conclusions accidents resulting in death, total disability, and partial disability impose a huge cost burden on society, whereas the employer will bear a relatively low cost. this is because of society’s health, treatment, and welfare systems available for treatment and rehabilitation of injured employees and their families. background occupational accidents represent one of the major problems ...

background : to the best of the authors’ knowledge, to date, no systematic study has been carried out in tabriz city to investigate the extent, frequency, causes, and major outcome(s) of falling accidents in the houses of rural and urban areas of this city. the current study was, therefore, undertaken to address some of these issues. methods: in this cross-sectional retrospective study, 43170 i...

introduction: traffic accidents are the 8 th cause of mortality in different countries and are expected to rise to the 3 rd rank by 2020. based on the haddon matrix numerous factors such as environment, host, and agent can affect the severity of traffic-related traumas. therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the effective factors in severity of these traumas based on haddon matrix. meth...

We evaluated the road traffic accidents and drinking habits in all 47 prefectures of Japan by ecological study. Data on traffic accidents were obtained from Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan. Drinking habits were also obtained from Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare and The General Insurance Association of Japan. The effect of drinking on road traffic accidents was evalu...

BACKGROUND One of the significant dangers that threaten people's lives is the increased risk of accidents. Annually, more than 1.3 million people die around the world as a result of accidents, and it has been estimated that approximately 300 deaths occur daily due to traffic accidents in the world with more than 50% of that number being people who were not even passengers in the cars. The aim o...

BACKGROUND This study provides a national profile of major work safety accidents in China, which cause more than 10 fatalities per accident, intended to provide scientific basis for prevention measures and strategies to reduce major work safety accidents and deaths. METHODS Data from 2003-2012 Census of major work safety accidents were collected from State Administration of Work Safety System...

background: this study provides a national profile of major work safety accidents in china, which cause more than 10 fatalities per accident, intended to provide scientific basis for prevention measures and strategies to reduce major work safety accidents and deaths. methods: data from 2003-2012 census of major work safety accidents were collected from state administration of work safety system...