Occupational Injuries

12/01/2007 - "Applying CSTE/NIOSH Occupational Health Indicator protocol and using both CFOI and NMVRHS data improved the characterization of occupational injury mortality and the setting of priorities for prevention intervention."
01/01/2023 - "The findings of this study highlight the ability of researchers to use the SIRs as a timely indicator to understand occupational injury trends by specific industries and injury events."
12/01/2007 - "The study applied methods developed by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CSTE/NIOSH) Occupational Health Indicator Work Group and compared the relative strength and weakness of two different datasets (CFOI and NMVRHS) for occupational injury fatality surveillance. "
10/18/2023 - "Using a severity threshold to improve occupational injury surveillance: Assessment of a severe traumatic injury-based occupational health indicator across the International Classification of Diseases lexicon transition."
06/01/2023 - "Most monitoring systems focusing on workers' health or sustainable development, such as the global indicator framework for the sustainable development goals, include an indicator on the burden of occupational injuries. "

12/09/2022 - "Specifically, the Chinese studies focus on the analysis of accident patterns and causes at the macroscale, while the English studies concentrate on the occupational injuries of miners at the small-scale and the mechanism of typical coal mine disasters (gas and coal spontaneous combustion). "
06/01/2022 - "The purpose of the study is to identify the nature of occupational injuries and diseases among coal miners and to determine the factors that affect the rate of injury and duration of time loss from work. "
01/01/2014 - "In this study, hierarchical loglinear analysis was applied to occupational injuries that occurred in an underground coal mine. "
04/01/2007 - "This study assessed the relationships of job tasks and living conditions with occupational injuries among coal miners. "
09/30/2023 - "Data were collected by interviewing 202 coal mine workers with occupational injuries, and their immediate supervisors from three mines. "

01/01/2022 - "The current study found that more than three-fifth of municipal solid waste collectors were exposed to occupational injury. "
01/01/2022 - "The current study found that about 60.4% of municipal solid waste collectors were exposed to occupational injuries. "
01/01/2022 - "Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of occupational injuries and associated factors among municipal solid waste collectors in Harar Town, Ethiopia. "
01/01/2021 - "This study showed that the prevalence of occupational injuries among municipal solid waste collectors in the Accra Metropolis was lower as compared to similar research conducted in Ethiopia, Egypt, and India. "
01/01/2021 - "The study assessed the magnitude of occupational injuries and associated factors among solid waste collectors of Zoomlion Ghana Limited in the Accra Metropolis. "

12/15/2017 - "The aim of this study was to determine the association between occupational injury and level of exposure to second-hand smoke at the workplace among Korean workers, after taking into account occupational characteristics. "
12/15/2017 - "Few studies have reported that exposure to second-hand smoke in the workplace is a possible factor increasing the risk of occupational injury without considering occupational characteristics. "
01/01/2015 - "This study was conducted to investigate the relationship of active and passive smoking with occupational injury among manual workers. "
11/01/2006 - "The present study indicates an expected increase in the risk of, occupational injury for current and former smoking men and suggests that exposure to passive smoking is a possible risk factor for never smoking men."
12/15/2017 - "There was a dose-response relationship between occupational injury and exposure to second-hand smoke, even after stratification to reduce the impact of various potential confounders and after taking into account occupational characteristics. "

01/01/2021 - "The study shows nicotine dependency might affect occupational injury. "
12/01/2018 - "Relationship Between Nicotine Dependency and Occupational Injury in a Japanese Large-Scale Manufacturing Enterprise: A Single-Center Study."
01/01/2021 - "Initially, the personal and occupational characteristics and nicotine dependences of workers were measured, and 12 months later a survey was used to determine whether subjects had experienced any occupational injury. "
01/01/2021 - "Association between nicotine dependency with occupational injury in Korean men."
12/01/2018 - "Nicotine dependency was related to an increased risk of occupational injury. "

09/01/2007 - "Occupational injury surveillance: A study in a metal smelting industry."
01/01/2022 - "Time to Return to Work After an Occupational Injury and Its Prognostic factors Among Employees of Large-Scale Metal Manufacturing Facilities in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort."
01/01/2021 - "Prevalence and determinants of occupational Injuries among welders in small scale metal workshops in Wakiso District, Uganda."
11/01/2015 - "Metal fabrication workers experience high rates of traumatic occupational injuries. "
11/08/2013 - "Associations between employee and manager gender: impacts on gender-specific risk of acute occupational injury in metal manufacturing."

12/01/2022 - "This study aimed to compare opioid prescription incidence, supply days, and cost associated with occupational injury and other injury-caused conditions. "
12/01/2022 - "Occupational injuries were associated with higher opioid incidence and costs, and more opioid supply days. "
12/01/2022 - "Controlling for covariates and compared with other injury-caused conditions, occupational injury-caused conditions resulted in 33% higher odds of opioid prescribing, 32.8 more opioid prescription supply days, and $134 higher average cost. "
10/01/2020 - "The odds of prescription opioid use for workers with occupational injuries was more than triple that of their noninjured counterparts when demographics and occupational factors were controlled (odds ratio = 3.38, 95% confidence interval: 2.38-4.81). "
09/01/2014 - "Prescription opioids for occupational injury: results from workers' compensation claims records."

12/01/1993 - "Based on a scheme originally designed for study of occupational injuries among off-shore petroleum drilling workers, eight data areas were designated and lists of categories were developed to permit applicability to a general injury surveillance program. "
06/01/1989 - "Evaluation of an occupational injury intervention in the petroleum drilling industry."

01/01/2023 - "The purpose of this study was to assess how fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries due to environmental heat, forest/brush fires, Lyme disease, and exposure to insecticides have changed over time in the United States and if there were any significant relationships between national occupational injury/illness data and national temperature trends. "

04/01/2004 - "An occupational injury surveillance study (record study of five years duration) was conducted involving the workers of a fertilizer producing industry in eastern India to assess whether the risk of occupational accidents in temporary piece rated workers was higher in comparison to the permanent time rated workers. "

03/01/2017 - "Developing and implementing intervention strategies that address engineering controls, establish employee safety-related policies, provide training and retraining, promote a healthy lifestyle among HHCW, and providing suitable personal protective equipment may help to decrease occupational injury rates."
01/01/2022 - "Furthermore, the current study found that there was an statistical relationship between the prevalence of occupational injuries and having a primary education, a secondary education, work experience, the use of personal protective equipment, and training. "
01/01/2022 - "Furthermore, the study found a statistically significant association between the prevalence of occupational injuries and having a primary education [AOR = 0.10, 95% CI (0.03-0.38)], a secondary education [AOR = 0.04, 95% CI (0.03-0.45)], work experience [AOR = 5.975, (95% CI (2.01-17.75)], the use of personal protective equipment [AOR = 0.09, (95% CI: 0.02-0.46)], and training [AOR = 0.10, 95% CI (0.03-0.30)]. "
09/01/2021 - "The objective of this study was to compare the effects of personal protective equipment (PPE) on firefighters' perceptions of mobility and their experienced occupational injury risks between China and the USA. "
01/01/2023 - "A pre-tested structured questionnaire was used to collect data on participants' demographic characteristics, facility-related factors, personal protective equipment use, and occupational injuries. "

01/30/2017 - "We recommend targeted training, especially in the senior years, together with improving the work environment through attention to working hours, sharps disposal and ready availability of safety devices, improved reporting systems, individualised PEP, and possibly the implementation of an occupational injury support line."
01/01/2019 - "Unsafe road to industrial zone and poor safety devices used by workers were the most prioritized occupational injuries risk factors. "

01/01/2020 - "Furthermore, the innovative nature of these technologies raises the prospect of markedly improved procedural efficiency, which could increase patient comfort, reduce operator occupational injuries, and enhance the use of health resources-all of which are increasingly important considerations particularly as the demand for catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation continues to rise. "

11/01/2023 - "This study analyzed workers' compensation (WC) claims among California nursing care facility workers during 2019-2021, to assess the impact of the pandemic on occupational injury risk. "
09/01/2020 - "The purpose of this study was to examine nurse staffing in comprehensive nursing care units in Korea and examine the corresponding nurse outcomes, including intent to leave, job satisfaction, and occupational injuries. "
11/01/2023 - "Impact of COVID-19 on occupational injuries and illnesses among nursing care facility workers: Analysis of California workers' compensation data, 2019-2021."

11/01/2011 - "A descriptive study was conducted at a 497-bed hospital to investigate the patterns of occupational injuries of nursing and therapy personnel. "
07/01/2022 - "[Patient simulation for hand therapy in an anesthesiologist after an occupational injury: A case study]."
07/01/2008 - "Subgroups of diabetics who reported no current diabetes therapy (OR = 1.87; 95% CI = 1.01 to 3.47) or duration of diabetes longer than 12 years (OR = 1.83; 95% CI = 1.05 to 3.18) were at increased risk for occupational injury. "
07/01/2008 - "Additional logistic regression analysis examined the effect of medical therapy and duration of diabetes with occupational injury. "
01/01/1968 - "[Advances in the diagnosis and therapy of occupational injuries and diseases of the eye]."