conclusions safety motivation and work pressure are important predictors of occupational accident rate. therefore, increasing safety motivation and reducing work pressure in high-risk jobs are effective ways in which organizations can decrease occupational accident rates. results both safety motivation and work pressure were significantly correlated with occupational accident rate (p < 0.0001)....

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) is a chronic and progressive disorder that occurs after some traumas and accident. injuries and harm to health caused by motor vehicle accidents (mvas) have become an issue of global concern, as mvas are expected to be the third largest contributor to the worldwide burden of disease by the year 2020. chronic ptsd is a common consequence of mva and that it m...

of the 5,655 accidents with casualty that had occurred during 1973 in teheran, 4,936 or 87. 3% were caused by the negligence on the part of the drivers. the most accident producing driving middle-aged men of 30- 39 years, who had recently acquired driving permit and were wage earners as drivers in the city of tehran. alcohol intoxication as the cause of the accident had been recorded in only o....

OBJECTIVE Accidental injuries are frequent and their socioeconomic consequences enormous. The present study aimed to identify predictors of the number of days of leave taken in a consecutively selected group of accident victims who sustained severe, mostly life-threatening physical trauma. METHOD One hundred patients with severe accidental injuries who were referred to a trauma surgeons' inte...