background work-related injuries are the most important cause of work absence, disability, retirement, mutilation, and even mortality. in iran a great number of work-related injuries are occurred in construction industry. however, less than 12% of total workers are active in the construction sector. objectives this study aimed to determine the incidence rate of work-related injuries, the type o...

conclusion: due to the high rate of accidents in metal and construction industries, engineering controls, the use of appropriate protective equipment and safety worker training seems necessary. results: the occupational accidents rate was 253 in 100,000 workers in 2008. 98.2% of injured workers were men. the mean age of injured workers was 32.07 ± 9.12 years. the highest percentage belonged to ...

Abstract Background: Historically, silicosis is a disease of miners, but the last decade witnessed outbreaks in occupational settings not traditionally associated with silica exposure. Evidence from other countries may ground awareness and control re-emergent risks. Methods: Incident cases diseases, ranking trends were analysed within period 2005-2016 using cross-national comparative study. Lab...

With the accelerating pace of new knowledge about occupational asthma, systematic epidemiological approaches have yielded important new insights into its clinical characteristics. Such questions as "what proportion of all cases of asthma are caused by occupational exposures?" and "is occupational asthma incidence rising?" can now be answered. Surveillance programmes estimate the number of expos...

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) can be compensated through the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act. We looked at the characteristics of WMSDs in worker's compensation records and the epidemiological investigation reports from the Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute (OSHRI). Based on the records of compensation, the number of cases for WMSDs decreased from...

The history of the Center for Occupational Health (COH) at the National Institute of Public Health in Prague dates back to the early 1950s. The Center was established on January 1, 1952. The first director of the Institute was Prof. Jaroslav Teisinger, M.D., D.Sc. (1902–1985), the founding father of occupational medicine in former Czechoslovakia, and the head of the first Czech Department of Oc...

BACKGROUND In 1987, the International Agency for Research into Cancer classified shoemaking and cobbling as a definite human carcinogen. However, there are 10 times fewer articles published on Medline compared to wood dust which also induces sino-nasal cancer. AIM To improve the medical, technical and social management of this type of cancer in the shoe trades. METHODS A literature review w...