An Epidemiologic Study of Injuries in Firefighters

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• Personal Author:
  Baker SP ; Braver ER ; Celentano D ; Liang Y ; Stewart WF
• Description:
  A study was conducted to examine factors possibly contributing to the increased risk of injury in firefighters. The study examined personal attributes, including age, experience and alcohol consumption; the effects of environmental factors including characteristics of fires, fire fighting tasks performed, and use of personal protective clothing and equipment; and the relative importance of personal and environmental factors. The authors conclude that young age was associated with an increased risk of injury after controlling for other known risk factors; that, in general, alcohol consumption was not associated with the risk of injury; that specific firefighter tasks emerged as the most significant risk factors with the risk of injury being highest for extinguishment and ventilation; and that the fire characteristics most strongly associated with an excess risk included stage of arrival at the fire and the size of the fire. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Epidemiology Firefighters Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Firemen NIOSH-Grant Personal-protective-equipment Risk-factors Traumatic-injuries
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-27
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00196216
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-152918
• Citation:
  Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Pubic Health, Johns Hopkins University 1990 Aug; :1-27
• Contact Point Address:
  Health Policy and Management Johns Hopkins University 615 North Wolfe Street Baltimore, MD 21205
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Traumatic Injuries ; Work Environment and Workforce: Special Populations
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19860301
• Source Full Name:
  Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Pubic Health, Johns Hopkins University
• End Date:
  19890730
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9669f084d3b8fcaa08716ee15af0637f5ad4a8b2c154069f871f29ec7d72af41076802ff2fb6b0b1d74846fee0ea6496b012835414527210e7657c92f27b767e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217787/cdc_217787_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 850.65 KB ]