[Workplace accidents in health-related personnel in the province of León].

BACKGROUND

To get an initial knowledge about the morbidity by workplace accidents in health related personal (hospital and primary attention) in Leon province.

METHODS

Retrospective study relative to workplace accidents with time off work result, in health related personal, in Leon province, for 1990.

RESULTS

We have observed a rate of workplace accidents in health related personal (31, 4/1000) smaller than general workers in Leon province (63, 3/1000), Castilla y Leon community (44, 7/1000) and Spain (59, 8/1000). The rate in female population (37, 4/1000) was higher than the rate in men (21,7/1000). By jobs, the attendant an maintenance personal, had more accidents (rate of 118/1000). The most frequent mechanism was "fall" (38.2%). The most frequent lesion was "swerve" (38.2%). About the part of the body, the most injured were superior members (30.9%) and inferior members (30%), 93.7% of workplace accidents were qualified as slight accidents.

CONCLUSIONS

The health related personal have a lower rate of accidents than general workers. The risk of workplace accident is directly related with job and place of work. The slight pathological result is most frequent.