SPSS statistical software package Version 13 was used for data analysis. The associations between the frequencies of the participants with fatal injuries from falls at construction sites, the demographics, and work-related variables were analyzed. The statistical analysis included Pearson χ2 test, and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Significance level was set at p< 0.05.
The following variables were evaluated in terms of their distribution and completeness: The outcome (fatal injury type), dependent, sociodemographic characteristics (sex, age, level of education), type of employment (full time: regular work more than 36 hours/week, part time: regular work less than 36 hours/ week, causal; has no guaranteed hours of work and usually works irregular hours, fixed term, employed for a specific period of time or task, shift worker: works shifts and gets an extra payment for working shift hours), and occupation place at the time of the occupational injury, insurance state. The dependent versus the outcome variables were plotted to identify outliers and trends in the data. Categorical and ordinal variables were derived where appropriate. The categories of the cause and nature of injury variables were collapsed to group the least frequently occurring categories.