Evaluation of injuries among a manufacturing industry staff in Iran

ABSTRACT

Occupational injury is related to personal characteristics. This phenomenon is a controversial issue. This paper presents the relationships of certain occupational and individual characteristics with frequency of occupational injuries. A standardized injury questionnaire was completed for 199 employees in a big Iranian industrial company [MAPNA Group] by the researcher in the presence of the subjects. The data were analyzed using zero-inflated Poisson regression with random effects. We demonstrated a significant relation between the marital status [P< 0.001] and score of injures [P < 0.001] with number of injuries by employees. Technicians and supervisors have high chance of [not to be injured at all] relative to workers [P< 0.05]. Technicians and supervisors have less number of injuring than workers have [P< 0.05]. In addition, increasing assessment score decreases the number of injuring of employees [P< 0.001]. Due to being aware of the risks and remedial measures, married employees and workers should be assisted by occupational specialists