TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Occupational injuries in a synthetic fibre factory in Iran
JO  - Occupational medicine
A1  - Sanati, Kaveh A.
A1  - Yadegarfar, Ghasem
A1  - Naghavi, Seyed Hamid Reza
A1  - Sadr, Amir H.
A1  - Gholami, Mohhamad
A1  - Hadipour, Maryam
A1  - Sanati, Javad G. H.
SP  - 62
EP  - 65
VL  - 59
IS  - 1
N2  - 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.    <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0962-7480
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqn161
ID  - ref1
ER  -