study of the relationship between life quality and occupational accidents in wood industry

background occupational accidents are a major problem in industries and work environments. objectives this study aimed to study the relationship between workers' life quality and occupational accidents. materials and methods this historical cohort study was conducted on 114 wood industry workers (living in the north of iran) involved in a job related accident over the past 10 years. among those with no job-related accidents, 118 workers were randomly selected so that both groups were comparable in terms of age, work history and type of job. standardized form of sf36 for the iranian culture was used to determine the life quality of workers. furthermore, demographic factors were added to the sf36 questionnaire. data were analyzed with the two independent samples t-test, mann-whitney and chi-square test using the spss 19 software. results in this survey average scores for different aspects of life quality in the case group and control group were as follows, physical functioning 67.23 ± 2.413 and 81.99 ± 2.193 and mental health 59.12 ± 16.76 and 71.52 ± 18.14, respectively. there was an obvious and significant difference (p < 0.05) between physical and mental health of injured workers’ life quality compared to the uninjured group (control group). the results showed that all eight domains of life quality except limitations due to emotional problems were significantly different between the study and control groups. conclusions the results of this study show that unsafe work condition and high-risk behavior of workers lead to job-related accidents which affect worker’s health and their life quality.