Karoshi Related to Labor Intensity and Risk of Cardiovascular Events：A Case Report
10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2015.05.003
- VernacularTitle:过劳死与劳动强度、心血管事件风险的相关性分析1例（英文）
- Author:
Ningguo LIU
;
Tao WANG
;
Ping HUANG
;
Zhiqiang QING
;
Jianhua ZHANG
;
Yijiu CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
forensic pathology;
karoshi;
labor intensity;
death,sudden,cardiac
- From:
Journal of Forensic Medicine
2015;(5):343-346
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Karoshi rem ains one of the m ost troublesom e issues in forensic identification. It is rather a social m edicine than a clinical disease. Japanese scholars pioneered exam ining the relation betw een sud-den cardiac death (SCD ) and chronic fatigue from long tim e and/or high-tension work. In the current case, a 55-year-old m an, w hose job w as loading and carrying heavy cem ent bags, w as found dead after 11 days of continuous hard work. H is fam ily m em bers sued the cem ent factory for his death and claim ed for com pensation.The problemw as the difficulty of identifying the causative relation w ithout the precedent or the relevant regulations. H ow ever, the forensic problems were finally acknow ledged after autopsy and calculation of labor intensity.The law suit w as w on as the first case pertaining to Karoshi in the Chinese court.
