Just in the Wrong Place…?: Geographic Tools for Occupational Injury/Illness Surveillance

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• Personal Author:
  Burke TA ; Curriero FC ; Neff RA
• Description:
  Background: Geographic analysis is now integral to public health surveillance, but has been underused for occupational injury/illness. Methods Mapping and spatial statistics are used to examine national county-level mean establishment Lost Workday Injury/Illness (LWDII) rates in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Data Initiative (ODI), 1997-2001. The following questions are explored: Does occupational injury/illness vary geographically at the county level?; Does variation remain after accounting for industry hazard?; Where are rates higher or lower than expected? Results The methods provide evidence of geographic variation in nonfatal occupational injury/illness rates, including after adjusting for industry hazard. Conclusions Geographic analyses can improve intervention targeting, suggest risk factors for investigation, and make the case for targeting resources to prevention in hardhit areas, as well as improving ongoing surveillance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Public Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Geography County-level Geographic Information Systems Industrial-hazards Information-systems Injuries Lost-work-days Mapping Occupational-diseases Occupational-health Occupational Health Occupational Injury Occupational Safety Public-health Ranking Risk-analysis Risk-factors Spatial Surveillance Surveillance-programs

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• 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
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034824
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2008 Sep; 51(9):680-690
• Contact Point Address:
  Roni A. Neff, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N.Wolfe St., Room E2640, Baltimore, MD 21205
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:69017ccc766f7aaca0a49834a3a958029336bc61ebd94345e17aa6dcd251cd6c82d7e37fc0840cbe61ec6d56d2b93f00e23ce7ca2770a38c1e65c653f3e02970
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186888/cdc_186888_DS1.pdf
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