Heat exposure and injury risk: a case-crossover study of heat exposure and injury risk in outdoor agricultural workers

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• Personal Author:
  Adams D ; Bonauto DK ; Busch-Isaksen T ; Calkins M ; Fenske RA ; Lieblich M ; Sheppard L ; Spector JT
• Description:
  It is well documented that heat exposure can lead to heat-related illness in outdoor workers. Some studies suggest a link between heat exposure and injury risk. Agricultural orchard workers often perform physically intense harvest tasks in summer months when the weather is very warm. The purpose of this research was to investigate whether outdoor agricultural workers face an increased risk of traumatic injury on the job in hotter weather. Using a case-crossover study design, worker exposure to heat and humidity (Humidex) on days when an injury occurred was compared to days without injury, based on work location. This study is based on 12,213 Washington State Workers' Compensation traumatic injury claims from outdoor agricultural workers between 2000 and 2012. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Hot Temperature Meteorology Occupational Health Safety Temperature
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Analytical Models Body Temperature Climatic Effects Climatic Factors Heat Exchange Heat Exposure Information Processing Information Systems Injuries Injury Prevention Outdoors Outdoor Workers Physical Stress Physiological Response Regression Analysis Seasonal Factors Temperature Effects Temperature Measurement Traumatic Injuries Work Analysis Workers Compensation Work Performance

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• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Case Studies
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049524
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 75-22-2016, 2016 Oct; :1
• Contact Point Address:
  June T. Spector, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Email:
  spectj@u.washington.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington - Seattle
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20140701
• Source Full Name:
  Heat exposure and injury risk: a case-crossover study of heat exposure and injury risk in outdoor agricultural workers
• End Date:
  20180630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:53994ca936db463e1170a2977d6d53e0d6dfb6323b16aa6a4f52335a9618b6a5704d35d6e7bb73707d12280971261afc62cd100866ccfbc784bfa478eda5323b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203959/cdc_203959_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 320.16 KB ]