Background: Fatalism, an obstacle to the adoption of safe behaviors, describes the belief that injuries are unavoidable and occur due to haphazard or fate. The present study examined degree of fatalism related to injuries reporting rate and its dimensions among workers’ Isfahan Steel Company. Methods: A self-administered anonymous was distributed to 250 workers. The survey included demogr...

Introduction: The great population of about 16 million students in our country and their health problems require more attention to the health of students. Students due to low age and consequently lack of adequate experience are exposed to various types of accidents in schools. Accidents are the leading cause of death in 5 to 17 year old children. The aim of this study was to determine the incid...

Compliance to the Indiana Department of Transportation's (INDOT) highway design criteria is considered essential to ensure the roadway safety. However, for a variety of reasons, situations arise where exceptions to standard-design criteria are requested and accepted after review. This research explores the impact that design exceptions have on the accident severity and accident frequency in Ind...

We study the impact of mandatory motorcycle helmet use laws on severity and volume road accidents in Uruguay by exploiting a change enforcement traffic law. Using difference-in-differences design based an unexpected policy, we report sharp increase five percentage point reduction incidence serious or fatal motorcyclist from baseline 11 percent. The benefits are disproportionately borne groups m...

The Sri Lankan Journal of Applied Statistics(SLJAS) is an open-access, international, double-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Institute Statistics, Lanka (IASSL). main purpose to publish results original work on applications Statistics and theoretical methodical aspects Statistics. also welcomes critical reviews including conceptual discussions, opinions book reviews. Applications i...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Falls from the roof slabs of houses are accidents of high potential severity that occur in large Brazilian cities and often affect children and adolescents. The aims of this study were to characterize the factors that predispose towards this type of fall involving children and adolescents, quantify the severity of associated lesions and suggest preventive measures. DESIGN ...

PRINCIPALS Accidents in agriculture are a problem of global importance. The hazards of working in agriculture are manifold (machines, animals, heights). We therefore assessed injury severity and mortality from accidents in farming. METHODS We retrospectively analysed all farming accidents treated over a 12-year period in the emergency department (ED) of our level I trauma centre. RESULTS Ou...