Traumatic Occupational Injuries in Hispanic and Foreign Born Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Anozie S ; Avila S ; Forst L ; Rubin R
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: Hispanic and foreign-born workers suffer high rates of occupational fatality. Reasons for this are not well understood. Our aim was to gather information about the details related to severe, non-fatal occupational injuries in this vulnerable population. METHODS: Eight years of data were obtained from an urban trauma center. In addition, medical consultations of individuals admitted for an occupational injury during an 8-month period are reported. RESULTS: Hispanics were more highly represented than expected; their number of injuries steadily rose. Hispanics were more likely to be injured by machinery and hand tools. Workers reported hazardous working conditions, lack of workers compensation, short time in current employment, and not working in their usual job. CONCLUSION: Trauma systems can provide a glimpse of risk factors for severe injuries in vulnerable workers. We recommend greater use of this data source, follow backs, long-term follow up of individuals, and improvement of surveillance of vulnerable working populations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Hispanic Workers Foreign Born Workers Injury Surveillance Mortality-rates Occupational-accidents Occupational Injury Racial-factors Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-climate Safety-measures Safety-practices Trauma Systems Work-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Workplace-monitoring Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  344-351
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036755
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2010 Apr; 53(4):344-351
• Contact Point Address:
  Linda Forst, School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2121 W. Taylor, MC 922, Chicago, IL 60612
• Email:
  Forst-L@uic.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:28f61e456aa8044c638bd519804536f2b1c1697a44fd591b1c08e5b23e8be25d191bb8e091efb62c3c25b0a19e4726c1ca88eb15803571f1f7e368b93ae400c3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188051/cdc_188051_DS1.pdf
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