Injury and illness data for Illinois mining industry employees, 1990 to 2012

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• Personal Author:
  Almberg K ; Cohen R ; Friedman LS ; Garcia G ; Mabila SL
• Description:
  Objective: This study identifies and evaluates injury types associated with distribution of cause of injuries and compensation among Illinois miners. Methods: Cases were selected from the Illinois Workers' Compensation database from 1990 to 2012 to determine injury distributions and compensation among miners and non-miners. Logistic models were used to analyze total monetary compensation, temporary total disability (TTD), and permanent partial disability as primary outcomes. Results: The major predictors of total monetary compensation in both miners and non-miners were TTD, permanent partial disability, average weekly wage, and age at the time of filing. Systemic injuries were an additional driver of final monetary compensation among miners. Miners were compensated $618 less (total monetary compensation; confidence interval 95%: -971, -266; P<0.001), had 2.1 more weeks away from work (TTD; confidence interval 95%: 1.58, 2.63; P<0.001), and had higher numbers of systemic injuries than non-miners. Conclusions: Systemic injuries are important drivers for total monetary compensation in miners in terms of median compensation and TTD. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Mining Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Age-groups Disabled-workers Exposure-levels Injuries Mine-workers Miners Mining-industry Models Morbidity-rates Mortality-rates Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047103
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2015 Dec; 57(12):1305-1310
• Contact Point Address:
  Sithembile L. Mabila, MS, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, 2121 W Taylor St (Room 431), Chicago, IL 60612
• Email:
  smabil2@uic.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c86919c4d77ef6c879a9a6b6032746c1040d014bfbed66220b14b15548005ffa493dcb59d482eb77be464f75b06b1cadec3e5416402775dc371c7b1618b256a7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202297/cdc_202297_DS1.pdf
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