Reconsideration of occupational injuries and illness of Worker's Compensation Fund in Thailand

Authors

  • Suttipat Wongvitvichot Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
  • Pornchai Sithisarankul Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
  • Surasak Buranatrevedh Department of Community and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University

Keywords:

Occupational injury and illness, Worker's Compensation Fund, Incidence rate

Abstract

This descriptive study aimed to determine the incidence rate of occupational injury and illness and comparebetween data presentation of count rank (old format of Worker's Compensation Fund) and rate rank. We useddata of annual report of Social Security statistics in 2008, and used number of insured persons as denominators.The result showed that incidence rate was 20.1 persons per 1,000 insured persons. Bangkok had the highest injurycount but Samut Prakan had the highest incidence rates. Workers aged 20 - 24 had the highest injury count butthose aged 15 - 19 had the highest incidence rates. Metal production had the highest injury count but productionof basic metals had the highest incidence rates.

In conclusion, this study shows that the data of Worker's Compensation Fund was under utilized forprevention and control of occupational injury and illness. This problem reveals the need to improve format anddata presentation in order to reduce the numbers and incidence rate of occupational injury and illness.

Key words: Occupational injury and illness, Worker's Compensation Fund, Incidence rate

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Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2010): April - June

Section

Original Articles