1Final Year Postgraduate Trainee, Master in Hospital Administration Program, Prasanna School of Public Health;
2Assistant Professor, Prasanna School of Public Health;
3Professor and Head of Department Department of Orthopedics, Kasturba Medical College
4Lecturer, Melaka Manipal Medical College;
5Lecturer, School of Allied Health Sciences;
6Assistant Professor, Prasanna School of Public Health;
7Assistant Professor, School of Management, Manipal University, Karnataka
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Rajesh Kamath Assistant Professor, Manipal University, Karnataka-576104, Mobile: 7760218342 Email: Rajeshkamath82@gmail.com
Online published on 25 September, 2018.
Hand injuries are the most common injuries. They account for 6.6% to 28.6% of all injuries and also constitute 5–10% of emergency department (ED) visits nationwide in the U. S. There is a lack of awareness of the significance of hand injuries across all sectors: business and industry, government and non-government sectors. Hand injuries impose a significant economic burden as about 11% of workers who sustain hand injuries never return to their jobs. Additionally, the social, economic and physical impact of disabilities (permanent or temporary) on the loss of productive working hours is a huge burden on the community.
Hand injuries, machine cut injuries, epidemiology
