[Risk factors associated with work-related accidents in the construction industry in the Valley of Mexico].

Objective: Our aim was to describe construction-industry, work-related accident prevalence in, associated factors in, and potential impact on affiliated workers of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, IMSS) in the Valley of Mexico.

Materials And Methods: Prevalent cases in a retrospective case-control design.

Cases: These include 385 construction-industry workers who were found to have construction work-related accidents in 2001.