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  • Title: Workplace traumatic accidental death in Northen Tunisia.
    Author: Ben Khelil M, Harzallah H, Elmoulehy-Majed H, Belghith M, Hamdoun M.
    Journal: Tunis Med; 2019 Jul; 97(7):918-924. PubMed ID: 31872404.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Workplace accidents represented a Global public health problem with about two millions persons dying from accidents at work or occupational diseases. In Tunisia, data on fatal traumatic workplace accidents remain scarce. Work-related accidents accounted for 0.4% of the employed population in 2014, with a prevalence of fatal accidents between 4 and 25 per 100,000 workers depending on the region and the field. AIM: To describe the victim's profile of workplace traumatic accidents in Northern Tunisia. METHODS: It was a retrospective cross-sectional study, including all cases of accidental workplace traumatic accidents autopsied at the Department of Forensic Medicine, Charles Nicolle Hospital in Tunis over a period of 12 years (2003- 2014). RESULTS: We collected 741 cases, including 724 men. The median age was 38.5 years. Construction sector represented 70% and the industrial sector represented 12.6% of cases. Victims were workers in 91.4%. Falls from height was the most frequent accident type (43.5%), followed by objects falling (26.5%) and electrocutions (18.5%). Death occurred at the place of accidents in 58% cases. CONCLUSION: Our study highlighted the need to reinforce and to adapt the prevention measures toward workers in the construction sector, in order to reduce the mortality from traumatic workplace accidents.
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