in recent decades, the issue of stress and its negative consequences such as violence in the workplace, increased accidents at work, absenteeism and burnout, have deleterious effects on the efficiency and economy. the aim of this study was to determine the occupational stress of pelletizing industry workers and its determinants. this study was descriptive-analytical and cross sectional. among w...

abstract background: technical, human, operational and organizational factors have been influencing the sequence of occupational accidents. among them, organizational factors play a major role in causing occupational accidents. the aim of this research was to understand the iranian safety experts’ experiences and perception of organizational factors. methods: this qualitative study was conducte...

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conclusions path analysis of occupational injuries based on the sem reveals that individual and organizational factors and their indicator variables are very influential on the severity of traumatic occupational injuries. so, these should be considered to reduce occupational accidents’ severity in large construction industries. materials and methods the present cross-sectional analytical study ...

introduction: macro-ergonomics is an important factor that affects behavior, favorable performance and personnel’s efficiency that can cause conformity of employees by increasing labor and efficiency and in result decreasing employees’ stress amount. the aim of the present study was to investigate relationship between macro-ergonomics and occupational stress in employees working in one casting ...

Many of the 2.9 billion workers across the globe are exposed to hazardous risks at their workplaces. This chapter examines the disease and injury burden produced by selected occupational risk factors: occupational carcinogens, airborne particulates, noise, ergonomic stressors and risk factors for injuries. Owing primarily to lack of data in developing countries, we were unable to include import...

the incidence of brain neoplasm has been progressively increasing in recent years in the industrialized countries. one of the reasons for this increased incidence could be better access to health care and improved diagnosis in the industrialized countries. it also appears that caucasians have a higher incidence than blacks or hispanics or asians. a number of risk factors have been identified an...

background: exposure to human blood and body fluids is a common risk for nurses. many factors can affect the prevalence and incidence of this occupational hazard. psychosocial factors at work may be a risk factor for the exposure. objective: to assess needle stick, sharp injury and mucus exposure to blood-borne pathogens among nurses in iran and to determine the association between these exposu...