Investigation of the Most Important Direct Cause of Occupational Accidents Based on the Pareto Chart

Investigation of the Most Important Direct Cause of Occupational Accidents Based on the Pareto Chart

Beheshti MH¹ ; Hajizadeh R² ; Rahat R³ ; Hossein Ali Zadeh F³ ; Davoodi A³

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1. Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Health, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran
2. Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3. Stud. Research Committee, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran

Source: Iran Occupational Health Published:2015

Abstract

Background and aims: Every year many people suffer from numerous injuries in occupational accidents. Determination of factors that can cause the most problems in a process is an important step to improve the situation. Pareto chart can be used to explore issues that can cause most of the problems. The aim of this study is to investigate occupational accidents in Gonabad using Pareto chart. Methods: This research is a descriptive - analytical study that is based on data recorded by the work office of Gonabad between 2009-2012 using Pareto chart and analyzed by mini-tabs software. Results: According to the results of this study totally 87 accidents occurred, and most of accidents were related to the construction industry (50.87%). The most common type of accident was entrapping (34.61%) and the highest rate of accidents was related to the morning shift (84.61%). These accidents in 13.14% cases lead to death and in 86.10% of cases lead to amputation. Conclusion: On the results showed in this study authorities should pay more attention to construction accidents, causes of falling, falling objects, and ⋯ That has much more portion in severe consequences of accidents. And in order to prevent such accidents and their causes more human and financial resources allocated.

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MLA	Beheshti MH, et al.. "Investigation of the Most Important Direct Cause of Occupational Accidents Based on the Pareto Chart." Iran Occupational Health, vol. 12, no. 3, 2015, pp. 38-45.
APA	Beheshti MH, Hajizadeh R, Rahat R, Hossein Ali Zadeh F, Davoodi A (2015). Investigation of the Most Important Direct Cause of Occupational Accidents Based on the Pareto Chart. Iran Occupational Health, 12(3), 38-45.
Chicago	Beheshti MH, Hajizadeh R, Rahat R, Hossein Ali Zadeh F, Davoodi A. "Investigation of the Most Important Direct Cause of Occupational Accidents Based on the Pareto Chart." Iran Occupational Health 12, no. 3 (2015): 38-45.
Harvard	Beheshti MH et al. (2015) 'Investigation of the Most Important Direct Cause of Occupational Accidents Based on the Pareto Chart', Iran Occupational Health, 12(3), pp. 38-45.
Vancouver	Beheshti MH, Hajizadeh R, Rahat R, Hossein Ali Zadeh F, Davoodi A. Investigation of the Most Important Direct Cause of Occupational Accidents Based on the Pareto Chart. Iran Occupational Health. 2015;12(3):38-45.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Beheshti MH and Hajizadeh R and Rahat R and Hossein Ali Zadeh F and Davoodi A}, title = {Investigation of the Most Important Direct Cause of Occupational Accidents Based on the Pareto Chart}, journal = {Iran Occupational Health}, volume = {12}, number = {3}, pages = {38-45}, year = {2015} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Beheshti MH AU - Hajizadeh R AU - Rahat R AU - Hossein Ali Zadeh F AU - Davoodi A TI - Investigation of the Most Important Direct Cause of Occupational Accidents Based on the Pareto Chart JO - Iran Occupational Health VL - 12 IS - 3 SP - 38 EP - 45 PY - 2015 ER -

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