Occupational and non-occupational factors associated with work-related injuries among construction workers in the USA

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• Personal Author:
  Dong, Xiuwen S. ; Largay, Julie A. ; Wang X
• Description:
  Background: Many factors contribute to occupational injuries. However, these factors have been compartmentalized and isolated in most studies. Objective: To examine the relationship between work-related injuries and multiple occupational and non-occupational factors among construction workers in the USA. Methods: Data from the 1988-2000 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 cohort (N = 12,686) were analyzed. Job exposures and health behaviors were examined and used as independent variables in four multivariate logistic regression models to identify associations with occupational injuries. Results: After controlling for demographic variables, occupational injuries were 18% (95% CI: 1.04-1.34) more likely in construction than in non-construction. Blue-collar occupations, job physical efforts, multiple jobs, and long working hours accounted for the escalated risk in construction. Smoking, obesity/overweight, and cocaine use significantly increased the risk of work-related injury when demographics and occupational factors were held constant. Conclusions: Workplace injuries are better explained by simultaneously examining occupational and non-occupational characteristics. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Body Weight Construction Industry Demography Mental Health Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Smokers Substance-Related Disorders Surveys And Questionnaires Tobacco Products Workload

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Job Exposures Body-weight Cigarette-smoking Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Demographic-characteristics Drug-abuse Health-surveys Health Behaviors Injuries Injury-prevention Mental-health Multiple Exposures Occupational Injuries Occupations Physical-capacity Physical-stress Physiological-effects Risk-factors Smoking Statistical-analysis Weight-factors Work-capability Work-capacity Work-intervals Workers Workplace Injuries

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• ISSN:
  1077-3525
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  142-150
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046448
• Citation:
  Int J Occup Environ Health 2015 Mar; 21(2):142-150
• Contact Point Address:
  X. S. Dong, CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
• Email:
  sdong@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6383064feef5abca0b0ed7a9fc8c071d0ed3a02eb668403b420c6342a0a81c3a9714f6da226912b7a8bf3bc5633ae56a377ea1a76a3936e835325b7b5fcfa2f8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201503/cdc_201503_DS1.pdf
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