Risk Factors for Injury Among Federal Wildland Firefighters in the United States

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• Personal Author:
  Birtton CL
• Description:
  This research project focused on estimating the burden of injury on large federal wildland fires and describing the injury characteristics and risk factors for severity of injury in a sample of injured federal wildland firefighters. Chapter 2 "Peak incident management level affects rates of injury on large federal wildland fires" reports estimates of rates of injury for large federal wildland fires and assesses the effect of peak incident management level (PIML) as a predictor of rate of injury. After adjusting for seasonal factors and fire characteristics, PIML was a predictor of both rate of injury and odds of any injury occurrence, but the effect was opposite. Fires with higher PIML demonstrated lower incidence rate ratios, but the odds of injury were increased. Chapter 3 "Wildland fire job assignment and burden of injury" describes the injury characteristics and severity associated with the firefighter's job assignment in fire-related injuries reported to the United States Department of Interior. Job assignment was significantly associated with cause and nature of injury, but not with the severity of injury as defined by days off work or job transfer. Chapter 4 "Cause, characteristics and severity of injuries in wildland firefighters" examines the relationship between the cause of injury and type of injury and the severity of injury. Injuries caused by slips, trips or falls were most frequently reported. Injuries caused by bites or stings and plants were less likely to be severe relative to injuries caused by slips, trips or falls. Together, these studies provide evidence that injuries may significantly impact the wildland fire community, but that better information is needed to fully evaluate risk factors and develop evidence-based interventions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Firefighters Fires Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Wildfires
• Keywords:
  Fire Fighters Injuries Job Design Risk Factors Slips, Trips, And Falls STF
• ISBN:
  9781124068992
• Publisher:
  ProQuest LLC.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Thesis
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056773
• Citation:
  Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest LLC., 2010 May; :3409411
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Risk factors for injury among federal wildland firefighters in the United States
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5e235b241f81cb19890c27bcf4ae1068c4efeee275bf92bb063b3a753353b25c16f6ebfa00349908784843b0d36fb1b0a7fe4e130a0cc3e758d51815365302a1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214307/cdc_214307_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 319.60 KB ]