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Occupational injury patterns in a hospital-based cross-sectional study in Türkiye: sectoral characteristics, injury profiles, and determinants of multiple injuries (2019-2023)
By Aydogan HC, Unat Öztürk Z and Yaşar Teke H.
Abstract
Background
Occupational accidents remain a major public health and economic burden, particularly in middle-income countries. While healthcare workers and high-energy industrial sectors are often examined separately, hospital-based injury data derived from forensic medical records provide a structured opportunity to compare sector-specific injury patterns within a unified analytical framework.
Methods
This retrospective hospital-based cross-sectional study included all occupational injury cases presenting to a tertiary emergency department and systematically documented through forensic medical records between 2019 and 2023 (n = 402). Sociodemographic characteristics, sector, accident mechanism, injury location, and injury count were analysed. Associations were assessed using chi square tests and Cramérs V. Independent predictors of multiple injuries were examined using binary logistic regression, and sector- and mechanism-specific within-sample relative risks were calculated.