During the last two decades, incidence rates of occupational accidents have been decreasing in Brazil. Mortality has also decreased, but not as sharply as incidence. Changes in reporting of occupational accidents have been the main argument used to explain such trends. This time-series study covering occupational accidents from 1970 to 1995 clearly shows the link between occupational accidents ...

In Jordan, traffic accidents constitute a major health problem. They are considered the second leading cause of death. This paper investigated the characteristics of traffic accidents in Jordan and evaluated the safety impact of policy measures undertaken in 2008, including intensification of police enforcement and implementation of traffic law with stiff penalty levels. To accomplish these obj...

The role of alcohol consumption in traffic accidents were investigated based on the statistical data of Hungary and autopsy data of the Department of Forensic Medicien, University of Szeged. The number of the drunken fatally injured victims was constant, the rate of the drunken victims increased in this period. The frequency of alcohol intoxication did not play a role in the decreasing of the f...

OBJECTIVE To describe the main characteristics of victims, roads and vehicles involved in traffic accidents and the risk factors involved in accidents resulting in death. METHODS A non-concurrent cohort study of traffic accidents in Fortaleza, CE, Northeastern Brazil, in the period from January 2004 to December 2008. Data from the Fortaleza Traffic Accidents Information System, the Mortality In...

BACKGROUND Despite the significant morbidity and mortality associated with all-terrain vehicle (ATV) use in children, their use continues to increase dramatically. To determine the frequency and impact of spinal fractures in children and adolescents injured in ATV accidents, we reviewed all 4 of the available Kids' Inpatient Databases. METHODS The Kids' Inpatient Databases (http://www.ahrq.go...

construction is one of the most hazardous workplaces in all around the world. awareness about workers’ attitude towards safety could be helpful in anticipating the workers' behavior. the aims of this study were to determine both the tunneling workers' safety attitude and the relationship between workers' attitude towards safety and occupational accidents. in this cross-sectional study performed...

fatal injury caused by bicycle accidents in many countries. when a motor vehicle collides with a bicycle, the results are often devastating as a cyclist has minimal protection from the hard exterior of a car and it is often the cyclist who will suffer incapacitating and potentially life-threatening injuries. vehicle drivers and passengers may suffer from broken glass injuries, whiplash and brui...

background: all recent accident models emphasis on multi causality of accidents. the suggested models emphasized on human roles in accident occurrence. the results of recent decade's studies have shown that the main causes of accidents are human and his/her unsafe acts. nowadays, application of warning signs is an important way to decrease unsafe acts . methods: in this study, the unsafe acts o...

The objective was to evaluate trends in incidence and mortality due to occupational accidents in Brazil from 1998 to 2008. This was a time-trend series study that included cases of occupational accidents recorded in official Federal government statistics. The authors calculated annual percentage changes (APC) in incidence and mortality rates with the Joinpoint method using the calendar year as ...

AIM To assess the prevalence of fatal road traffic accidents in Tirana, Albania, and describe their determinants. METHODS This cross-sectional study included all road traffic accidents recorded by the Traffic Police Department of Tirana district for the period 2000-2005. A structured questionnaire included information about the type of traffic accident (fatal vs non-fatal event), year of even...