Assessment of the prevalence of occupational accidents and their influential actors in an electricity distribution company during a five-year period

BACKGROUND: Occupational accidents have been considered as one of the most important crippling factors contributing to disabilities and life-threatening situations in many countries. This study was conducted to survey the prevalence of occupational accidents and the factors of that lead to injuries in an Electricity Distribution Company during a five-year period. METHODS: In this descriptive study, the accident report form included items asking about the season of the year when the accident occurred, the ages and the average age of those injured, the type of employment, work experience, nature of the injuries that occurred, parts of the body affected, treatments that were applied, average number of days lost per accident, the levels of education of those involved, and their marital status. Data was analyzed using SPSS. RESULTS: A total of 66 Electricity Distribution Company workers were determined to be suffering from injuries due to accidents. The accidents mostly occurred in the summer (33). Most of the injured workers (16.7) belonged to the age groups of 25 to 29 and 40 to 44; there were no accidents reported for workers who were less than 20. About 48 of the accident victims had to be hospitalized. Furthermore, 35 of the accident victims were treated in outpatient clinics, and 7.4 of the accident victims died. We demonstrated that there were significant relationships between: 1) marital status and accidental injuries (P0.05) or work experience and the distribution of the accidents (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: This study indicated that most of the injuries in these accidents were related to the nature of employment, marital status, and level of education. The results showed the necessity for providing appropriate safety training for the workers

Assessment of the prevalence of occupational accidents and their influential actors in an electricity distribution company during a five-year period

BACKGROUND: Occupational accidents have been considered as one of the most important crippling factors contributing to disabilities and life-threatening situations in many countries. This study was conducted to survey the prevalence of occupational accidents and the factors of that lead to injuries in an Electricity Distribution Company during a five-year period. METHODS: In this descriptive study, the accident report form included items asking about the season of the year when the accident occurred, the ages and the average age of those injured, the type of employment, work experience, nature of the injuries that occurred, parts of the body affected, treatments that were applied, average number of days lost per accident, the levels of education of those involved, and their marital status. Data was analyzed using SPSS. RESULTS: A total of 66 Electricity Distribution Company workers were determined to be suffering from injuries due to accidents. The accidents mostly occurred in the summer (33). Most of the injured workers (16.7) belonged to the age groups of 25 to 29 and 40 to 44; there were no accidents reported for workers who were less than 20. About 48 of the accident victims had to be hospitalized. Furthermore, 35 of the accident victims were treated in outpatient clinics, and 7.4 of the accident victims died. We demonstrated that there were significant relationships between: 1) marital status and accidental injuries (P0.05) or work experience and the distribution of the accidents (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: This study indicated that most of the injuries in these accidents were related to the nature of employment, marital status, and level of education. The results showed the necessity for providing appropriate safety training for the workers

Constitutive regulation of the Insl3 gene in rat Leydig cells

Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd All rights reserved.Insulin-like factor 3 (Insl3) is a major new product of the Leydig cells in all mammalian species so far examined. The rat Insl3 gene is encoded by two exons in close juxtaposition to the Jak3 gene. Using RT-PCR analysis we now show that in the rat testis it is expressed as both major and minor splice variants, the former encoding the normal protein, the latter a truncated peptide comprising a C-terminally extended B-domain. Both transcripts are produced in constant relative amounts uniquely in the Leydig cells of the postnatal testis and in no other testicular cell type. Rat Insl3 protein is also expressed only in Leydig cells after postnatal day 30. Although specific mRNA is present at earlier times, corresponding protein is not detected. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis of Insl3 transcripts in the mouse MA-10 tumour Leydig cell-line under a wide range of stimulation regimes shows that in an acute context, the Insl3 gene is expressed absolutely constitutively. This is confirmed by transfection and electrophoretic mobility shift (EMSA) analysis of the rat Insl3 gene promoter, wherein the importance of three putative SF-1 responsive elements is underscored, although these appear to differ in their relative importance from their counterparts in the mouse Insl3 gene.Helen Sadeghian, Ravinder Anand-Ivell, Marga Balvers, Vandana Relan and Richard Ivellhttp://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/506028/description#descriptio