Burden of Industrial Accidents

Burden of Occupational Accidents in Tehran during 2008-2011

Abstract Background and purpose:Work-related accidents are causing distress and economic losses. This study was conducted to estimate the burden of occupational accidents by the use of disability-adjusted life year (DALY) calculation in Iranian Social Security Organization (ISSO), Tehran province, between 2008 and 2011 time frame. Materials and Methods:This descriptive analytical study was cond...

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Anthropotechnological analysis of industrial accidents in Brazil.

The Brazilian Ministry of Labour has been attempting to modify the norms used to analyse industrial accidents in the country. For this purpose, in 1994 it tried to make compulsory use of the causal tree approach to accident analysis, an approach developed in France during the 1970s, without having previously determined whether it is suitable for use under the industrial safety conditions that p...

Reporting of industrial accidents in The Netherlands.

The true number of industrial accidents followed by absence from work in the Netherlands in 1993 has been estimated by using a capture-recapture approach. A government safety register noted 29,685 cases reported by Dutch companies. The statutory organization that insures employees of the same companies against absence from work for medical reasons (but does not provide special compensation for ...

Road Traffic Accidents – Burden on Society

More people die in road accidents in India than anywhere else in the world [1]. India has 1% of the world’s vehicles, but 6% of the total global RTA deaths [2]. The statistical profile reflects a global estimate of 5.1 million deaths in 2000, due to injuries, accounting for 10% of deaths due to all causes. Out of this a quarter deaths occurred in the South-East Asian region [1]. In fact, road t...