Risk Factors for Occupational Injuries Among Older Workers: An Analysis of the Health and Retirement Study

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• Personal Author:
  Davis CS ; Heeringa SG ; Sprince NL ; Wallace RB ; Whitten PS ; Zwerling C
• Description:
  This study examined risk factors for occupational injury among older workers. We analyzed data on 6854 employed nonfarmers from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a population-based sample of Americans 51 through 61 years old. Occupational injuries were associated with the following: the occupations of mechanics and repairers (odds ratio [OR] = 2.27), service personnel (OR = 1.68), and laborers (OR = 2.18); jobs requiring heavy lifting (OR = 2.75); workers' impaired hearing (OR = 1.60) and impaired vision (OR = 1.53); and jobs requiring good vision (OR = 1.43). Self-employment was associated with fewer injuries (OR = 0.47). These results emphasize the importance of a good match between job demands and worker capabilities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Demography Epidemiology Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Demographic-characteristics Injuries Job-analysis Occupational-health Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Workers
• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Michigan ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  86
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024271
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 1996 Sep; 86(9):1306-1309
• Contact Point Address:
  Craig Zwerling, MD, PhD, MPH, University of Iowa Prevention Research Center, 100 Oakdale Campus, 124 AMRF, Iowa City, IA 52242
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, School of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19940930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• End Date:
  19970929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cc694ff4dc1d05e8c1b9c49158ae81f4ab9a475840638f6a36ed5a6a9ca10d81677db52c278b083f2c4d7ef0c8de975dbc7909cd2fac1fae38ae77c16298e89f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196158/cdc_196158_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.02 MB ]