association of non-organizational factors and occupational accidents: a field study based on structural equation modeling

Background: non-organizational or non-occupational factors are among the most important risk factors that significantly influence the emergence of occupational accidents. this study aimed to investigate the association between non-organizational factors and occupational accidents. materials and methods: in this descriptive study the structural equation modeling was applied on the data that was collected using a self-developed questionnaire. the random selected sample (n=360) included damaged people referred to the emergency department in tehran province for treatment during a five-year period (2019-2015). the data analysis was carried out using ibm spss amos v. 23.0. the goodness of fit indices, including χ2/df, rmsea, gfi, cfi, nfi, and tli, were evaluated. results: the mean age and work experience of the experts' panel was 37.52±2.73 and 9.90±3.18 years, respectively. the cronbach's alpha coefficient of the non-organizational factors of occupational accidents was calculated as 0.86. generally, 35.3% of accidents were due to slip and fall, as well as falling the heavy object with 24.1%. the non-organizational index was estimated at 2.95. the factor analysis findings showed a statistically significant association between the non-organizational factors and the occupational accidents (p<0.05). conclusion: the results showed a reverse and significant association between the index of non-organizational factors with the title and type of accidents, cause of accidents, type of outcome or damage caused by accidents, and time of accident occurrence. additionally, this index indicated a direct significant association with the gender, age, work experience, education, marital status, and the type of shift work schedule of the affected people.