Use of Employer Administrative Databases to Identify Systematic Causes of Injury in Aluminum Manufacturing

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• Personal Author:
  Agnew J ; Cantley L ; Cullen MR ; Pollack KM ; Sircar K ; Slade MD ; Taiwo O ; Vegso S
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: Employer administrative files are an underutilized source of data in epidemiologic studies of occupational injuries. METHODS: Personnel files, occupational health surveillance data, industrial hygiene data, and a real-time incident and injury management system from a large multi-site aluminum manufacturer were linked deterministically. An ecological-level measure of physical job demand was also linked. This method successfully created a database containing over 100 variables for 9,101 hourly employees from eight geographically dispersed U.S. plants. RESULTS: Between 2002 and 2004, there were 3,563 traumatic injuries to 2,495 employees. The most common injuries were sprain/strains (32%), contusions (24%), and lacerations (14%). A multivariable logistic regression model revealed that physical job demand was the strongest predictor of injury risk, in a dose dependent fashion. Other strong predictors of injury included female gender, young age, short company tenure and short time on current job. CONCLUSIONS: Employer administrative files are a useful source of data, as they permit the exploration of risk factors and potential confounders that are not included in many population-based surveys. The ability to link employer administrative files with injury surveillance data is a valuable analysis strategy for comprehensively studying workplace injuries, identifying salient risk factors, and targeting workforce populations disproportionately affected. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Demography Education 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-surveys Injuries Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Occupational-accidents Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-measures Safety-research Sex-factors Smoking Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-environment Work-performance Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• 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
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032844
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2007 Sep; 50(9):676-686
• 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 Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:89960958e02663d405b058c93f38001e410875fef594691b76d3be7d1517c0e42a48a23e2efdadaa2cc7b785ef86c4aeffc696bfd2dd7718ccf852123367b987
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186666/cdc_186666_DS1.pdf
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