INTRODUCTION This paper presents a study on the causes and circumstances of occupational accidents in the Portuguese Mining and Quarrying (M&Q) activity sector. METHOD To this effect, it uses national accident data (2001-2003), giving particular attention to the newly implemented harmonized ESAW/Eurostat variables. The study begins with a broad description of the M&Q sector and identifies its...

Background and aim Work-related injuries are among the most important health problems in developing countries, such as Iran. The purpose of this study was to determine the epidemiology of work-related injuries among construction workers who had been insured by the Iranian Social Security Organization (ISSO). Methods This is a cross-sectional study. The population included all construction wor...

BACKGROUND A number of health outcomes were affected by previous financial crises, e.g. suicides, homicides and transport accident mortality. Aim of this study was to analyse the effects of the current financial crisis on selected health outcomes at population level in Europe. METHODS A mixed approach of ecologic and time trend design was applied, including correlation analysis. For eight cou...

Sleepiness whilst driving constitutes a road safety risk. Sleep-related breathing disorders are the most frequent medical cause of daytime sleepiness, and untreated patients with this condition have been shown to be at a higher risk of having accidents while driving. This study addressed the question of the extent to which treatment of sleep-disordered breathing by nasal continuous positive air...

The traditional approach to the analysis of traffic accidents has mostly involved identifying omissions in vehicles and drivers, which led occurrence a accident. However, more recent EU directives dealing with this area emphasize infrastructure failures that may be real cause This refers preventive action, ie design such will, case failure driver, "forgive" driver his mistake prevent accident o...