title: Assessment of the prevalence of occupational accidents and their influential actors in an electricity distribution company during a five-year period.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Occupational accidents have been considered as one of the most important crippling factors contributing to disabilities and life-threatening situations in many countries. This study was conducted to survey the prevalence of occupational accidents and the factors of that lead to injuries in an Electricity Distribution Company during a five-year period.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this descriptive study, the accident report form included items asking about the season of the year when the accident occurred, the ages and the average age of those injured, the type of employment, work experience, nature of the injuries that occurred, parts of the body affected, treatments that were applied, average number of days lost per accident, the levels of education of those involved, and their marital status. Data was analyzed using SPSS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 66 Electricity Distribution Company workers were determined to be suffering from injuries due to accidents. The accidents mostly occurred in the summer (33%). Most of the injured workers (16.7%) belonged to the age groups of 25 to 29 and 40 to 44; there were no accidents reported for workers who were less than 20. About 48% of the accident victims had to be hospitalized. Furthermore, 35% of the accident victims were treated in outpatient clinics, and 7.4% of the accident victims died. We demonstrated that there were significant relationships between: 1) marital status and accidental injuries (P<0.001); 2) the average age of those injured among both permanent and temporary workers (P<0.001), 3) the level of education and the consequences of the accidents (P<0.001), and 4) the average of days lost per accident in both the permanent and temporary workers (P<0.001). In this study, no significant relationships were found between the accident occurrence and age (P>0.05) or work experience and the distribution of the accidents (P>0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study indicated that most of the injuries in these accidents were related to the nature of employment, marital status, and level of education. The results showed the necessity for providing appropriate safety training for the workers.
authors.affiliation: M.Sc. of Occupational Health, Department of Occupational Health, Public Health School, Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Marzieh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sadeghain
authors.affiliation: M.Sc. of Occupational Health, Department of Occupational Health, Public Health School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ramin Ataei
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Farid
authors.affiliation: MSc of Occupational Health, HSE Department, Mashhad Urban Railway line 2 Project, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dormohammadi
authors.affiliation: Ph.D. Student of Occupational Health, Department of Occupational Health, Public Health School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Habib Allah
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Aghaei
authors.affiliation: M.Sc. of Occupational Health, Department of Occupational Health, Public Health School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Abdolrasoul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahmani
authors.affiliation: B.Sc. of Occupational Health, Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Kermanshah, Iran.
authors.forename: Rozita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Farhadi
authors.affiliation: Safety Engineer, power distribution companies Alborz Province, Alborz, Iran.
authors.forename: Rasoul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eskandari
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Health, Public Health School, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran ; Ph.D. Student of Occupational Health, Department of Occupational Health, International Campus, Tehran University of Medical Science (TUMS.IC), Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karchani
keywords: Injuries; Iran; Occupational accidents