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Alternative Title:
Workplace Health Saf
Personal Author:
Yeoman, Kristin ; Sussell, Aaron ; Retzer, Kyla ; Poplin, Gerald
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Description:
Background:

Analyzing health risk factors among current workers by industry and occupation (IO) provides information on disparities between worker groups, especially when comparing workers within manual labor occupations. Mining and oil and gas extraction (OGE) are unique industries with different work environments that could affect health risk factors. The study objective was to compare the prevalence of health risk factors of miners, OGE, other manual labor, and non-manual labor workers.

Methods:

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System’s IO module was analyzed for years 2013–2017 to compare prevalences of excessive alcohol use, smoking, smokeless tobacco use, seat belt use, inadequate sleep, and obesity among four worker groups. National Health Interview Survey IO codes were used to categorize miners, OGE, other manual labor, and non-manual labor workers.

Findings:

Miners and OGE workers had higher prevalence estimates than both non-manual and manual labor workers for all health risk factors except current smoking. Both miners and OGE workers were significantly more likely than other manual labor workers to report smokeless tobacco use and not always wearing seatbelts. Compared with other manual labor workers, OGE workers were significantly more likely to report obesity, and miners were significantly more likely to report inadequate sleep.

Conclusions/Application to Practice:

Prevalence of most health risk factors differed among miners, OGE, other manual labor, and non-manual labor workers. These differences could lead to disparities in health outcomes. Occupational health professionals in mining and OGE can use this information to inform and target integrated wellness and health and safety programs.


Subjects:
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Alcoholism Humans Miners Obesity Occupational Health Oil And Gas Industry Risk Factors Seat Belts Sleep Tobacco Use
Source:
Workplace Health Saf. 68(8):391-401
Pubmed ID:
32484732
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC8340646
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
Name as Subject:
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:938b6ce345b455af5cdedc1d70a057b158ef826a3f98c68b1c71a115e05371cd
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/108712/cdc_108712_DS1.pdf
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