Risk of fatal and non-fatal occupational injury in foreign workers in Spain

Risk of fatal and non-fatal occupational injury in foreign workers in Spain.

STUDY OBJECTIVE In the past decade, Spain has experienced dramatic growth of its immigrant population. Available information on the occupational conditions of foreign workers is scarce. This study aims to add to this information by describing occupational injuries in foreign workers in Spain. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS Data were analysed from the 2003 Ministry of Labour and Social Issues r...

The effect of new road traffic laws on fatal and non-fatal injury rates in Iran

Background and aims: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of enforcement of new traffic laws on the fatal and non- fatal injury rates in Iran. Methods: In a longitudinal, interventional controlled trial study, all subjects with history of fatal and non-fatal injuries were studied. Their injuries were caused by six risky violations (unauthorized speed, illegal overtaking, red traffic light c...

Foreign-born workers: trends in fatal occupational injuries, 1996-2001

Katherine Loh is formerly an economist in the Office of Compensation and Working Conditions; and Scott Richardson is a program manager in the same office, Bureau of Labor Statistics. E-mail: Richardson.Scott@ bls.gov. Workplace fatalities among foreign-born workers reflect the large influx of those workers into the U.S. workforce and their employment in occupations and industries with inherentl...

An Epidemiological Study of Fatal and Non-Fatal Industrial Accidents in Semnan, Iran

Background: Due to the importance of industrial accidents in workplaces, the current study aimed at epidemiologically investigating occupational accidents in some industrial sites in Semnan, Iran. Materials and Methods: The current descriptive-analytical study was conducted on all accidents taking place from 2014 to 2016 in some industrial sites in Semnan. The data were extracted from the Depa...

Non-Fatal Amlodipine and Insulin Overdose in an Elderly Person