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Vallejos González J, Muñoz Nieto S, Castro Lara A. [Medical-surgical complications and their impact on patients' return to work whilst follow-up major lower-limb amputations in Hospital del Trabajador in Santiago (HTS)]. Rehabilitacion (Madr) 2024; 58:100850. [PMID: 38705100 DOI: 10.1016/j.rh.2024.100850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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INTRODUCTION The presence of different complications whilst follow-up amputee patients reaches 10-80%. The main objective of this research is to assess the impact of these in the return-to-work of lower-limb traumatic amputation cases. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective cohort research was carried out. Clinic-demographic variables information was recollected in order to assess its linkage to different medical-surgical complications and functional outcomes. Survival curves were created to evaluate the return-to-work of patients with and without complications. RESULTS A total of 46 patients, on average aged 45.7 years old (91.3% men, 71.7% without comorbidities), were included on this research. The most frequent level of amputation was transtibial (65.2%). Residual limb pain, phantom pain, dermatological-infectious complications and painful neuroma were registered in 80.4%, 58.7%, 50% y 30.4% of the cases respectively. Half of the patients had returned to their workplace after 2years of post-surgical follow-up. The return-to-work rates were significantly lower in patients suffering from residual limb pain (p=0.0083) and from painful neuroma (p=0.0051). CONCLUSION Complications are frequent during traumatic-amputee patients' follow-up and, some of them, may impact on the return-to-work rate.
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- J Vallejos González
- Servicio de Medicina Física y Rehabilitación, Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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- Unidad de Medicina Física y Rehabilitación, Hospital del Trabajador de Santiago ACHS-HT, Santiago, Chile
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- Oficina de Apoyo a la Investigación, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Sears JM, Victoroff TM, Bowman SM, Marsh SM, Borjan M, Reilly A, Fletcher A. 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. Am J Ind Med 2024; 67:18-30. [PMID: 37850904 PMCID: PMC11342867 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Traumatic injury is a leading cause of death and disability among US workers. Severe injuries are less subject to systematic ascertainment bias related to factors such as reporting barriers, inpatient admission criteria, and workers' compensation coverage. A state-based occupational health indicator (OHI #22) was initiated in 2012 to track work-related severe traumatic injury hospitalizations. After 2015, OHI #22 was reformulated to account for the transition from the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) to ICD-10-CM. This study describes rates and trends in OHI #22, alongside corresponding metrics for all work-related hospitalizations. METHODS Seventeen states used hospital discharge data to calculate estimates for calendar years 2012-2019. State-panel fixed-effects regression was used to model linear trends in annual work-related hospitalization rates, OHI #22 rates, and the proportion of work-related hospitalizations resulting from severe injuries. Models included calendar year and pre- to post-ICD-10-CM transition. RESULTS Work-related hospitalization rates showed a decreasing monotonic trend, with no significant change associated with the ICD-10-CM transition. In contrast, OHI #22 rates showed a monotonic increasing trend from 2012 to 2014, then a significant 50% drop, returning to a near-monotonic increasing trend from 2016 to 2019. On average, OHI #22 accounted for 12.9% of work-related hospitalizations before the ICD-10-CM transition, versus 9.1% post-transition. CONCLUSIONS Although hospital discharge data suggest decreasing work-related hospitalizations over time, work-related severe traumatic injury hospitalizations are apparently increasing. OHI #22 contributes meaningfully to state occupational health surveillance efforts by reducing the impact of factors that differentially obscure minor injuries; however, OHI #22 trend estimates must account for the ICD-10-CM transition-associated structural break in 2015.
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- Jeanne M. Sears
- Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Western States Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Spokane, Washington, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- Division of Safety Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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- New Jersey Department of Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Unit, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
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- Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention, Albany, New York, USA
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Gomez NG, Gaspar FW, Thiese MS, Merryweather AS. Trends in incidence and correlation between medical costs and lost workdays for work-related amputations in the State of California from 2007 to 2018. Health Sci Rep 2021; 4:e319. [PMID: 34250271 PMCID: PMC8247939 DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Detailed information regarding workers who experience an amputation in the workplace over the last decade is limited. To better understand the financial and functional impact of a work-related amputation, this study quantifies the incidence of work-related amputations in the California workforce from 2007 to 2018 as well as the relationship between medical costs and lost workdays as a function of amputation level. METHODS Workers' compensation claims data from California spanning the years 2007 to 2018 were evaluated to describe trends in amputation incidence (N = 16 931). Quartile values for medical costs, indemnity costs, and lost workdays were reported as a function of amputation level. Correlations were performed between medical costs and lost workdays to examine their relationship. RESULTS The average incidence from 2007 to 2018 was 8.9 (95% CI 8.5, 9.4) amputations per 100 000 workers. There was a significant spike in amputations in 2008. Partial-hand amputations were the most common with 73.3 (95% CI 69.2, 77.7) cases per 1 000 000 workers, and the industry with the highest incidence was construction with 26.0 (95% CI 22.4, 30.0) cases per 100 000 workers. Overall, medical costs were moderately correlated with lost workdays (Spearman's rho = 0.51), and that level of correlation remained relatively consistent across all levels of amputation (Spearman's rho = 0.48-0.62). CONCLUSIONS Amputations represent high medical costs and number of lost workdays. Considering the type of amputation and the industry the injury occurred in is important in order to work toward returning this population to work. Our results present the status of amputations in the California workplace and establish a basis for using medical costs to infer lost work productivity for this population.
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- Nicholas G. Gomez
- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUtahUSA
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- Department of Family and Preventative Medicine – Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental HealthUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUtahUSA
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Kica J, Rosenman KD. Multi-source surveillance for work-related crushing injuries. Am J Ind Med 2018; 61:148-156. [PMID: 29205424 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Work-related crushing injuries are serious but preventable. For 2013 through 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) reported 1260 crushing injuries in Michigan. In 2013, Michigan initiated multi-data source surveillance of work-related crushing injuries. METHODS Records from all 134 of Michigan's hospitals/emergency departments (EDs), the Workers Compensation Agency (WCA) and Michigan's Fatality Assessment Control and Evaluation (MIFACE) program were used to identify work-related crushing injuries. Companies, where individuals were hospitalized or had an ED visit for a crushing injury, potentially had an OSHA enforcement inspection conducted. RESULTS From 2013 through 2015, there were 3137 work-related crushing injury incidents, including two fatalities. The Michigan OSHA program completed inspections at 77 worksites identified by the surveillance system. CONCLUSION The Michigan multisource surveillance system identified two and a half times more crushing injuries than BLS and was useful for initiating case-based enforcement inspections.
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- Joanna Kica
- Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicine; Michigan State University; East Lansing Michigan
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- Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicine; Michigan State University; East Lansing Michigan
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Scott KA, Fisher GG, Barón AE, Tompa E, Stallones L, DiGuiseppi C. Same-level fall injuries in US workplaces by age group, gender, and industry. Am J Ind Med 2018; 61:111-119. [PMID: 29193187 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND As the workforce ages, occupational injuries from falls on the same level will increase. Some industries may be more affected than others. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to estimate same-level fall injury incidence rates by age group, gender, and industry for four sectors: 1) healthcare and social assistance; 2) manufacturing; 3) retail; and 4) transportation and warehousing. We calculated rate ratios and rate differences by age group and gender. RESULTS Same-level fall injury incidence rates increase with age in all four sectors. However, patterns of rate ratios and rate differences vary by age group, gender, and industry. Younger workers, men, and manufacturing workers generally have lower rates. CONCLUSIONS Variation in incidence rates suggests there are unrealized opportunities to prevent same-level fall injuries. Interventions should be evaluated for their effectiveness at reducing injuries, avoiding gender- or age-discrimination and improving work ability.
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- Kenneth A. Scott
- Denver Public Health; Denver Health and Hospital Authority; Denver CO
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- Department of Psychology; Colorado State University; Fort Collins CO
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics; Colorado School of Public Health; Aurora CO
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- Institute for Work and Health; Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Psychology; Colorado State University; Fort Collins CO
- Department of Epidemiology; Colorado School of Public Health; Aurora CO
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Association of Poultry Processing Industry Exposures With Reports of Occupational Finger Amputations. J Occup Environ Med 2017; 59:e159-e163. [DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000001135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Borjan M, Lumia M. Evaluation of a state based syndromic surveillance system for the classification and capture of non-fatal occupational injuries and illnesses in New Jersey. Am J Ind Med 2017; 60:621-626. [PMID: 28543608 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND This preliminary study evaluates a real-time syndromic surveillance system to track occupationally-related emergency room visits throughout New Jersey. METHODS Emergency Department (ED) chief complaint fields were evaluated from 79 of 80 hospitals in NJ in 2014, using work-related keywords and ICD-9 E-codes, to determine its ability to capture non-fatal work-related injuries. Sensitivity analysis and descriptive statistics, were used to evaluate and summarize the occupational injuries identified. RESULTS Overall, 11 919 (0.3%) possible work-related ED visits were identified from all ED visits. Events with the greatest number of ED visits were slips, trips, and falls (1679, 14%). Nature of injury included cuts, lacerations (1041, 9%). The part of the body most affected was the back (1414, 12%). This work-related classifier achieved a sensitivity of 5.4%, a specificity of 99.8%, and a PPV of 2.8%. CONCLUSIONS This evaluation demonstrated that the syndromic surveillance reporting system can yield real-time knowledge of work-related injuries.
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- Marija Borjan
- New Jersey Department of Health; Occupational Health Surveillance Unit; Trenton New Jersey
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- New Jersey Department of Health; Occupational Health Surveillance Unit; Trenton New Jersey
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Williams JAR, Sorensen G, Hashimoto D, Hopcia K, Wagner GR, Boden LI. Impact of Occupational Injuries on Nonworkers' Compensation Medical Costs of Patient-Care Workers. J Occup Environ Med 2017; 59:e119-e124. [PMID: 28598939 PMCID: PMC5488856 DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000001047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to estimate the extent to which work-related injuries contribute to medical expenditures paid for by group health insurance. METHODS Administrative data on OSHA recordable injuries spanning 2010 to 2013 were obtained for female patient care workers (n = 2495). Expenditures were aggregated group health insurance claims for 3 and 6-month periods before/after injury. Group health insurance plan type, age group, and job category were control variables. RESULTS Being injured is associated with the odds of having expenditures at both 3 months, odds ratio (OR) 2.17 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.61 to 2.92], and 6 months, 2.95 (95% CI 1.96 to 4.45). Injury was associated with $275 of additional expenditures (95% CI $38 to $549) over 3 months and $587 of additional expenditures (95% CI $167 to $1140) over 6 months. CONCLUSIONS Injury was associated with increased odds of positive expenditures and increased expenditures paid for by group health insurance.
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- Jessica A R Williams
- University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas (Dr Williams); Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Sorensen); Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Sorensen); Partners HealthCare, Boston, Massachusetts (Drs Hashimoto, Hopcia); Boston College Law School, Newton, Massachusetts (Dr Hashimoto); Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Hashimoto); Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Wagner); and Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Boden)
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Pechter E, Rosenman KD. Occupational health risks associated with use of environmental surface disinfectants in health care. Am J Infect Control 2016; 44:1755-1756. [PMID: 27776821 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Buessing M, Boden LI. The Impact of Contract Operations on Safety in Underground Coal Mines. J Occup Environ Med 2016; 58:952-6. [PMID: 27608150 DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000000835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to test for differences in injury rates for contractor-operated underground coal mines relative to owner-operated mines in Kentucky, controlling for other covariates. METHODS We used disparities between MSHA contractor data and surface reclamation permit data to identify mines operated by contractors. We then used negative binomial regression to estimate injury rates from 1999 to 2013, controlling for mine and controller characteristics available from MSHA and the Energy Information Administration (EIA). RESULTS Contractor-operated mines with 15 or fewer full-time equivalent workers (FTEs) had a statistically significant 57% higher covariate-adjusted reported traumatic injury rate than similar mines without contract operators. Larger contractor-operated mines did not have a statistically significant elevated rate. CONCLUSIONS We detected a significant elevation of traumatic injury rates only among the smallest contractor-operated mines. This increase appears substantial enough to warrant attention.
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- Marric Buessing
- Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts
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Rosenman KD. OSHA, well past its infancy, but still learning how to count injuries and illnesses. Am J Ind Med 2016; 59:595-9. [PMID: 27346238 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Kenneth D. Rosenman
- Department of Medicine; College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University; East Lansing Michigan
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Rappin CL, Wuellner SE, Bonauto DK. Employer reasons for failing to report eligible workers' compensation claims in the BLS survey of occupational injuries and illnesses. Am J Ind Med 2016; 59:343-56. [PMID: 26970051 PMCID: PMC5069593 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Background Little research has been done to identify reasons employers fail to report some injuries and illnesses in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII). Methods We interviewed the 2012 Washington SOII respondents from establishments that had failed to report one or more eligible workers’ compensation claims in the SOII about their reasons for not reporting specific claims. Qualitative content analysis methods were used to identify themes and patterns in the responses. Results Non‐compliance with OSHA recordkeeping or SOII reporting instructions and data entry errors led to unreported claims. Some employers refused to include claims because they did not consider the injury to be work‐related, despite workers’ compensation eligibility. Participant responses brought the SOII eligibility of some claims into question. Conclusion Systematic and non‐systematic errors lead to SOII underreporting. Insufficient recordkeeping systems and limited knowledge of reporting requirements are barriers to accurate workplace injury records. Am. J. Ind. Med. 59:343–356, 2016. © 2016 The Authors. American Journal of Industrial Medicine Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Christina L. Rappin
- Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) ProgramWashington State Department of Labor and IndustriesOlympiaWashington
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- Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) ProgramWashington State Department of Labor and IndustriesOlympiaWashington
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- Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) ProgramWashington State Department of Labor and IndustriesOlympiaWashington
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Work-Related Unintentional Injuries Associated With Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey. Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2016; 10:394-404. [PMID: 27080323 DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2016.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the occurrence of work-related injuries after Hurricane Sandy potentially related to response and recovery. METHODS Emergency and hospital discharges (patients aged 18-65 years) with a diagnosis of unintentional injury were obtained from the New Jersey Department of Health. Work-related injuries were identified as those with a workers' compensation payer or other work-related codes. Counties were categorized as high-, medium-, or low-impact areas. Poisson regression analysis was used to compare the rate of work-related injury the year following Sandy landfall with the 3 previous years. RESULTS Total work-related injuries declined the week immediately after Sandy (rate ratio [RR]: 0.85; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.69-1.05) and no overall increase was found in the year after Hurricane Sandy. However, high-impact counties showed an elevated risk of work-related injuries in the first and third quarters after Hurricane Sandy among men, especially for blacks and Hispanics. The greatest excesses occurred in the third quarter after the storm, May to July, for falls (RR: 1.30; 95% CI: 1.08-1.57), cut/pierce injuries (RR: 1.24; 95% CI: 1.09-1.40), struck-by injuries (RR: 1.17; 95% CI: 1.02-1.34), and overexertion (RR: 1.26; 95% CI: 1.10-1.44). CONCLUSIONS Hospital data suggested an increase in injuries associated with rebuilding and recovery rather than with initial response. Future efforts aimed at prevention should evaluate the mechanisms and circumstances of injury in more detail. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:394-404).
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Marucci-Wellman HR, Courtney TK, Corns HL, Sorock GS, Webster BS, Wasiak R, Noy YI, Matz S, Leamon TB. The direct cost burden of 13years of disabling workplace injuries in the U.S. (1998-2010): Findings from the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index. JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH 2015; 55:53-62. [PMID: 26683547 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2015.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2014] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Although occupational injuries are among the leading causes of death and disability around the world, the burden due to occupational injuries has historically been under-recognized, obscuring the need to address a major public health problem. METHODS We established the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index (LMWSI) to provide a reliable annual metric of the leading causes of the most serious workplace injuries in the United States based on direct workers compensation (WC) costs. RESULTS More than $600 billion in direct WC costs were spent on the most disabling compensable non-fatal injuries and illnesses in the United States from 1998 to 2010. The burden in 2010 remained similar to the burden in 1998 in real terms. The categories of overexertion ($13.6B, 2010) and fall on same level ($8.6B, 2010) were consistently ranked 1st and 2nd. PRACTICAL APPLICATION The LMWSI was created to establish the relative burdens of events leading to work-related injury so they could be better recognized and prioritized. Such a ranking might be used to develop research goals and interventions to reduce the burden of workplace injury in the United States.
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- Helen R Marucci-Wellman
- Center for Injury Epidemiology, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA, USA.
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- Center for Injury Epidemiology, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA, USA; Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Injury Epidemiology, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA, USA
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- Center for Injury Epidemiology, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA, USA
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- Center for Disability Research, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA, USA
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- Center for Injury Epidemiology, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA, USA; Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Injury Epidemiology, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Developing Surveillance Methodology for Agricultural and Logging Injury in New Hampshire Using Electronic Administrative Data Sets. J Occup Environ Med 2015; 57:866-72. [PMID: 26247640 DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000000482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Agriculture and logging rank among industries with the highest rates of occupational fatality and injury. Establishing a nonfatal injury surveillance system is a top priority in the National Occupational Research Agenda. Sources of data such as patient care reports (PCRs) and hospitalization data have recently transitioned to electronic databases. METHODS Using narrative and location codes from PCRs, along with International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, external cause of injury codes (E-codes) in hospital data, researchers are designing a surveillance system to track farm and logging injury. RESULTS A total of 357 true agricultural or logging cases were identified. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that it is possible to identify agricultural and logging injury events in PCR and hospital data. Multiple data sources increase catchment; nevertheless, limitations in methods of identification of agricultural and logging injury contribute to the likely undercount of injury events.
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Boden LI, Petrofsky YV, Hopcia K, Wagner GR, Hashimoto D. Understanding the hospital sharps injury reporting pathway. Am J Ind Med 2015; 58:282-9. [PMID: 25308763 PMCID: PMC5077298 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patient-care workers are frequently exposed to sharps injuries, which can involve the risk of serious illness. Underreporting of these injuries can compromise prevention efforts. METHODS We linked survey responses of 1,572 non-physician patient-care workers with the Occupational Health Services (OHS) database at two academic hospitals. We determined whether survey respondents who said they had sharps injuries indicated that they had reported them and whether reported injuries were recorded in the OHS database. RESULTS Respondents said that they reported 62 of 78 sharps injuries occurring over a 12-month period. Only 28 appeared in the OHS data. Safety practices were positively associated with respondents' saying they reported sharps injuries but not with whether reported injuries appeared in the OHS data. CONCLUSIONS Administrators should consider creating reporting mechanisms that are simpler and more direct. Administrators and researchers should attempt to understand how incidents might be lost before they are recorded.
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- Leslie I. Boden
- Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois
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- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Partners HealthCare System, Occupational Health Services, Boston, Massachusetts and Boston College Law School, Newton, Massachusetts
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BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to use multiple state-based data sources (emergency department [ED] visits, hospital discharge [HD] data, and workers' compensation [WC] data) to estimate the 2011 work-related concussion injury rate in Kentucky. METHODS Deterministic data linkages between the 2011 WC data and ED/HD data were performed. Annual crude rates of work-related concussions per 100,000 employed civilians age 16 years or older were reported. RESULTS Using the three data sources, the 2011 work-related concussion crude rate was 31.8/100,000, higher for men (38.8/100,000) than for women (24.1/100,000). The use of WC data alone resulted in an estimated rate of only 11.7/100,000. ED data utilization alone resulted in a rate of 21.7/100,000. CONCLUSION This study's primary recommendation is to use WC, ED, and HD data on a routine basis as part of multiple data source surveillance for work-related concussion injuries.
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- Svetla Slavova
- Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center; University of Kentucky; Lexington Kentucky
- Department of Biostatistics; University of Kentucky; Lexington Kentucky
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- Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center; University of Kentucky; Lexington Kentucky
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health; University of Kentucky; Lexington Kentucky
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Spieler EA, Wagner GR. Counting matters: implications of undercounting in the BLS survey of occupational injuries and illnesses. Am J Ind Med 2014; 57:1077-84. [PMID: 25223513 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Emily A. Spieler
- Edwin W. Hadley Professor of Law Northeastern University School of Law; Boston Massachusetts
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- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Washington District of Columbia
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