Work-Related Burn Injuries Hospitalized in US Burn Centers: 2002 to 2011

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• Personal Author:
  Friedman LS ; Huang Z
• Description:
  Objective: To develop a comprehensive definition to identify work-related burns in the National Burn Repository (NBR) based on multiple fields and describes injuries by occupation. Methods: The NBR, which is an inpatient dataset, was used to compare type and severity of burn injuries by occupation. Results: Using the definition developed for this analysis, 22,969 burn injuries were identified as work-related. In contrast, the single work-related field intended to capture occupational injuries only captured 4696 cases. The highest numbers of burns were observed in construction/extraction, food preparation, and durable goods production occupations. Occupations with a mean total body surface area (TBSA) burned greater than 10% include transportation and material-moving, architecture and engineering, and arts/design/entertainment/sports/media occupations. Conclusions: The NBR dataset should be further utilized for occupational burn injury investigations and multiple fields should be considered for case ascertainment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Burns Construction Industry Epidemiology Food Handling Food Industry Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Construction Workers Food Services Occupational Accidents Occupations Transportation Workers Traumatic Injuries
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  282-288
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063548
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2017 Mar; 59(3):282-288
• Contact Point Address:
  Lee S. Friedman, PhD, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2121W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612
• Email:
  lfried1@uic.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222137/cdc_222137_DS1.pdf
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