and Depth

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