The Risc Factors of Occupational Injuries in Sugar Factories of Konya Region (Konya - Eregli - 11gm)

In this case - control study, we examined the oc-cupational injuries which had happened at years of 1990 and 1991 in sugar factories (Konya - Eregli - Nut) of Konya Region. We took 230 male workers who were subjected to an occupational injury during these two years as case group and 230 male workers who were not subjectedto any occupational injuries during these two years as control group. By analy-zing the matched workers who were involved in our study, we found out that in married workers, the risk of occupational injury was 2.5 times higher than the unmarried workers. The workers who had a se-niority of less than two years had a higher oc-cupational injury risk as 5.1 times greater than the workers who had a seniority of more than two years. It was seen that, among the machinists the oc-cupational injury risk was 5.6 times greater than the helper staff It is determined that, 51.7 % of whom subjected to an occupational injury, were subjected to that injury while they were doing repairing. It is concluded that the greatest part of oc-cupational injury could he prevented by taking simp-le preventive measures.