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- Title
Diyarbakır İlinde Meydana Gelen İş Kazalarının Demografik Analizi, Mortalite ve Morbiditeyi Etkileyen Faktörler.
- Authors
Avınca, Öner; Dursun, Recep; Taş, Mahmut; Üstündağ, Mehmet; Orak, Murat; Güloğlu, Cahfer
- Abstract
Objective: Work is an important factor that gives social status in people's lives while effecting their health via physical, chemical, psychological, social and economic circumstances"1, 2". With the industrial revolution, mechanization has affected nearly all aspects of working life, and mass production is associated with a number of problems. One of the major problems is occupational injuries. Employees; faced with various occupational hazards due to reasons such as machines they use, poisonous substances in the working environment, work organization not suitable for human structure "3". Hence, a considerable number of people lose their lives or become disabled due to occupational injuries that can be prevented very easily "4". Methods: In this study, occupatinal injuries that occurred between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2015 were analyzed retrospectively. The archive files and Social Security Institution (SGK) records of patients who presented themselves to Dicle University Medical Faculty Emergency Medicine and Traumatology Hospital in Diyarbakır were examined. In addition to the demographic characteristics of the 406 cases included in the study, such as age, gender, time-based application such as seasonal distribution of injuries, day distribution and time distribution were examined. The place injuries occured, the way of applying to the emergency service, the type of injury, the injured organ, the type of occupation, the clinical and outcome parameters where he/she was treated or hospitalized were evaluated. Results: The percentages of the employee genders, included in the study, are 96.8% (n=393) male and 3.2% (n=13) female. The highest number of cases is observed in the spring season, with 30.8% (n=125). The patients were presented to the Emergency Department most frequently between 12.00 and 16.00, with 34.7% (n = 141). The Thursdays have the highest frequency of the cases presented, with 17.7% (n=72). Considering the distribution of the location types that the occupational injury occurred, it is determined that 99% (n=402) of the overall cases happened in the work environment, and 0.5% (n=2) of them happened while working at home. The remaining 0.5% (n=2) of the location of the occupational injury could not be identified. Conclusion: Since it is a common phenomenon in working life, occupational injuries should first of all be evaluated in terms of their place in production relations. Since the workplaces are places established for profit, any precaution against work injuries is a cost issue. Another important feature of occupational injuries is that they can be prevented.
- Publication
Dicle Medical Journal / Dicle Tip Dergisi, 2020, Vol 47, Issue 3, p645
- ISSN
1300-2945
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5798/dicletip.800057