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The GSK Reportable Injury and Illness rate is the number
of GSK reportable injuries and illnesses that did not
result in lost time per 100,000 work hours. GSK reportable
injuries and illnesses are those that are more serious
than first aid but do not result in lost time. The reportable
injury and illness rate declined 11% from 2001 to 2002
with 955 injuries without lost time and 339 illnesses
without lost time, not including work-related mental illness.
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In contrast to the types of lost time injury,
the leading type of injury without lost time is contact with
sharps. This is followed by slips, trips and falls and overexertion/strain,
two of the leading types of lost time injury. While musculoskeletal
illness is the second leading type of illness without lost time
similar to lost time illnesses, the leading type of illness
without lost time is non-allergic dermal with work-related mental
illness only 10% of the illnesses that do not result in lost
time.
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Injury and illness with and without lost time
The total number of cases of reportable occupational illness
including mental illness with or without lost days increased
from 448 in 2001 to 494 in 2002. It is likely that this is due
to a number of factors including improved recognition, investigation,
and reporting of both new and recurrent occupational illnesses.
Musculoskeletal illnesses, such as cumulative trauma remains
the number one cause, accounting for 34% of total illness. This
is followed by non-allergic dermatitis (31%), mental illness
(20%), allergic dermatitis (4%) and allergic respiratory (3%)
illness.
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