Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study is to describe the pattern of occupational injuries among General Organization of Social Insurance insured workers in Riyadh between 2009 & 2014 and determine the relationship between the occupational injuries and social demographic factors.
Methods: Six years of occupational injuries, from 2009 to 2014, were analyzed in order to investigate the changing profiles according to the various characteristic of injuries; age, gender and nationality of the injured. Also, type of injuries and their outcome. The changing profile of occupational injuries was investigated by calculating the frequencies and incidence rate. Furthermore, we compared mean values using Chi-square test to test the difference categorical data.
Results: The mean age and standard deviation was 38.4 +/- 9.4 years. The most frequent occupational injuries occurred in workers aged between 30 and 39 years. Non-Saudis made the majority of injuries. The most common cause that lead to occupational injuries was struck by or against an object. We found Bruises to be the most common type of injury and led mostly to cure without disability. Disability rate for the past 6 years was 287.6 per 100,000 and mortality rate for the same period was 30.2 per 100,000.
Conclusion: This study found that the population at is non-Saudi men workers aged 30 = 39 years. Hence, they should be the target of safety strategies and further studies should be done to monitor them.