Injury, Illness, and Disability Risk in American Seafarers

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• Personal Author:
  Lefkowitz RY ; Redlich CA ; Slade MD
• Description:
  Background: Seafarers are an understudied and essential workforce, isolated from medical care. This study describes injuries, illness, and risk factors for resultant disability in one shipping company with a majority of American seafarers. Methods: The study used a telemedicine database of injury and illness incidence in seafarers, and applied descriptive statistical methods and logistic regression modeling. Results: Illnesses were more frequently reported than injuries (860 vs 479). The overall injury rate was 113 per 1000 person-years, and the overall illness rate was 211 per 1000 person-years. Seafarer ratings had higher risk for disability compared to officers (OR = 1.60; 95%CI 1.17, 2.18), and incidents on dry cargo ships (OR = 2.70; 95%CI 1.49, 4.91) and articulated tug-barges (ATBs) (OR = 2.21; 95%CI 1.26, 3.86) had higher disability risk compared to container vessels. Conclusion: Additional research in this vital American workforce may be useful to confirm these findings forming a basis for preventive interventions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Database Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Ships
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Disability Databases Data Processing Disabled Workers Health Care Injuries Marine Workers Maritime Mathematical Models Medical Services Models Occupational Accidents Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Hazards Occupational Injury Regression Analysis Risk Factors Seafarer Sea Water Shipyard Workers Statistical Analysis Telemedicine

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  120-129
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050731
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2018 Feb; 61(2):120-129
• Contact Point Address:
  Rafael Y. Lefkowitz, MD, MPH, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510
• Email:
  rafael.lefkowitz@yale.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
• Performing Organization:
  Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20150901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20180831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ed9209b4dec17d9711480e485fa0668206a29acbe29ea64e276a029fdc3625b369de655e1e13332a7fb0d8b505cd3645b8cfc94f5b6ce62046fa78661b924cc9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210962/cdc_210962_DS1.pdf
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