بررسي صدمات بدني شديد و مرگ ناشي از حوادث مرتبط با محيط كار در شهراراك

A Study of Accidents which Cause Severe Body Injuries and Death in Workplaces in Arak, Iran

The goal of this study was to recognize the hazardous sources and causes of accidents and types of injuries and death in workplaces in Arak, Iran. Data was obtained according to forms for accidents which were supplied by safety inspectors of the Labour Office and also others forms which were in the same files. Our findings showed that 97.3% of people who had severe body injuries( SBI) were male and 2.7 percent of them were females and all of deaths, were in males only. The high frequency of accidents causing SBI and death were seen in the age group between 30-39 years and were 36.9 and 56.5 percent respectively. According to the history of employment, the number of accidents causing SBI and death in people with less than one year work experience were 30.5 and 21.7 percent respectively. 65.2 percent of accidents causing death happened out of the workplace and 73.9 percent of deaths were due to vehicle accidents. The most common SBI were related to upper extremities with 59.4 percent and amputations of fingers (88 percent) was the most common SBI. Overall, the most important factor which led to death was vehicle accidents and the most common organ which was found to be liable to accident was the hands especially the fingers.