Slip and Fall-Related Injuries in Relation to Environmental Cold and Work Location in Above-Ground Coal Mining Operations

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• Personal Author:
  Bell JL ; Gardner LI ; Landsittel DP
• Description:
  The association between slip and fall-related injuries and environmental temperature was examined for mostly enclosed (inside vehicles, machinery, or buildings), outdoor (outside, not enclosed), and enclosed/outdoor jobs in the coal mining industry to see if differences existed among the three work locations that had varying exposure to cold temperatures. Temperature data from the National Climatic Data Center and injury data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration were evaluated from 1985-1990 for seven states. Proportionate methods were used to examine the relationship between slips and falls and temperature. Proportionate injury ratios of slips and fall-related injuries increased as temperature declined for all three work locations. Proportion of slips and fall-related injuries that occurred while running/walking increased with declining temperature, with the ground outside as the most common source of these injuries. Outside movement becomes a greater hazard at freezing temperatures for workers in all locations, not just outdoor workers. Any intervention methods geared toward reducing injury incidents facilitated by cold weather must also be directed toward workers who spend time in more enclosed locations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Coal Coal Mining Cold Temperature Environment Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Pollution Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Temperature Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Analytical-methods Analytical-processes Author Keywords: Slips Coal-miners Coal-mining Cold-environments Cold-tolerance Cold-weather-operations Environmental-exposure Environmental-factors Environmental-hazards Environmental-physiology Environmental-protection Environmental Cold Falls Injury-prevention Mine-workers Mine Safety And Health Administration Data Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Occupational Injuries Statistical-analysis Temperature-control Temperature-effects Temperature-measurement Work-areas Work-environment

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  40-48
• Volume:
  38
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024809
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2000 Jul; 38(1):40-48
• Contact Point Address:
  Jennifer L. Bell, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Safety Research, 1095 Willowdale Road, M/S P1133, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3d4f1126a8d758764d239ad3051b80c1c20bb4871d1809f348d1dce21c7e28a69810c6df002ac05264aef08be364fda78f42d7c6c4834703b1708c3b196b5c5d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196427/cdc_196427_DS1.pdf
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