Citation

Jafari MJ, Barkhordari A, Eskandari D, Mehrabi Y. Int. J. Occup. Safety Ergonomics 2019; 25(1): 61-65.

Affiliation

d Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health , Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10803548.2018.1502232

PMID

30019636

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Work accidents and injuries are an occupational health and safety problem.

METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted for 404 front-line workers who were randomly selected from the Arya Sasol Petrochemical Company in Bushehr, Iran, during 2016. A statistical analysis was performed using the x² test and the logistic regression model with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) package.

RESULTS: The overall occupational accident rate among the study subjects was found to be 9.2%. Statistically significant differences were observed for the body mass index, level of education, job experience, smoking habit, consumption of sedatives pills, and presence of sleep disorders. Three factors had significant adjusted odds ratios: the body mass index (odds ratio [OR]: 2.41), 95% CI (confidence interval) [1.16, 5.04], education level (OR: 0.25), 95% CI [0.07, 0.85]; and job experience (OR: 0.29), 95% CI [0.15, 0.57].

CONCLUSIONS: Preventive programs should be implemented for industrial workers, especially young workers, workers who smoke, overweight workers, and workers with psychosomatic disease.

Language: en

Keywords

Occupational accidents; Psychotropic drug consumption; Smoking habit; individual characteristics