Work-Related Hospitalizations from Ice-Related Fall Injuries in Michigan

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan State University
• Description:
  Wintertime in Michigan increases the risk of falling due to icy conditions. According to Michigan's hospital surveillance data, 60 workers were hospitalized in 2014, 54 in 2015, 28 in 2016, 33 in 2017 and 29 in 2018 after falling on the ice at work. Possible reasons for the decrease could be due to better preventive activity or warmer weather, average temperature in Detroit for the months of November, December, January, February and March was 28 degrees F in 2014, 32 degrees F in 2015, 35 degrees F in 2016, 36 degrees F in 2017 and 32 degrees F in 2018. The injuries identified are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg since they do not include people with less serious injuries who were treated in Emergency Departments, urgent care clinics or a doctor's office. The numbers also do not include hospitalizations where Workers' Compensation was not listed as the expected payer. All but 30 of the hospitalizations involved fractures. More than half of the fractures were of the lower extremity. Most of these hospitalizations required surgery. Individuals were in the hospital for an average of 3 days (range 1-15 days). Who were these 204 people? Women and men were equally represented. These workers were mostly in their 50s and their ages ranged from 18-85 years. They worked in a variety of industries including health care, manufacturing, public administration, education, wholesale and retail trade, utilities and transportation, construction, arts and entertainment, professional and financial services, agriculture, funeral homes and hotel and food services. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Hazards Slips, Trips, And Falls STF Walking Surfaces Winter Storms
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066691
• Citation:
  East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 2020 Jan; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Work-related hospitalizations from ice-related fall injuries in Michigan
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231072/cdc_231072_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 183.70 KB ]