Estimating occupational illness, injury, and mortality in food production in the United States: a farm-to-table analysis

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• Personal Author:
  Leon JS ; Newman LK ; Newman, Lee S.
• Description:
  Objectives: The study provides a novel model and more comprehensive estimates of the burden of occupational morbidity and mortality in food-related industries, using a farm-to-table approach. Methods: The authors analyzed 2008 to 2010 US Bureau of Labor Statistics data for private industries in the different stages of the farm-to-table model (production, processing, distribution and storage, and retail and preparation). Results: The morbidity rate for food system industries was significantly higher than the morbidity rate for nonfood system industries (rate ratio = 1.62; 95% confidence interval = 1.30 to 2.01). Furthermore, the occupational mortality rate for food system industries was significantly higher than the national nonfood occupational mortality rate (rate ratio = 9.51; 95% confidence interval = 2.47 to 36.58). Conclusions: This is the first use of the farm-to-table model to assess occupational morbidity and mortality, and these findings highlighting specific workplace hazards across food system industries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Food-Processing Industry Food Handling Food Industry Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-processes Agricultural-products Agricultural-workers Analytical-models Disease-prevention Diseases Food-processing-industry Food-processing-workers Food-services Hazards Injuries Injury-prevention Morbidity-rates Mortality-data Mortality-rates Statistical-analysis Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Georgia ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046408
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2015 Jul; 57(7):718-725
• Contact Point Address:
  Kira L. Newman, BA, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health and Laney Graduate School, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322
• Email:
  kira.newman@emory.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Colorado, Denver
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4c3a4015ae32e20e6ef05fe89ce5cee59baeb1247687830299192dd927ce97db41fb7b102c73664b0ceed175e2941f42d37e0ec6b53227824d9410da1c3a2f8f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201476/cdc_201476_DS1.pdf
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