Investigation of Registered Work-related Accidents for Urban Sanitation Workers of Kashan Municipality from 2015 to 2018
Abstract Introduction: Urban sanitation workers, including waste disposal workers and street cleaners, are exposed to a wide range of occupational hazards and accidents. No study regarding such accidents has been carried out so far in Kashan city. Therefore, the incidents that occurred for this grou...
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| author | ahmad CHAVOSHI fahimeh KARAMALI Habiballah RAHIMI Alireza MORAVVEJI Mostafa POUYAKIAN |
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Introduction: Urban sanitation workers, including waste disposal workers and street cleaners, are exposed to a wide range of occupational hazards and accidents. No study regarding such accidents has been carried out so far in Kashan city. Therefore, the incidents that occurred for this group of workers at the Kashan municipality from 2015 to 2018 were examine in this study.
Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. Demographic data and injury data were collected through periodic medical examination reports of workers who were injured in a work-related accident during the period of this study. Also, official accident forms completed by authorities were used for gathering information about the accidents. Descriptive and analytical statistics were utilized to analyze data.
Results: Two out of 95 occupational accidents resulted in death. Garbage collection workers (69.5%) had the highest amount of accidents. Among those, individuals who were involved in accidents, those who had work experience of one year (45.26%), those who had primary school education (43.2%), those having two children (32.6%), and were in the age group of 30 to 39 years had the highest number of accidents. The most common cause and type of accidents were the sharp objects injuries into hands and feet (26.3%) and sprains/strains (50.5%). Most accidents injured limbs (hands and feet). There was a statistically significant correlation between the cause and effect of accidents (P = 0.001).
Conclusion: The results demonstrated that urban sanitation workers suffer from occupational injuries more commonly from bruises and sprains/strains that require medical interventions. The application of personal protective equipment (PPE) is widely accepted as an essential factor in preventing occupational injuries. Therefore, the application of this equipment is recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c54d094787247d395e9f16bd60ed2152022-12-21T23:34:57ZfasShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciencesبهداشت کار و ارتقای سلامت2588-26432588-30622020-10-0143268278Investigation of Registered Work-related Accidents for Urban Sanitation Workers of Kashan Municipality from 2015 to 2018ahmad CHAVOSHI0fahimeh KARAMALI1Habiballah RAHIMI2Alireza MORAVVEJI3Mostafa POUYAKIAN4 School of public health and safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Kashan University of Medical Sciences Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine Social Determinants of Health Research Center Kashan University of Medical Sciences School of public health and safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Abstract Introduction: Urban sanitation workers, including waste disposal workers and street cleaners, are exposed to a wide range of occupational hazards and accidents. No study regarding such accidents has been carried out so far in Kashan city. Therefore, the incidents that occurred for this group of workers at the Kashan municipality from 2015 to 2018 were examine in this study. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. Demographic data and injury data were collected through periodic medical examination reports of workers who were injured in a work-related accident during the period of this study. Also, official accident forms completed by authorities were used for gathering information about the accidents. Descriptive and analytical statistics were utilized to analyze data. Results: Two out of 95 occupational accidents resulted in death. Garbage collection workers (69.5%) had the highest amount of accidents. Among those, individuals who were involved in accidents, those who had work experience of one year (45.26%), those who had primary school education (43.2%), those having two children (32.6%), and were in the age group of 30 to 39 years had the highest number of accidents. The most common cause and type of accidents were the sharp objects injuries into hands and feet (26.3%) and sprains/strains (50.5%). Most accidents injured limbs (hands and feet). There was a statistically significant correlation between the cause and effect of accidents (P = 0.001). Conclusion: The results demonstrated that urban sanitation workers suffer from occupational injuries more commonly from bruises and sprains/strains that require medical interventions. The application of personal protective equipment (PPE) is widely accepted as an essential factor in preventing occupational injuries. Therefore, the application of this equipment is recommended.http://ohhp.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-307-en.htmloccupational accidentsurban sanitation workerssweeper |
| spellingShingle | ahmad CHAVOSHI fahimeh KARAMALI Habiballah RAHIMI Alireza MORAVVEJI Mostafa POUYAKIAN Investigation of Registered Work-related Accidents for Urban Sanitation Workers of Kashan Municipality from 2015 to 2018 بهداشت کار و ارتقای سلامت occupational accidents urban sanitation workers sweeper |
| title | Investigation of Registered Work-related Accidents for Urban Sanitation Workers of Kashan Municipality from 2015 to 2018 |
| title_full | Investigation of Registered Work-related Accidents for Urban Sanitation Workers of Kashan Municipality from 2015 to 2018 |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of Registered Work-related Accidents for Urban Sanitation Workers of Kashan Municipality from 2015 to 2018 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of Registered Work-related Accidents for Urban Sanitation Workers of Kashan Municipality from 2015 to 2018 |
| title_short | Investigation of Registered Work-related Accidents for Urban Sanitation Workers of Kashan Municipality from 2015 to 2018 |
| title_sort | investigation of registered work related accidents for urban sanitation workers of kashan municipality from 2015 to 2018 |
| topic | occupational accidents urban sanitation workers sweeper |
| url | http://ohhp.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-307-en.html |
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