**Funding**

*Occupational Wellbeing*

**5. Conclusions**

employees to being exposed to accidents.

will have a minimizing impact on work accidents.

their education. There is a strong relationship between safety awareness and risks experienced [38]. For this reason, improving the safety awareness of individuals is of utmost importance. Accordingly, it is vital that individuals receive training in risk

this pressure [46]. All these behaviors and stress trigger further depression.

According to the study results, alcohol consumption caused an increased rate of work accidents. There are studies that demonstrate alcohol use and smoking increase work accidents, both in men and women [44]. Contrary to this study, there are also other studies in the literature demonstrating that bad habits such as using alcohol and smoking do not influence work accidents [45]. Additionally, it was found that people with poor health are more likely to experience work accidents than people with good health. In general, people's poor health conditions make them unable to focus on their job and not being careful enough. This situation leads

Methods such as young employees receiving a good education, workers completing their education before beginning work, regular check-ups for employees and early intervention in diseases, attempts to reduce stress in work life as well as to reduce the negative impact of the job environment on employees, preserving a positive work-life balance, and supporting employees with bad habits such as alcohol and smoking through various rehab activities can play significant roles in reducing work accidents. Also, having first aid experts and doctors constantly available on the job site will help to minimize bad outcome from injuries with early intervention in accidents. In addition, workers not working for long hours during the day, workers having sufficient breaks, and workers having holidays will prevent loss of focus during work, thus playing a great role in reducing work accidents. Using safety signs in workplaces, having constant supervision of employees during working hours, and immediate intervention with people who violate safety rules

This study had several limitations. First, the study data were secondary data. Variables required for statistical analysis consisted of existing variables in the

It was detected in the study that people who had received psycho-social support/ had experienced depression had more work accidents. It has been demonstrated in several studies that stressful living conditions increase the probability of having a work accident. It has been demonstrated that situations affecting the personal life of individuals, such as being unable to consume adequate food, a suffocating work life, and environmental problems, increase the risk of work accidents [33, 40–42]. Stress and pressure can have different consequences on the probability of men or women to experience work accidents. While stress caused by a lack of organizational support in women is a major reason for them to experience work accidents, this situation was not applicable to men experiencing work accidents [43]. Accordingly, individuals' low level of social support from their workplace and stress increased work accidents. It has also been reported in similar studies that women are more affected by workload and stress [44, 45]. However, the fact that individuals experience the pressure of the requirements of high productivity also increases the likelihood of work accidents because individuals can display dangerous behaviors due to

management and the use of personal protective equipment [39].

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**6. Limitations**

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
