Alcohol Consumption in Work-Related Occupationacl Injuries
Keywords:
Alcohol related occupational injuries, work accident, alcoholAbstract
Objective: Occupational injuries are important in workplace because they require emergency health care and they have legal implications. There is not enough research done in our country about work-related injuries that occurred due to alcohol.
Method: In this study 1845 occupational injury cases that were reported from emergency wards to the social security authority were evaluated retrospectively.
Result: 7.2% of work-related-accident cases were found to have consumed alcohol prior to the accident at the emergency room admission.
Discussion: It is necessary to explore and determine alcohol consumption and related problems with occupational injuries and records must be kept accordingly. Thus, helping future studies evaluating causality.
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