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Injuries to construction laborers
Individual and Job Characteristics as Predictors of Industrial Accidents. J. l? Leigh, Accident Analysis G Prevention, 1986, 18(3), 209-216. This study asks whether individual or job characteristics are better predictors of industrial accidents. Data include a subset of employees drawn from the nationally-based Panel Study of Income Dynamics for 1978 and 1979. Individuals are classified as suffering a new accident if they began receiving workers’ compensation during the study year. Evidence is produced that job characteristics such as frequent overtime, operative or laborer occupational categories, length of time with the job, and hazardous working conditions are better predictors of industrial accidents than are personal characteristics such as age, marital status, and schooling. Injuries to Construction Laborers. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC, 1986. This bulletin summarizes the results of a survey of construction laborers who were injured on the job in the month of October 1983. The findings of this survey will assist the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in developing safety standards, compliance strategy, and training programs for reducing work-related injuries. A list of other Work Injury Reports published since 1978 appears at the end of this bulletin. Charts show industry distribution of injured construction laborers, age comparison of injured construction laborers and all construction laborers, length of service with employer, and length of service in industry. Tables indicate injuries to construction laborers in selected states by: industry and type of work, location on job site and length of time on site at time of accident, type of accident, source of injury, tools and heavy equipment used when in-
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jured, personal protective equipment vvorn, nature of injury, part of body affected, estimated days away from work. length of hospitalization required, conditions or factors contributing to the accident, training inforaccident prevention, activity at mation, time of accident, length of service, sex of worker, and age of worker.
Mortality Among Ferrous Foundry Workers. LVI. Siloerstein, N. .Ilaizlish. and R. Park, American Journal of industrial Medicine, 1986, iO(l), 27-43. Mortality analyses were carried out for 278 male hourly workers who were employed for at least 10 years at a gray iron foundry and who died between January 1, 1970, and December 31, 1981. Statistically significant excess proportional mortality due to nonmalignant respiratory disease (SPMR = 177), lung cancer (SPMR = 148), and leukemia (SPMR = 284) was found among the 221 white males. .imong nonwhite males there was a significant excess in proportional mortality due to circulatory diseases (SPMR = 143). White males in the Finishing classification experienced a significant excess of proportional mortality due to nonmalignant respiratory disease (SPXIR = 279) and lung cancer (SPMR = 179). [Vhite males in the Core Room classification experienced an excess of proportional mortality due to nonmalignant respiratory disease studies demon(SPMR = 321). C ase-control strated a significant association between nonmalignant respiratory disease and the Finishing classification after controlling for the effects of age, prior occupations in coal mining or foundries, and smoking. A positive but nonsignificant association between lung cancer and Finishing was also found after controlling for age, prior work history, and smoking in case control studies.
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jured, personal protective equipment vvorn, nature of injury, part of body affected, estimated days away from work. length of hospitalization required, conditions or factors contributing to the accident, training inforaccident prevention, activity at mation, time of accident, length of service, sex of worker, and age of worker.
Mortality Among Ferrous Foundry Workers. LVI. Siloerstein, N. .Ilaizlish. and R. Park, American Journal of industrial Medicine, 1986, iO(l), 27-43. Mortality analyses were carried out for 278 male hourly workers who were employed for at least 10 years at a gray iron foundry and who died between January 1, 1970, and December 31, 1981. Statistically significant excess proportional mortality due to nonmalignant respiratory disease (SPMR = 177), lung cancer (SPMR = 148), and leukemia (SPMR = 284) was found among the 221 white males. .imong nonwhite males there was a significant excess in proportional mortality due to circulatory diseases (SPMR = 143). White males in the Finishing classification experienced a significant excess of proportional mortality due to nonmalignant respiratory disease (SPXIR = 279) and lung cancer (SPMR = 179). [Vhite males in the Core Room classification experienced an excess of proportional mortality due to nonmalignant respiratory disease studies demon(SPMR = 321). C ase-control strated a significant association between nonmalignant respiratory disease and the Finishing classification after controlling for the effects of age, prior occupations in coal mining or foundries, and smoking. A positive but nonsignificant association between lung cancer and Finishing was also found after controlling for age, prior work history, and smoking in case control studies.
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