report of the injuries sustained in Iran air flight 277 that crashed near Urmia, Iran

Background: On January 9, 2011 Iran Air Flight 277 crashed during approach to Urmia, Iran. Out of 105 passengers, 27 survived. This brief report presents a perspective of the passengers' sustained injuries

Methods: We reviewed the recorded injuries of all passengers as provided by the Legal Medicine Organization authorities. The Injury Severity Score [ISS], an anatomical scoring system, was used to provide an overall code for those who survived with multiple anatomical injuries

Results: There were a total of 96 ISS body region injuries among those who survived. Facial injuries [83%] were the most frequent injuries noted among fatalities, which was statistically significant [P=0.000]. In those who survived, injuries to the head and neck [37%] and facial [33%] regions were relatively less frequent than other anatomical regions. The most serious injuries among survivors belonged to the extremity [85%] region, particularly lower limb fractures [62%]. Differences in extremity injuries between the survivors and fatalities were not statistically significant

Conclusion: The findings of this study were similar to other studies where the most frequent serious injuries were fractures of the extremities, particularly the lower limbs

Interpretation of one case of early death due to silicosis in a 24 year old man

Inspite of technical, efficiency of safety equipment, free silica [SiO[2]] or silica quartz, still is one of the main occupational dangers. Silicosis not only appears insidiously, but also evolves slowly over the span of decades and is compatible with long survival depending on many factors such as total dose, duration of exposure, type of silica inhaled, and possibly individual factors. The case was a 24 years old man; he had 3 years work experience at the malayer quarry. In the past He had history of six times admittion at hospital and suffering ofTB 6 months befor of death. The most prominent symptoms were related to respiratory system in Atoupsy and pathology absulutely silicosis was confirm. considering that silica results to mortality in workers exposed to contact, therefore, use of safety equipment and persist ant control of occupational medicine specialists to workers activity exposed to silica contact and periodical examination, are recommentded