Estimating occupational illness, injury, and mortality in food production in the United States: A farm-to-table analysis

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Newman, Kira L. ; Leon, Juan S. ; Newman, Lee S.
• Description:
  Objectives
  
  The study provides a novel model and more comprehensive estimates of the burden of occupational morbidity and mortality in food-related industries, using a farm-to-table approach.
  
  Methods
  
  The authors analyzed 2008–2010 US Bureau of Labor Statistics data for private industries in the different stages of the farm-to-table model (production; processing; distribution and storage; retail and preparation).
  
  Results
  
  The morbidity rate for food system industries were significantly higher than the morbidity rate for non-food system industries (Rate Ratio (RR)=1.62, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.30–2.01). Furthermore, the occupational mortality rate for food system industries was significantly higher than the national non-food occupational mortality rate (RR=9.51, 95% CI: 2.47–36.58).
  
  Conclusions
  
  This is the first use of the farm-to-table model to assess occupational morbidity and mortality, and these findings highlighting specific workplace hazards across food system industries.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Accidents, Occupational Adult Agricultural Workers' Diseases Female Food Industry Humans Male Occupational Diseases Risk Factors United States Workplace

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• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 57(7):718-725
• Pubmed ID:
  25970031
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4494896
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  T32 GM008169/GM/NIGMS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T42OH009229/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; F30DK100097/DK/NIDDK NIH HHSUnited States/ ; 1K01AI087724-01/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/ ; F30 DK100097/DK/NIDDK NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T42OH009229/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; K01 AI087724/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0f410aeb7b3a50d5fa96f01fbf8445a463909ddb0826fa48b32b22926e83c09c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34112/cdc_34112_DS1.pdf
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