Evaluation of Injuries among a Manufacturing Industry Staff in Iran.
BACKGROUND
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.


METHODS
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.


RESULTS
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).


CONCLUSIONS
Due to being aware of the risks and remedial measures, married employees and workers should be assisted by occupational specialists.
Dept. of Occupational Health, School of Public Health and Center for Health Research, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
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