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Occupational Medicine Advance Access originally published online on December 10, 2008
Occupational Medicine 2009 59(1):62-65; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn161
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Short Reports

Occupational injuries in a synthetic fibre factory in Iran

Kaveh A. Sanati1, Ghasem Yadegarfar2, Seyed Hamid Reza Naghavi3, Amir H. Sadr4, Mohhamad Gholami2, Maryam Hadipour2 and Javad G. H. Sanati5

1 Department of Occupational Health, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK
2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 Department of Occupational Health, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
4 Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK
5 Department of Occupational Health, Polyacryl Iran Corporation, Isfahan, Iran

Background A lack of information on the overall characteristics of work-related injuries in Iran holds back the development of effective injury prevention strategies.

Aim To evaluate characteristics of work-related injuries in a synthetic fibre factory in Iran.

Methods This study reports a 16-year (1991–2007) experience of ongoing surveillance of work-related injuries in a large synthetic fibre factory. Descriptive statistics were used to show the overall characteristics of work-related injuries. Associations between external causes of injury and the odds of an accident occurring that led to hospital referral were examined using logistic regression analyses.

Results In total, 836 injury events were reported. Almost half of these (46%) involved injury to hand/wrist, while about a quarter (24%) of injuries were to the head and 10% to ankle/foot. Hospital referral after an injury was related mainly to falls [odds ratio (OR) 3.24, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.72–6.12, P < 0.001] and to work involving moving machinery (OR 1.99, 95% CI 1.12–3.55, P = 0.01).

Conclusions This study demonstrates that falls are a serious safety concern in the workplace. The results also show that 80% of injury events affected hand/wrist, ankle/foot or head; a finding which could be used in injury prevention efforts.

Keywords      Fall; Iran; synthetic fibre factory; work-related injuries

Correspondence to: Kaveh A. Sanati, Department of Occupational Health, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth PL6 8DH, UK. Tel: +44 1752 437221; fax: +44 1752 763589; e-mail: kaveh.Asanati{at}phnt.swest.nhs.uk


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