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1. POST-TRAUMA PSYCHOSOCIAL BURDEN DUE TO OCCUPATIONAL
ACCIDENTS & INJURY OF DISABLED WORKERS: Trauma Care and Rehabilitation
perspectives
Dr M M Bagali, PhD,
PhD in Safety Area,
Professor and Researcher, Management, Accident Prevention & Social Security area,
Head, Research in Management, JAIN University, #319, 17th cross, 25th main, JP nagar, 6th
phase, Bangalore 560 078. India
Background: The Post-trauma burden, stress, strain, difficulties faced by victim & family members are
too severe and damaging, if one is looking at providing safe work community for Industrial worker
population. Infact, effects of occupational accidents in Industry and after-math burden faced are a
mainstream labour problem that rarely receives management and community attention. At the same time, we
must also recognize that every father, every young man & young women killed or disabled at work is a loss
to our community & to our future as a nation. A child grows without a parent, parents grow old without
children, and community is at great lose. A total family disorganization prevails which has an adverse
Psychosocial adjustment influence on daily functioning of the victim and the family members, per se.
Methods: To critically study POST-TRAUMA PSYCHOSOCIAL BURDEN DUE TO
OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS & INJURY OF DISABLED WORKERS at workplace and issues of
Social Welfare. The intervention was done at 3 stages: (a) knowing how they felt immediate after the
incidence (post-responses), (b) after few days of hospitalization (in hospital), and (c) presently after the
incidence, i.e. after long span of time and before joining back to work.
Results: To critically study POST-TRAUMA PSYCHOSOCIAL BURDEN DUE TO OCCUPATIONAL
ACCIDENTS & INJURY OF DISABLED WORKERS at workplace and issues of Social Welfare. The
intervention was done at 3 stages: (a) knowing how they felt immediate after the incidence (post-responses),
(b) after few days of hospitalization (in hospital), and (c) presently after the incidence, i.e. after long span of
time and before joining back to work.
Conclusions: With corresponding value showed a high level of significant relation between accident,
resultant injury and post- trauma psychosocial burden undergone. Infact, there was high level of significant
co-relation between injury, burden and difficulties undergone, especially for those families with lack of
better economic standing. Psychological disturbance was experienced much during hospitalization & at
home, with high symptoms of irritability, depression, nightmare, worry and anxiety provoking behaviors.
Infact, on sociological area, there was lot of disturbance in family social relation, daily activity, high level of
helplessness & more dependency.
Keywords : Injury Prevention, Health Promotion, Safety and Accident Prevention