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Published on: July 18, 2012
Occupational injuries in a synthetic fibre factory in Iran
Kaveh A Sanati1, Ghasem Yadegarfar, Seyed Hamid Reza Naghavi
1Department of Occupational Health, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK. kaveh.Asanati@phnt.swest.nhs.uk
Background:
A lack of information on the overall characteristics of work-related injuries in Iran holds back the development of effective injury prevention strategies.
Aim:
To evaluate characteristics of work-related injuries in a synthetic fibre factory in Iran.
Methods:
This study reports a 16-year (1991-2007) experience of ongoing surveillance of work-related injuries in a large synthetic fibre factory. Descriptive statistics were used to show the overall characteristics of work-related injuries. Associations between external causes of injury and the odds of an accident occurring that led to hospital referral were examined using logistic regression analyses.
Results:
In total, 836 injury events were reported. Almost half of these (46%) involved injury to hand/wrist, while about a quarter (24%) of injuries were to the head and 10% to ankle/foot. Hospital referral after an injury was related mainly to falls [odds ratio (OR) 3.24, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.72-6.12, P < 0.001] and to work involving moving machinery (OR 1.99, 95% CI 1.12-3.55, P = 0.01).
Conclusions:
This study demonstrates that falls are a serious safety concern in the workplace. The results also show that 80% of injury events affected hand/wrist, ankle/foot or head; a finding which could be used in injury prevention efforts.
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