Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
MEDICINA DEL LAVORO, cilt.116, sa.5, ss.1-13, 2025 (SCI-Expanded)
Abstract
Background: Accidents in underground coal mining can cause deaths, serious injuries, and material losses. Methods:
This study examined 10,334 work accidents that occurred between 2011 and 2021, resulting in injuries, and evaluated
the causes, severity, and types of injuries. The accidents were investigated under the following subheadings: location
of accidents, causes of accidents, work shifts when the accidents occurred, accident time, accident days, distribution
of accidents by months and years, age of workers, occupational groups, educational status of workers, working day
losses, and body parts that were injured. The severity of accidents was categorized into three levels: mild, moderate,
and severe, based on the workday losses incurred by the workers after the accident. The severity of accidents and factors
affecting their severity were analyzed using multinomial logistic regression. Results: There is a significant statistical
relationship between the severity of accidents and factors such as experience, workplace, accident cause, age, education
status, occupational category, and the affected body part, work shift, according to the analysis. The findings indicate that
accident severity is influenced not only by the immediate circumstances of the incident but also by broader individual
and occupational factors, such as the employee’s level of experience, the work environment, the occupational group, and
the specific body part affected. The analysis revealed that the occupational group variable had statistically significant
interaction effects with multiple other variables. Conclusions: The study presents all aspects of the hazards faced by the
workers and suggests measures to reduce the number and severity of accidents that occur in underground coal mining.