Workplace Accidents in Health Related Personal in Leon Province

Abstract

Background: To get an initial knowledge about the morbility by workplace accidents in health related personal (hospital and primary attention) in Leon province. Methods: Retrospective study relative to workplace accidents with time off work result. in health related personal. in Leon province. for 1990. Results: We have observed a rate of workplace accidents in health related personal ( 31,4/1000 ) smaller than general workers in Leon province ( 63.3/1OOO). Castilla y Leon community ( 44.7/1000 ) and Spain (59,8/1000) 5 The rate in female population ( 37.4/1000 ) was higher than the rate in men (21,7/1000). By jobs. the attendant an maintenance personal. had more accidents (rate of 118/1000 ) . The most frequent mechanism was “fall” (38.2%). The most frequent lesion waq “swetve” (38,2%). About the part of the body, the most injured were superior members (30.9%) and inferior members (30%). 93.7% of workplace accidentes were qualified as sligth accidents. Conclusions: The health related personal have a lower rate of accidents than general workers. The risk ofworkplace accident is directly related with job and place of work. The sligth patological result is most frequent.