Association Between Body Mass Index and Acute Traumatic Workplace Injury in Hourly Manufacturing Employees

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• Personal Author:
  Cantley L ; Cullen MR ; Pollack KM ; Sircar K ; Slade MD ; Sorock, Gary S. ; Taiwo O
• Description:
  In this study, the authors examined the distribution and odds of occupational injury among hourly employees of a US aluminum manufacturing company by body mass index (weight (kg)/height (m)(2)). In 2002, height and weight data on 7,690 workers at eight plants were extracted from medical records from annual physicals, and body mass index was categorized. Information on traumatic injuries recorded between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2004, was obtained from a company injury surveillance system. Twenty-nine percent of the employees (n = 2,221) sustained at least one injury. Approximately 85 percent of injured workers were classified as overweight or obese. The odds of injury in the highest obesity group as compared with the ideal body mass index group were 2.21 (95% confidence interval: 1.34, 3.53), after adjustment for sex, age, education, smoking, physical demands of the job, plant process and location, time since hire, time in the job, and significant interaction terms. Injuries to the leg or knee were especially prevalent among members of this very obese group. Research findings support an association between body mass index and traumatic workplace injuries among manufacturing employees. Workplace safety personnel might consider adding policies or programs that address weight reduction and maintenance as part of ongoing comprehensive workplace safety strategies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Demography Hazardous Substances Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Sex Characteristics Smokers Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Demographic-characteristics Health-hazards Health-surveys Injuries Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Occupational-accidents Risk-factors Safety-measures Safety-research Sex-factors Smoking Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Traumatic-injuries Weight-factors Work-analysis Work-environment Work-performance Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0002-9262
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  204-211
• Volume:
  166
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032464
• Citation:
  Am J Epidemiol 2007 Jul; 166(2):204-211
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Keshia M. Pollack, Department of Health Policy and Management, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Room 557, Baltimore, MD 21202
• Email:
  kpollack@jhsph.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Special Populations
• Performing Organization:
  Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Epidemiology
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c2bd3c389ffd784ffba250b4604a5d1c7febc8ad45f0229b52b4e2aef1bad71a59257ed6b4cb6cc76c80015193944f32d49b88b8e59f93205059192b0959100d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186418/cdc_186418_DS1.pdf
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