Factors related mortality in occupational injuries: five-year experience

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate factors related mortality in occupational injuries admitted to emergency department.
Methods: Patients admitted to emergency department because of occupational injuries between January 2015 and December 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. The first admission to the emergency department following each occupational injuries was recorded.
Results: 3240 patients included the study. We observed that occupational injuries decreased with age and were more common in males (91.4%), in agriculture (27.6%) and construction (24.9%) industries, and in summer (29.9%) and autumn (28%). In addition, occupational injuries generally occurred due to falling (31.8%) and caused superficial injuries (39.8%). A majority of patients (83.6%) were discharged from the emergency department. 351 and 156 patients were hospitalized in the surgical clinics and intensive care unit respectively. A total of 25 and 18 patients died in emergency department and intensive care unit, respectively (total 43 deaths, 1.32%). Moreover, increasing age (p: 0.000), construction industry (p: 0.008), immigration (p: 0.037) and working in night shifts (p: 0.009) are independent risk factors related to mortality after occupational injuries.
Conclusion: The labor conditions of immigrants as well as of those working at night shifts and in the construction industry should be supervised. Their job security should be increased and working without social security should not be allowed.