Reliability of Job-Title Based Physical Work Exposures for the Upper Extremity: Comparison to Self-Reported and Observed Exposure Estimates

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• Personal Author:
  Dale, Ann M. ; Evanoff BA ; Franzblau, Alfred ; Gardner BT ; Lombardi DA
• Description:
  OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the agreement between job-title based estimates for upper extremity physical work exposures and exposure estimates from work observation and worker self-report. METHODS: Self-reported exposure questionnaires were completed by 972 workers, and exposure estimates based on worksite observation were completed for a subset of 396 workers. Job-title based estimates were obtained from O*NET, an American database of job demands. Agreement between self-reported, observed and job-title based physical work exposures was assessed using Spearman correlations and intraclass correlation coefficients. RESULTS: Job-title based exposure estimates from O*NET, self-reported and observer-rated exposures showed moderate to good levels of agreement for some upper extremity exposures, including lifting, forceful grip, use of vibrating tools and wrist bending. CONCLUSIONS: Job-title based physical work exposure variables may provide useful surrogate measures of upper extremity exposure data in the absence of other individual level data such as observed or self-reported exposure. Further validation of these data is necessary to determine the utility of the O*NET databases in future epidemiological studies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Injuries Injury-prevention Management-personnel Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Occupational-psychology Occupations Physical-stress Physiological-effects Physiology Quantitative-analysis Questionnaires Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-research Statistical-analysis Work-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Work-organization Work-performance Work-practices Worker-health Worker-motivation Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1351-0711
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  67
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037623
• Citation:
  Occup Environ Med 2010 Aug; 67(8):538-547
• Contact Point Address:
  Bradley A Evanoff, Washington University School of Medicine, Division of General Medical Sciences, Campus Box 8005, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63110
• Email:
  bevanoff@dom.wustl.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Manufacturing
• Performing Organization:
  Washington University - St. Louis, Missouri
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040601
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20151231
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d78ad50ff3053904807c7dc0d33e4ee279ea6288578ffa9981390f75391b0dd9224ac127a563da20fe093e7caf6d24b9d6cc46681f09d86f7b961a39266a48fd
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188682/cdc_188682_DS1.pdf
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