Slips, trips and falls at a chemical manufacturing company
| Autor: | Eileen M. Bonner, Carol J. Burns, Gerard M H Swaen, James J. Collins, Kenneth M. Bodner, B. A. Craun, J. F. Dizor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Poison control Odds ratio Middle Aged Logistic regression Occupational Injuries United States Occupational safety and health Confidence interval Increased body mass index Risk Factors Chemical Industry Injury prevention Odds Ratio Humans Medicine Accidental Falls Female business Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | Occupational Medicine. 64:120-125 |
| ISSN: | 1471-8405 0962-7480 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/occmed/kqt160 |
| Popis: | Background Slips, trips and falls (STF) are a major cause of workplace injury. Aims T o examine risk factors for STF at a large US chemical manufacturing company. Methods W e conducted a case–control study of occupational STF. Cases were identified from company injury records between 1 April 2009 and 1 May 2011. Four controls per case were randomly selected from all active company workers employed during the same time. Data were collected through a questionnaire and from company medical examinations. Logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for personal, environmental and health-related risk factors for STF. Results There w ere 74 cases and 309 controls. The response rate was 65% for the cases and 68% for the controls. Most STF were unrelated to production activities. When examining all factors in a logistic regression model, increased OR were observed for increased body mass index (OR = 1.44, 95% CI: 1.03–2.02), having arthritis (OR = 2.11, 95% CI: 1.01–4.37), lack of exercise (OR = 2.25, 95% CI: 1.01–5.05), carrying materials (OR = 3.01, 95% CI: 1.41–6.43) and being female (OR = 2.46, 95% CI: 1.17–5.19). Reduced risk of STF was observed for never having smoked (OR = 0.48, 95% CI: 0.24–0.95), long service (OR = 0.53, 95% CI: 0.34–0.81) and persons working over 8 h a da y (OR = 0.42, 95% CI: 0.20–0.88). Conclusions Risk f actors for STF in a large US chemical company are similar to those reported from other w orkplaces, but we found that staying fit and healthy is important for reducing risk. |
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