title: [Risk factors associated with work-related accidents in the construction industry in the Valley of Mexico].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our aim was to describe construction-industry, work-related accident prevalence in, associated factors in, and potential impact on affiliated workers of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, IMSS) in the Valley of Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prevalent cases in a retrospective case-control design.
  
  
  METHODS
  These include 385 construction-industry workers who were found to have construction work-related accidents in 2001. Controls comprised 385 active construction-industry workers without work-related accident background paired by gender, workplace, and worksite.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Work-related accident prevalence in construction workers was 5.5%; most important risk factors and etiology fraction (Ef) included the following: age 16-20 years odds ratio, OR = 1.58, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.40-10.7, p = 0.001, Ef 0.36; eventual insurance, OR = 3.7, 95% CI, 2.16-26.45, p = 0.001), Ef, 0.72, and no training for job, OR = 5.3, 95% CI, 4.9-69.2, p = 0.01), Ef: 0.81. Variables not showing significance were included salary, work shift, and workday.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Work-related accident prevalence maintains its preponderance in the Valley of Mexico construction industry; identified risk factors are potentially modifiable, among which job training acquires unquestionable relevance.
authors.affiliation: Coordinación de Salud en el Trabajo, Delegación Aguascalientes, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sarmiento-Salinas
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: López-Rojas
authors.forename: Irma Araceli
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Marín-Cotoñieto
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Godínez-Rocha
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Haro-García
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salinas-Tovar
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors