The Increasing Occupational Injury Rate in Nursing Homes

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• Personal Author:
  Jensen RC
• Description:
  This investigation was undertaken to learn more about the kinds of injuries that contributed to the 44 percent increase in the lost-workday case rate for nursing and personal care facilities between 1980 and 1987. Using workers' compensation data from 22 states it was determined that the most apparent reason was an increase in sprain/strain cases. Of all claims from this industry, sprains/strains constituted 59.6 percent in 1980. By 1986 these cases had increased to 67.9 percent. Over half of the sprain/strain injuries involved the worker's back. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Health-care Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Injuries Lost-work-days Monitoring-systems Muscle-tension Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Nurses Nursing Statistical-analysis

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• ISBN:
  9780850667486
• Publisher:
  Taylor and Francis
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030738
• Citation:
  Advances in industrial ergonomics and safety II. Das B, Mital A, eds. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor and Francis, 1990 Jun; 2:569-576
• Editor(s):
  Das B; Mital A
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Advances in industrial ergonomics and safety II. Proceedings of the Annual International Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Conference held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 10-13 June 1990. The Official Conference of the International Foundation for Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Research
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9574b9f3a4a2dba6100bb2126060d6a346ebc665bd6d2a69a912440ddc66193449b2d71e2641a233d21905a0a936cad4d57cc7189e88d15c6364b67bf8f3a088
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191256/cdc_191256_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.36 MB ]