Characteristics of nonfatal occupational injuries among U.S. workers with and without disabilities

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• Personal Author:
  Gardner S ; Lu B ; Shi J ; Stallones L ; Thompson MC ; Wheeler KK ; Xiang H
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: Workers with disabilities have a higher risk of nonfatal occupational injuries than workers without disabilities. The characteristics of these injuries are not well described. METHODS: Using 1997-2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data, we compared the nonfatal occupational injuries sustained by U.S. workers with and without disabilities. RESULTS: Overexertion or strenuous movements and falls accounted for 56.7% of all occupational injuries in workers with disabilities, compared with 45.6% in workers without a disability. Workers with disabilities were more frequently injured in the lower extremity (32.3% vs. 26.6%) or torso (22.9% vs. 16.9%). Workers with disabilities sustained more unspecified injuries (13.5% vs. 7.9%) and fewer open wound injuries (15.7% vs. 24.2%) than their counterparts without a disability. CONCLUSIONS: U.S. workers with disabilities had a higher rate of occupational injuries and these injuries tended to be more severe and were more likely to be caused by overexertion/ strenuous movement or falls. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Adolescent Age Factors Demography Education Epidemiology Men Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sex Characteristics Women

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• Keywords:
  Accident-potential Accident-prevention Adolescents Age-factors Author Keywords: Disability Children Demographic-characteristics Disabled-workers Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Injury Severity Nonfatal Occupational Injury Racial-factors Risk-factors Safety-research Sex-factors U.S. Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  168-177
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045566
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2015 Feb; 58(2):168-177
• Contact Point Address:
  Huiyun Xiang, MD, MPH, PhD, Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205
• Email:
  huiyun.xiang@nationwidechildrens.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Research Institute Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20140831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:832d8f4cc6518c9df1d2bbdd828d9ba4a20f22cdf653af75dabcc16223e02c08f59ec0c876c8d2eb44cbd4913b6a8913e89e4f3e6169f30003217de503271858
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200939/cdc_200939_DS1.pdf
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