Accident rates and severity in textile companies in Kafr El- Dawar: an epidemiologic study

ABSTRACT

Accident records have been studied in four companies having similar activities to point out the risk factors. The companies studied were Misr Dying, Misr Rayon and Misr Dying and Chemicals Companies. The accident frequency and disability rate were in Misr Dying and Misr Rayon Co.. The differences have been attributed to differences in the personal characteristics of workers and environmental conditions in the factories. The highest mean age of injured workers was in Misr Dying Co. and the longest duration of work was in Misr Textile Co. The cause of accidents was related to the nature of work, thus in Misr Dying and Misr Rayon Co. the accidents were more in the productive group and they were slipping or being struck by falling objects. Workers injured in Misr Dying and Chemical Co. were doing technical work, they mainly suffered from poisoning. Injuries by machines were more among auxillaries in Misr Textile Co. The site of injury in the different companies differs, this can be explained by the difference in cause of accidents. The flying objects in Misr Textile Co. and Misr Dying and Chemical Co. explain why more eye injuries were encountered among them. More hand injuries in Misr Textile Co. can be explained also by the high rate of machines as a cause of accidents there