Assessment of Work-Related Injury Risk for Farmers and Ranchers with Physical Disabilities

1995 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. B. Allen ◽  
W. E. Field ◽  
M. J. Frick
Keyword(s):  
Injury Risk ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Work Related Injury

scholarly journals Cannabis use and work-related injuries: a cross-sectional analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 570-577
Author(s):  
J C Zhang ◽  
N Carnide ◽  
L Holness ◽  
P Cram
Keyword(s):  
Injury Risk ◽  
Cannabis Use ◽  
Cannabis User ◽  
Occupational Groups ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Cross Sectional Analysis ◽  
Work Related Injury ◽  
Sectional Analysis ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Although the association of cannabis use with automobile accidents has been well-studied, the impact of cannabis on workplace safety and injuries is less clear. Aims The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between work-related injury and cannabis use in the past year. Methods We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Community Health Survey (2013–16) of working individuals. We used multiple logistic regression modelling to calculate the odds of experiencing a work-related injury (defined as non-repetitive strain injury) among workers who reported using cannabis more than once during the prior 12 months as compared to non-users. We repeated the analysis among participants working in high injury risk occupational groups only. Results Among the 136 536 working participants, 2577 (2%) had a work-related injury in the last 12 months. Of these 2577 who had a work-related injury, 4% also reported being a cannabis user in the same period. We found no association between past-year cannabis use and work-related injury (odds ratio for work injury among users 0.81, 95% confidence interval 0.66–0.99). The association was unchanged in the subgroup analysis limited to high injury risk occupational groups. Conclusions We found no evidence that cannabis users experienced higher rates of work-related injuries. While awaiting prospective studies, occupational medicine practitioners should take a risk-based approach to drafting workplace cannabis policies.

24-Hour Pattern of Work-Related Injury Risk of French Firemen: Nocturnal Peak Time

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 697-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Riedel ◽  
Stéphane Berrez ◽  
Didier Pelisse ◽  
Eric Brousse ◽  
Coralie Forget ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Injury Risk ◽  
Peak Time ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Work Related Injury

scholarly journals Antidepressant use and work-related injuries

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 1391-1399 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kouvonen ◽  
J. Vahtera ◽  
J. Pentti ◽  
M. J. Korhonen ◽  
T. Oksanen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Rate Ratio ◽  
Injury Risk ◽  
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors ◽  
Antidepressant Treatment ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Work Related Injury ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Antidepressant Use

BackgroundAdverse effects of antidepressants are most common at the beginning of the treatment, but possible also later. We examined the association between antidepressant use and work-related injuries taking into account the duration of antidepressant use.MethodAntidepressant use and work-related injuries between 2000 and 2011 were measured among 66 238 employees (mean age 43.8 years, 80% female) using linkage to national records (the Finnish Public Sector study). We analysed data using time-dependent modelling with individuals as their own controls (self-controlled case-series design).ResultsIn 2238 individuals who had used antidepressants and had a work-related injury during a mean follow-up of 7.8 years, no increase in the risk of injury was observed in the beginning of antidepressant treatment. However, an increased injury risk was seen after 3 months of treatment (rate ratio, compared with no recent antidepressant use, 1.27, 95% confidence interval 1.10–1.48). This was also the case among those who had used only selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (n = 714; rate ratio 1.41, 95% confidence interval 1.08–1.83).ConclusionsAntidepressant use was not associated with an increased risk of work-related injury at the beginning of treatment. Post-hoc analyses of antidepressant trials are needed to determine whether long-term use of antidepressants increases the risk of work-related injury.

Determinants of occupational injury for US home health aides reporting one or more work-related injuries

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 351-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanadi Hamadi ◽  
Janice C Probst ◽  
Mahmud M Khan ◽  
Jessica Bellinger ◽  
Candace Porter
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Injury Risk ◽  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Home Health Aides ◽  
Work Related Injury ◽  
Environment Scale

ObjectivesHome health aides (HHAs) work in a high-risk industry and experience high rates of work-related injury that have been significantly associated with reduction in workers and organisational productivity, quality and performance. The main objective of the study was to examine how worker environment and ergonomic factors affect HHA risk for reporting occupational injuries.MethodWe used cross-sectional analysis of data from the 2007 National Home Health and Hospice Aide Survey (NHHAS). The study sample consisted of a nationally represented sample of home health aides (n=3.377) with a 76.6% response rate. We used two scales 1 : a Work Environment Scale and 2 an Ergonomic Scale. Univariate and bivariate analyses were conducted to describe HHA work-related injury across individual, job and organisational factors. To measure scale reliability, Cronbach’s alphas were calculated. Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine predictors of reported occupational injury.ResultsIn terms of Work Environment Scale, the injury risk was decreased in HHAs who did not consistently care for the same patients (OR=0.96, 95% CI: 0.53 to 1.73). In terms of Ergonomic Scale, the injury risk was decreased only in HHAs who reported not needing any other devices for job safety (OR=0.30, 95% (CI): 0.15 to 0.61). No other Work Environment or Ergonomic Scale factors were associated with HHAs’ risk of injury.ConclusionThis study has great implications on a subcategory of the workforce that has a limited amount of published work and studies, as of today, as well as an anticipated large demand for them.

Impairment Tutorial: Rating Facial Disfigurement After an Injury

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 6-6
Author(s):  
Marc T. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Current Work ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Loss Of Function ◽  
Facial Disfigurement ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Work Related Injury ◽  
Compensation Claim ◽  
Impairment Ratings

Abstract This article discusses two important cases that involve the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides). First, in Vargas v Industrial Com’n of Arizona, a claimant had a pre-existing non–work-related injury to his right knee as well as a work-related injury, and the issue was apportionment of the pre-existing injury. The court held that, under Arizona's statute, the impairment from the pre-existing injury should be subtracted from the current work-related impairment. In the second case, Colorado courts addressed the issue of apportionment in a workers’ compensation claim in which the pre-existing injury was asymptomatic at the time of the work-related injury (Askey v Industrial Claim Appeals Office). In this case, the court held that the worker's benefits should not be reduced to account for an asymptomatic pre-existing condition that could not be rated accurately using the AMA Guides. The AMA Guides bases impairment ratings on anatomic or physiologic loss of function, and if an examinee presents with two or more sequential injuries and calculable impairments, the AMA Guides can be used to apportion between pre-existing and subsequent impairments. Courts often use the AMA Guides to decide statutorily determined benefits and are subject to interpretation by courts and administrative bodies whose interpretations may vary from state to state.

Hazards of Computer in Human � A Work Related Injury

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
Sanjith S ◽  
◽  
Ramesh Kumar P ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Work Related ◽  
Work Related Injury

scholarly journals Corrigendum: Consumption of Alcoholic Energy Drinks Is Associated with Work-related Injury or Disease Among Manual Workers in Taiwan

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-325
Author(s):  
Wan-Ju Cheng ◽  
Ming-Chyi Huang ◽  
Yawen Cheng ◽  
Chun-Hsin Chen ◽  
Chiou-Jung Chen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Drinks ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Work Related Injury

scholarly journals The experiences of workers who do not successfully return to work following a work-related injury

Work ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca E. Gewurtz ◽  
Stephanie Premji ◽  
D. Linn Holness
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Work Related Injury

scholarly journals Research and training car driving simulator with weight up to 3.5 tons dedicated to physical disabled drivers

Mechanik ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 92 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 571-573
Author(s):  
Jarosław Jankowski
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
Motion Platform ◽  
Six Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Work Related ◽  
The Creation ◽  
People With Physical Disabilities ◽  
Car Driving ◽  
And Training

The article presents the continuation of work related to the creation of a car driving simulator with a weight of up to 3.5 tons adapted to selected disabilities. The article contains a description of the developed motion platform with six degrees of freedom and the cockpit. In order to ensure the possibility of being managed by the largest group of people with physical disabilities, selected support solutions were implemented. These devices can be easily dismantled to test others. The platform together with the cockpit is controlled from the simulator application and the image is presented to the simulation participant in 3D projection glasses and optionally on a three-segment screen.

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