• A total of 1736 injuries were due to mining accidents. (cdc.gov)
  • The remaining injuries were due to non mining accidents. (cdc.gov)
  • Relationships of job, age, and life conditions with the causes and severity of occupational injuries in construction workers. (revue-interrogations.org)
  • Chau N, Mur JM, Touron C, Benamghar L, Dehaene D. Correlates of Occupational Injuries for Various Jobs in Railway Workers : A Case-control Study. (revue-interrogations.org)
  • Relationships between demanding work conditions and occupational injuries : A community-based study. (revue-interrogations.org)
  • Bhattacherjee A, Ghosh AK, Chau N. Associations of safety environment, training, and individual characteristics with occupational injuries : a case-control study. (revue-interrogations.org)
  • Ghosh AK, Bhattacherjee A, Chau N. Relationships of working conditions and individual characteristics with occupational injuries : A case-control study in coal miners. (revue-interrogations.org)
  • Associations of occupational hazards and individual characteristics with occupational injuries and disabilities in Lorraine coal miners. (revue-interrogations.org)
  • Their findings show that the device more frequently involved in accidents is the needle for local anaesthesia (41% of percutaneous injuries), disposable and nondisposable, and that students are those most frequently exposed (40%), especially during instruments reprocessing and disposal [ 1 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • 1. It is estimated that every year over 1.1 million people worldwide die of occupational injuries and work-related diseases. (who.int)
  • Many of them suffer occupational injuries and disease which lead to disability and premature death. (who.int)
  • The history of occupational health is a constant struggle between workers fighting for protection and preventative measures and employers seeking to deny or reduce their liability for work-related diseases and injuries. (who.int)
  • Based on the results of multivariate regression, accident variables due to fighting (odds ratio [OR] =17.21), injury to the body or back (OR = 122.55), and multiple injuries (OR = 25.72) were considered as influential and significant factors. (ac.ir)
  • The ANNs results showed that the highest importance factor was the injury to the body or back, multiple injuries, age, fighting, and finally, driving accident. (ac.ir)
  • Furthermore, the Bayesian model showed that the most important factors affecting the death consequence due to accidents were related to injuries to the body or back (OR = 276.23), multiple injuries (OR = 54.98), and accidents due to conflict (OR = 33.69). (ac.ir)
  • The findings show that the most important factors affecting the death consequence due to accidents in the military are the injury to the whole body, multiple injuries, age, fighting accident, and driving accident. (ac.ir)
  • Of the maxillofacial injuries, around 31% (1848) were soft tissue injuries, 27% (1610) were dental injuries, 30% (1788) were fractures and 12% (716) involving more than one type of injuries with 82% due to traffic accidents, 8.2% due to assaults, 4.2% were due to accidental falls, 0.65% due to sports and 3.3% to occupational and other injuries. (minervamedica.it)
  • Due to the massive size and weight of these vehicles, there is a much higher risk of accidents resulting in severe injuries or fatalities. (bensonbingham.com)
  • It can also lead to physical and mental fatigue resulting in errors, injuries, and accidents. (medscape.com)
  • Sarabia-López, L. and León-Navarrete, M. (2017) Psychosocial Factors at Work and Occupational Stress in Gas Station Attendants in Ecuador. (scirp.org)
  • CONTINUED ISSUES Fuyao was cited for alleged safety violations in June 2017, according to the Cincinnati office of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (journal-news.com)
  • Of the 116 occupational diving fatalities reported by OSHA for 1989-1997 (13 deaths per year), 49 (five per year) occurred among an estimated 3000 full-time commercial divers (OSHA, unpublished data, 1998). (cdc.gov)
  • Noise is the most common agent of occupational exposure. (noiseandhealth.org)
  • The purpose of this study was to estimate the fraction of accidents attributable to noise occupational exposure in a mid-size city located in southeastern Brazil. (noiseandhealth.org)
  • In this population case-control study, which included 108 cases and 324 controls, the incidence rate ratio of work accidents controlled for several covariables was obtained by classifying occupational noise exposure into three levels, as well as determining the prevalence in each level. (noiseandhealth.org)
  • Based on these data, the attributable fraction was estimated as 0.6391 (95% CI = 0.2341-0.3676), i.e., 63% of the work accidents that took place in the study site were statistically associated with occupational noise exposure. (noiseandhealth.org)
  • However, a limitation of these studies is that they have combined work pace and physical work demands in one exposure measure, making it difficult to identify the specific factors associated with occupational accidents, which is critical for evidence-based prevention of occupational accidents. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Assessment of exposure to occupational dusts is a first step in reducing exposures to harmful dust concentrations. (cdc.gov)
  • A descriptive epidemiologic study, conducted in Costa Rica, investigated the incidence of pesticide poisonings with special attention to agricultural workers and occupational exposure. (sjweh.fi)
  • Clinical laboratory workers are at permanent risk of suffering an occupational accident due to exposure to biohazard. (gob.mx)
  • To describe the behavior of accidents due to occupational exposure to biohazard agents, and the characteristics of reports of occupational accidents in clinical laboratories in Yopal, Colombia. (gob.mx)
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), an occupational disease risk for healthcare workers, warrants an occupational health response, as clearly described by Esswein et al. (cdc.gov)
  • Other occupational groups, as well as healthcare workers, are also at potential risk. (cdc.gov)
  • Not least, this Workers' Memorial Day marks 135 years since the introduction of the first major law that attempted to address the distress caused by workplace injury, illness, and death - Germany's accident insurance policy, which was introduced in 1884 2 following years of widespread debate. (cdc.gov)
  • Workers, lawyers, scientists and politicians had battled for decades over whether workers or employers should be held responsible for "accidents" at work and whether accidents could be prevented in the first place. (cdc.gov)
  • It also meant that workers did not have to rely on trade unions, guilds and other labor associations for mutual aid in times of crisis following an accident. (cdc.gov)
  • The adoption of workers' compensation and accident insurance laws meant that workers would no longer have to face off against their employers at court, potentially damaging relations and resulting in job losses. (cdc.gov)
  • Prior to the compensation laws, to claim compensation at court, workers had the difficult task of proving that their employers were responsible for the accident. (cdc.gov)
  • Safety legislation often proved popular with workers, who wanted to prevent accidents from happening rather than deal with their consequences. (cdc.gov)
  • Construction workers in particular are at high risk of occupational accidents, and thus it is of major importance to identify possible predictors of occupational accidents among construction workers. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We aimed to investigate the association between self-reported work pace and physical work demands and occupational accidents among ageing male construction workers in Denmark. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Of 1270 construction workers, 166 (13.1%) reported an occupational accident within the last 12 months. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Ageing male construction workers with high physical work demands had statistically significant higher odds of having an occupational accident. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In 2014, approximately 374 million workers had an occupational accident requiring at least 4 days of absence, while 380,500 workers died due to an accident at work [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The need to prevent occupational accidents among construction workers is thus evident. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study aimed at examining the work accidents and their possible causes experienced by the workers of the industry of forest products active in Duzce and their occupationallives, and determining the solutions suggested. (academicjournals.org)
  • High-risk groups for occupational poisonings included agricultural workers aged 15-29 years, female workers, and banana plantation workers. (sjweh.fi)
  • Informal Workers in Thailand: Occupational Health and Social Security Disparities. (uml.edu)
  • Determinants of occupational fracture proneness : A case-control study in construction and railway workers. (revue-interrogations.org)
  • Midlands Management Corporation is a managing general agent, wholesale broker, program administrator and insurance services provider with a specialty in excess workers' compensation and occupational accident. (insurancejournal.com)
  • Job stress, mental health, and accidents among offshore workers in the oil and gas extraction industries. (bvsalud.org)
  • With respect to the perception the highest occupational risk group for A questionnaire to collect construc- of risks, the majority of respondents respiratory diseases, pneumoconiosis, tion workers' views and experiences of (85.1%) perceived their job as risky. (who.int)
  • Improper personal protective equipment, improper work environment and workers' mistakes are the main causes of accidents. (ijehe.org)
  • In developing countries, only about 10% of workers have access to occupational health services. (who.int)
  • Organization (WHO) defined occupational health as the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations. (who.int)
  • Occupational health and safety is a worldwide concern of workers and their families. (who.int)
  • Citations won't be filed after two young farm workers were electrocuted while removing tassels from corn in rural northwestern Illinois last summer, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Wednesday. (claimsjournal.com)
  • In a larger facility, it may be well worth the investment to have custodial workers trained to handle accident cleanup operations. (ohsonline.com)
  • The quick actions of nearby workers and the floor supervisor prevented what was a very serious accident from becoming far worse. (ohsonline.com)
  • Additionally, cleanup workers should look into certification courses offered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration," Darr said. (ohsonline.com)
  • Based on studies showing the early warning benefits of low dose CT scanning in smokers, Germany's statutory accident insurance now covers these special exams for high risk asbestos workers. (survivingmesothelioma.com)
  • According to a new article in a German radiology journal, " These results in association with the recommendations of international medical societies and organizations were pivotal as the German statutory accident insurance (DGUV) decided to provide LDCT as a special occupational medical examination for workers previously exposed to asbestos and with a particularly high risk for developing lung cancer. (survivingmesothelioma.com)
  • Yopal, Colombia / Occupational accidents by biological risk in clinical laboratory workers. (gob.mx)
  • 4. Ghamari F, Mohammadfam I, Mohammadbeigi A, Ebrahimi H, Khodayari M. Determination of effective risk factors in incidence of occupational accidents in one of the large metal industries, Arak (2005‑2007). (ac.ir)
  • Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 21 (1), 3-29. (behavior.org)
  • Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 16 (2), 49-75. (behavior.org)
  • Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 7 , 65-89. (behavior.org)
  • Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 14 , 55-75. (behavior.org)
  • [1] Numerous factors are involved in the occurrence of occupational accidents, including personal, occupational, environmental, organizational, and family issues. (ijehe.org)
  • When the immediate problems appear to be resolved, management attention and resources are diverted to other pressing organizational issues until such time as the accident rate rises once again, and so on. (behavioral-safety.com)
  • Accident statistics in clinical laboratories prove the necessity to systematically reorganize risk management strategies that take into account human factor, organizational culture and control mechanisms. (gob.mx)
  • This study was a cross-sectional survey in a military unit that examined all occupational accidents recorded during 2011-2018. (ac.ir)
  • For the period between January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2018, an occupational accident percentage of 24.6 (95% confidence interval [95% CI], 16.7-32.5) was estimated, and an underreporting percentage of 39.3 (95% CI, 21.3-57.3). (gob.mx)
  • Occupational safety precautions among nurses at four hospitals, Nablus district, Palestine. (thejhpm.com)
  • The journal 'Rostrum of Asclepius', the quarterly publication for nurses and other health care professionals. (vima-asklipiou.gr)
  • Sultan Agung Islamic Hospital Semarang, which is one of the providers in the health sector, has complex and continuous activities which in turn have the potential to cause various impacts and risks, such as work accidents, nosocomial infections, and occupa-tional diseases. (thejhpm.com)
  • Occupational health risks among con- nis [20]. (who.int)
  • To this end, it established the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). (cdc.gov)
  • The US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Pittsburgh Research Laboratory in Pittsburgh, PA is addressing the safety of this new technology. (cdc.gov)
  • For occupational diseases and dangerous occurrences, the picture is worse still. (hazards.org)
  • These accidents may cause severe diseases, such as HIV, HBV or HCV. (gob.mx)
  • The lack of disaggregated health data, for example, continues to conceal disparities in areas such as deaths from cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and traffic accidents. (bvsalud.org)
  • The manuscripts address a variety of subjects ranging from the health of women at different stages of life, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence, non-communicable chronic diseases, infectious diseases, and mental and occupational health, to adapting quality health services to meet promotion, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation needs during the different stages of life and in several regional contexts. (bvsalud.org)
  • International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. (uib.no)
  • Risk factors of fatal occupational accidents in Iran. (ac.ir)
  • WNCN-TV reported on a story in late November involving a fatal construction accident in Fayetteville, North Carolina. (justicecounts.com)
  • 2. Yadollahi M, Gholamzadeh S. Five‑year forecasting deaths caused by traffic accidents in fars province of Iran. (ac.ir)
  • Chris Watkins, Peoria County Sheriff's Office Captain, categorized the occurrence as an "occupational accident. (taproot.com)
  • The first step in preventing occupational accidents is to investigate the causes of its occurrence and to evaluate the performance of related organizations and institutions. (ijehe.org)
  • Of the respondents, 34.6% had experienced work-related accidents, 13.0% and 65.6% indicated that their workplace did not have a first-aid kit or trained first-aid specialist respectively, 35.8% reported that their work sites did not have safety tools and 83.7% had not received safety training. (who.int)
  • Lourenco said the incident was classified as a workplace incident and that Occupational Safety and Health Administration is handling the investigation. (reviewjournal.com)
  • German DIN Standards define job strain based on the model of stress and strain by Rohmert & Rutenfranz (1975) as 'direct effects of workplace stress on the individual in relation to current and lasting individual conditions, including individual coping strategies' ( DIN EN ISO 10075-1 ). (sciendo.com)
  • This day also commemorates the enactment of the United States' Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, put into effect on April 28, 1971. (cdc.gov)
  • Investing on occupational safety and health. (thejhpm.com)
  • Int J Occupational Safety and Health. (thejhpm.com)
  • The coroner, Jamie Hawkins, declared that while there was no foul play, Dierks' death would be investigated by the sheriff's office and the occupational safety and health administration, as reported by the Peoria Journal Star . (taproot.com)
  • The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Houston-based oil and gas contractor for two safety violations after a worker was electrocuted at a job site in Williston in May. (claimsjournal.com)
  • The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Howard Industries for 17 safety and health violations following the January death of a worker who was electrocuted while calibrating a transformer test station. (claimsjournal.com)
  • According to the Winston-Salem Journal, the NC Occupational Safety and Health Division announced that it is investigating a deadly construction accident that happened in Kernersville in early November. (justicecounts.com)
  • The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration states that a work shift that lasts more than 8 hours can disrupt the body's sleep/wake cycle. (medscape.com)
  • 5. Driscoll T, Takala J, Steenland K, Corvalan C, Fingerhut M. Review of estimates of the global burden of injury and illness due to occupational exposures. (ac.ir)
  • Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 19 , 261-267. (behavior.org)
  • Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 23 , 151-162. (behavior.org)
  • Behavior and accidents. (behavior.org)
  • Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37 , 457-468. (behavior.org)
  • Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 39 , 117-121. (behavior.org)
  • Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25 , 621-627. (behavior.org)
  • Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1 , 91-97. (behavior.org)
  • Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 20 , 313-327. (behavior.org)
  • Applied behavior analysis and occupational safety: The challenge of response maintenance (under review). (behavior.org)
  • These pathogens lie dormant and are relatively harmless, until such time as two or more combine and are triggered by an unsafe behavior to produce an accident. (behavioral-safety.com)
  • Conversely, a regular focus on actual safety behavior is proactive as it allows other safety-related issues in the accident causal chain to be identified and dealt with before an incident occurs. (behavioral-safety.com)
  • By using the information collected in the accident investigation, similar or more dangerous accidents in the future can be prevented. (ijehe.org)
  • Although difficult to control, approximately 80-95 percent of all accidents are triggered by unsafe behaviors, which tend to interact with other negative features (termed Pathogens) inherent in workflow processes or present in the working environment. (behavioral-safety.com)
  • Often inadvertently introduced by the implementation of strategic plans, every organization has its fair share of accident causing pathogens. (behavioral-safety.com)
  • At this point all these pathogens combined to trigger an accident when the operator rushed up the stairs to clear the blockage. (behavioral-safety.com)
  • In this true example, the potential for this type of lost-time accident will always be present until such time as the pathogens are addressed. (behavioral-safety.com)
  • 12. Khosravi S, Ghafari M. Epidemiological study of domestic accidents in urban and rural area of Shahrekord in 1999. (ac.ir)
  • The Montgomery County Coroner been requested to Fuyao Glass America, Inc. in Moraine after a reported forklift accident Tuesday morning. (journal-news.com)
  • What Should I Do If My Family Member Is Killed in a Forklift Accident? (justicecounts.com)
  • Per WRAL-TV, earlier this year, a 35-year-old man was killed in a tragic forklift accident. (justicecounts.com)
  • Details of how the worker died have not been released and the "circumstances surrounding the accident" are being investigated, according to a police statement. (journal-news.com)
  • Objective To define gender related differences of occupational accidents. (anma.it)
  • When analyzing for the associations between psychosocial factors at occupational stress, we observed several significant correlations, finding that the factors Content and characteristics of the task ( p 0 .005) and Job role and carrier development ( p presented the higher number of associations with the presence of occupational stress symptoms. (scirp.org)
  • Chau N, Mur JM, Benamghar L, Siegfried C, Dangelzer JL, Français M, Jacquin R, Sourdot A. Relationships between certain individual characteristics and occupational accidents for various jobs in the construction industry : A case-control study. (revue-interrogations.org)
  • One of the most obvious ways to improve operations performance is to reduce the risk of accidents and human errors. (intechopen.com)
  • Conclusion The clearly defined gender specific movement activities in classical dance are reflected in occupational accidents sustained. (anma.it)
  • An accident at work is considered to be the result of any injury to the employee by a violent or unexpected incident during or because of work. (vima-asklipiou.gr)
  • Observational descriptive study with exploratory component and retrospective analysis of incident report forms of presumed occupational accidents. (gob.mx)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). (uib.no)
  • Journal of Safety Research, 2 , 109-122. (behavior.org)
  • Journal of Safety Research, 23 (2), 129-133. (behavior.org)
  • Near accident reporting: A review of Swedish research. (behavior.org)
  • Journal of Safety Research, 15 , 141-151. (behavior.org)
  • We conclude that, the gas station attendants perceive a high exposition to different psychosocial factors at work, which are associated with the presence of high levels of occupational stress, being important to develop further research and interventions that promote the health and wellbeing of this group. (scirp.org)
  • Previous research on slip and fall accidents has suggested that pressurized fluid between the shoe and floor is responsible for initiating slips yet this effect has not been verified experimentally. (cdc.gov)
  • Sage Research Methods Online (SRMO) är en databas med ett urval av böcker, bokkapitel, tidskriftsartiklar och ingångar i uppslagsverk i fulltext som behandlar metodik. (lu.se)
  • Identifying the factors affecting occupational accidents202 Archives of Trauma Research ¦ Volume 10 ¦ Issue 4 ¦ October‑December 2021Pharmacol 2008;233:107‑9. (ac.ir)
  • There was no significant association between perceived work pace and occupational accidents, but physical work demands were associated with higher odds for occupational accidents, with an odds ratio of 2.27 (95% confidence interval 1.26-4.10) for medium physical work demands and 2.62 (95% confidence interval 1.50-4.57) for high physical work demands. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Emergency medical response to occupational locations in West Virginia. (cdc.gov)
  • Upgrading the training of emergency medical personnel in mines and keeping an emergency vehicle at mines may help improve the emergency response to mining accidents. (cdc.gov)
  • A recent survey of accident and emergency (A&E) departments for the Department of Health has demonstrated that 41% have a system whereby "quick cases" are seen in a separate area or by separate staff. (bmj.com)
  • METHODS: We conducted a prospective survey of all maxillofacial trauma patients reporting the Accident and Emergency Department and Outdoor Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, during 5 years period from May 2007 to April 2012. (minervamedica.it)
  • Many people are under the false belief that after a factory or home accident in which someone is injured, police or fire department personnel follow up and clean the accident/crime scene. (ohsonline.com)
  • First, we collected the data of the accidents using the accident database in the inspection sector of the Department of Health and the Medical Commission of the Armed Forces. (ac.ir)
  • According to the Department of Labor, the man was trying to prevent the bulldozer from dumping trash into the wrong area of the landfill when the accident occurred. (justicecounts.com)
  • The journal is published by the department of Nursing, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece. (vima-asklipiou.gr)
  • Finally, data were included from 19 studies (5971 people: 3443 men and 2528 females, in the age of 13-85) with prospective, longitudinal and cross-sectional study designs, carried out among people exposed to combat trauma, occupational trauma (policemen and fire-fighters), disasters (flood, fire and mining catastrophes), motor vehicle accidents and chronic illnesses. (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim was to determine the association between the psychosocial factors at work and occupational stress in gas station attendants in Ecuador. (scirp.org)
  • The participants answer a sociodemographic data, the Instrumento de Factores Psicosociales en el Trabajo (Survey of Psychosocial Factors at Work) and the Cuestionario de Evaluación del Estrés (Stress Evaluation Survey). (scirp.org)
  • One of the life-threatening factors is occupational accidents. (ijehe.org)
  • This study aimed at investigating the factors affecting military work-related accidents using artificial neural network (ANN) and Bayesian models. (ac.ir)
  • The factors that cause accidents at work are related to the materials being used and the technical equipment involved, the working environment and working conditions, as well as the human factor itself. (vima-asklipiou.gr)
  • A report from the medical journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine found that contributing factors to drug and alcohol use among truck drivers included the stresses of the job, the long hours that are often required, and space availability at rest stops. (bensonbingham.com)
  • Depending on the type of accident, fire extinguisher or chemical residue must be removed. (ohsonline.com)
  • The results of the type of accidents showed that 219 cases of sport accidents (32.8%), 125 cases fall from height (18.7%), and 104 cases of driving accidents (15.6%) were the most common accidents. (ac.ir)
  • Despite tions: general information, awareness structions and a trained specialist at the improved legislation regarding safety in and education, occupational health and construction site is a safety requirement the construction industry, first enacted safety, social safety and legislation. (who.int)
  • WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation is an interdisciplinary, international journal which publishes high quality peer-reviewed manuscripts covering the entire scope of the occupation of work. (iospress.com)
  • 1 ). Occupational health professionals played a role in the assessment of healthcare facilities in Taiwan and many other countries. (cdc.gov)
  • Normile D . Severe acute respiratory syndrome: lab accidents prompt calls for new containment program. (cdc.gov)
  • However, if the injured person has a higher work experience in the current job, the accident occurred with a higher percentage of negligence. (ijehe.org)