Fatal occupational injuries in Yugoslavia: 1990 to 1999.

Rates of fatal accidents per 100,000 workers in industry are indicators of achievement in occupational safety and health. The pattern of fatal occupational accidents varies in different regions of the world particularly in developing countries. In global estimates of fatal occupational accidents by Takala J (1999) from the International Labour Organization there are no data related to fatal occupational accidents in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. There are no known published studies of occupational fatalities in Yugoslavia to date. The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is the most developed economic region in Yugoslavia. Vojvodina has an area of 21,506 km with a population of roughly 2 million. The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of fatal occupational injuries in the Vojvodina, the most developed region in Yugoslavia, by industry and cause of death, and the influence of the economic situation on fatal occupational injury rates in the 1990s.