Table 2.
Mechanisms of deaths due to occupational injuries according to subjects’ characteristics (n = 686).
| Variables | Collision | Cuts | Suffocation | Rolling/Jamming | Others | Total | p-Value # | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Group | 0.04 | ||||||||||||
| Korean-Chinese | 278 | 51.77 | 101 | 18.81 | 61 | 11.36 | 33 | 6.15 | 65 | 11.92 | 538 | 78.43 | |
| Chinese | 75 | 50.68 | 23 | 15.54 | 30 | 20.27 | 9 | 6.08 | 11 | 7.43 | 148 | 21.57 | |
| Occupation | 0.06 | ||||||||||||
| Manager & Service worker | 44 | 52.38 | 11 | 13.10 | 19 | 22.62 | 3 | 3.57 | 7 | 8.33 | 84 | 12.24 | |
| ALF a worker | 4 | 44.44 | 1 | 11.12 | 4 | 44.44 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 1.31 | |
| Machine operator | 184 | 50.14 | 66 | 17.98 | 50 | 13.62 | 25 | 6.81 | 42 | 11.44 | 367 | 53.50 | |
| Elementary worker | 121 | 53.54 | 46 | 20.35 | 18 | 7.96 | 14 | 6.19 | 27 | 11.96 | 226 | 32.94 | |
| Industry | <0.01 | ||||||||||||
| Manufacturing | 71 | 38.17 | 40 | 21.51 | 25 | 13.44 | 29 | 15.59 | 21 | 11.29 | 186 | 27.11 | |
| Construction | 222 | 58.42 | 67 | 17.63 | 39 | 10.26 | 6 | 1.58 | 46 | 12.11 | 380 | 55.39 | |
| ALF a | 13 | 50.00 | 4 | 15.38 | 7 | 26.93 | 2 | 7.69 | 0 | 0.00 | 26 | 3.79 | |
| Service | 17 | 37.78 | 6 | 13.33 | 13 | 28.89 | 1 | 2.22 | 8 | 17.78 | 45 | 6.56 | |
| Others | 30 | 61.22 | 7 | 14.29 | 7 | 14.29 | 4 | 8.16 | 1 | 2.04 | 49 | 7.14 | |
a Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. # All p-values were from chi-squared or Fisher’s exact tests.