Work Related Risk Factors Associated with Falls During Pregnancy

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• Personal Author:
  Bhattacharya, Amit ; Dunning K ; LeMasters G ; Levin L
• Description:
  Background: Though falls are a major source of trauma during pregnancy and 70% of pregnant women are employed, information on falls among pregnant workers is lacking. Study objectives were to estimate fall prevalence and risk factors among pregnant workers. Methods: Birth certificate data identified women at least 20 years old who recently delivered a child. Data were collected via phone, internet, and mail surveys. The primary outcome investigated was a fall at work during pregnancy. Adjusted odds ratios and confidence intervals were calculated. Results: Of the 3997 total subjects, 26.8% reported falling during pregnancy. Of the 1070 women who fell, 35.4% had two or more falls. Of the 2847 employed women, 26.6% (757) fell during their pregnancy and 6.3% (179) fell at work. Occupations with the highest rate of work falls were service and teaching/childcare. Walking on slippery floors, hurrying, or carrying an object occurred in 66.3% of work falls. The yearly cost for workplace falls during pregnancy is almost 100,000 lost work days and over $11 million in lost wages. Conclusion: The service and teaching/child care industries should be evaluated for risk reduction. Pregnant workers should be counseled on reducing factors which contribute to falls. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Epidemiology Occupational Health Pregnancy Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Accident-rates Accident-statistics Child-care-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Statistical-analysis Teaching
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  1-25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025733
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2005-101481
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R01-OH-004042, 2003 Sep; :1-25
• Contact Point Address:
  Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, P.O. Box 670056, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0056
• Email:
  grace.lemasters@uc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Special Populations
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati, Department of Environmental Health, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20030929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218267/cdc_218267_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.17 MB ]