Descriptive Study of Occupational Accidents and their Causes among Electricity Distribution Company Workers at an Eight-year Period in Iran

Occupational accidents are unplanned events that cause damage. The socio-economic impacts and human costs of accidents are tremendous around the world. Many fatalities happen every year in workplaces such as electricity distribution companies. Some electrical injuries are electrocution, electric sho...

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Published in:Safety and health at work 2013, 4(3), , pp.160-165
Main Authors: Rahmani, Abdolrasoul, Khadem, Monireh, Madreseh, Elham, Aghaei, Habib-Allah, Raei, Mehdi, Karchani, Mohsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
electric burns
malpractice
occupational injuries
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Summary:Occupational accidents are unplanned events that cause damage. The socio-economic impacts and human costs of accidents are tremendous around the world. Many fatalities happen every year in workplaces such as electricity distribution companies. Some electrical injuries are electrocution, electric shock, and burns. This study was conducted in an electricity distribution company (with rotational 12-hour shift work) in Iran during an 8-year period to survey descriptive factors of injuries. Variables collected included accident time, age of injured worker, employment type, work experience, injury cause, educational background, and other information about accidents. Results indicated that most of the accidents occurred in summer, and 51.3% were during shift work. Worker negligence (malpractice) was the cause of 75% of deaths. Type of employment had a significant relationship with type of injuries (p 
ISSN:2093-7911
2093-7997
DOI:10.1016/j.shaw.2013.07.005