(1) The document discusses the psychosocial burden faced by disabled workers due to occupational accidents and injuries. (2) It studied over 500 disabled victims from five industries and found high levels of psychological disturbances like irritability, depression, and anxiety during and after hospitalization. (3) The research strongly supports the need for proper psychosocial rehabilitation programs and the important role of Safe Community Workers in providing psychosocial support, which can help affected individuals and families recover better than just financial payments alone.

1. Area: Evidence for policies, data and statistics
POST-TRAUMA PSYCHOSOCIAL BURDEN DUE TO OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS & INJURY OF DISABLED WORKERS: Need
for Safe Community Intervention
Dr M M Bagali, PhD,
PhD in Safety Area,
Professor and Researcher, Management, Accident Prevention & Social Security area,
Director, Research in Management, Centre for Human Resources and Higher Education, a SU,
303, Grace Residency Enclave area, 3rd Block, 2nd Cross, 1st Phase, HBR layout, Kalyanagar,
Bangalore - 560043, India,
dr. mmbagali@gmail.com
Background: Accident prevention and Safety Promotion is important for safe community living. If all have to leave
happy life, than Safe community should be established. Establishing Safe Community and strategic intervention is
need of the hour. Relieving the psycho-social burden calls for establishing Safe Community, for better living.
Purpose: To critically study POST-TRAUMA PSYCHOSOCIAL BURDEN DUE TO OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS & INJURY OF
DISABLED WORKERS at workplaceand why it is important to have safe community intervention. The present research
work intervention was done at 3 stages: (a) knowing how the victim and family members felt immediate after the
incidence (post-responses), (b) after few days of hospitalisation (in hospital), and(c) presently after the incidence, i.e.
after long span of time and before joining back to work.
Method: A population of more than 500 employees (Major Disabled Victims) fromfiveindustries involving all themajor
disabling injury, was the focus group. MDI, major disabling injury, cause much after math difficulties & lead to lot of
adjustment problems for the worker(s) at work place,and family living,thus,MDI was of crucial in studying.Itwas also
felt the need for professional intervention by SafeCommunity experts and community workers, and this research study
is undertaken to bring out Strategy for Safe community establishment and how it has to be undertaken.
Results: The results 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 significantco-relation between
injury, burden and difficulties undergone, especially for those families with lack of better economic standing.
Psychological disturbancewas experienced much during hospitalisation & at home, with high symptoms of irritability,
depression, nightmare, worry and anxiety provoking behaviours. Infact, on sociological area, there was lot of
disturbance in family social relation, daily activity, high level of helplessness & more dependency.
Conclusion(s): Since, accident, injury & after-math burden faced is always damaging to the person (victim), family
members and dear ones, there is a greater need for proper psychosocial rehabilitation program, than financial
payments. The pains experienced are more than any payments done to heal the suffering and cant be substituted by
any monetary support. The roleof a separate person,especially,a person from the background of Preventive Medicine
and Rehabilitation is looked for. And, SCW…. Safe Community Worker role is immense & timely in such situation,
becauseby virtue of training in psychosocial area by SCW, psychosocial welfareof affected ones & their families can be
taken care off to greater extent. The research strongly supports the importance of Psychosocial help rather than
financial help in building a healthy winning workplace, thus, creating an organisation to work with. This research work
places high standards on the role that SCW would be rendering for greater Social Welfareof the disabled victim.If the
situation issimilar atother Asian- Pacific countries,then the presentpaper will beof greathelp for discussion and finding
concrete solutions.
A movement in this direction throughout the globe will be an apt step by all SCW in joining hands and relieving the
sufferings of the disabled working class and Post trauma Management.
Key words: Policies and Planning, Data and Statistics, Post trauma Management, Safe Community, VIOLENCE
FREE COMMUNITY