title: [Morbidity caused by industrial accidents in a health zone].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present study is to discover the morbidity produced by workplace accidents among the earning population of Molina de Segura Health Area.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a descriptive crossover study. Site. The study was carried out in the Primary Care framework, in the Molina de Segura Health Area and with the collaboration of the Labour Health Unit of Insalud-Murcia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Over a year a total of 774 cases of time off work due to workplace accidents, out of a total of 9,302 workers, were examined. 679 cases of workers resident in Molina de Segura were included in the study, whose time-off dates fell between July 1, 1989 and June 30, 1990 and where the company for which they worked was based or had its trading name located in Molina.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the total cases of time off work studied, 539 (79.4%) were men and 140 (20.6%) were women. The pathologies most often found were "blows, bruisings and crushings" (22.8%), "wounds and cuts" (16.8%), "back pain" (10.5%), "strains" (9.4%) and "fractures" (4.5%). A statistically significant association was found between being "a man" and "back pain"; and "a woman" and "sprains".
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The predominant pathologies among workplace accidents are of a less serious nature. Some pathologies owing to workplace accidents are mistakenly referred to the health services as ordinary illness. There is insufficient compliance by health professionals with filling in the forms for time off work and return to work.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud de Molina de Segura, Murcia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cruzado Quevedo
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sánchez Sánchez
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lázaro Gómez
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Moreno Pina
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Alvarez Orcajada
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cazorla González
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Morbididad por accidentes de trabajo en una zona de salud.