Patterns in injury reporting

Ellis, Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0493-8461, Bloor, Michael and Sampson, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5857-9452 2009. Patterns in injury reporting. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2009, Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2009). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre, pp. 1-8.

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Abstract

This paper considers injury data obtained from 16 anonymised maritime administrations. Evidence is examined of reporting biases which militate against the aggregation of different administrations’ datasets. Some important dimensions of reporting bias are analysed. Taking two different large maritime administrations, evidence is presented indicating that injuries are systematically under-reported in general cargo ships, compared to other types of trades, and that injuries are systematically under-reported by some crew nationalities within a given maritime administration. The paper concludes that there is a clear need to invest in studies of the social processes of shipboard injury reporting, if we are to be able to interpret seafarer injury statistics.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC)
Publisher:	Seafarers International Research Centre
ISBN:	1900174367
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	8 March 2024
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2024 09:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/167022

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