Just in the wrong place...?: geographic tools for occupational injury/illness surveillance.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Geographic analysis is now integral to public health surveillance, but has been underused for occupational injury/illness. METHODS:Mapping and spatial statistics are used to examine national county-level mean establishment Lost Workday Injury/Illness (LWDII) rates in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Data Initiative (ODI), 1997-2001. The following questions are explored: Does occupational injury/illness vary geographically at the county level?; Does variation remain after accounting for industry hazard?; Where are rates higher or lower than expected? RESULTS:The methods provide evidence of geographic variation in nonfatal occupational injury/illness rates, including after adjusting for industry hazard. CONCLUSIONS:Geographic analyses can improve intervention targeting, suggest risk factors for investigation, and make the case for targeting resources to prevention in hard-hit areas, as well as improving ongoing surveillance.

journal_name

Am J Ind Med

authors

Neff RA,Curriero FC,Burke TA

doi

10.1002/ajim.20611

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-09-01 00:00:00

pages

680-90

issue

9

eissn

0271-3586

issn

1097-0274

journal_volume

51

pub_type

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