LOW-BACK INJURIES IN A HEAVY INDUSTRY .1. WORKER AND WORKPLACE FACTORS

被引：23

作者：

CLEMMER, DI

MOHR, DL

MERCER, DJ

机构：

[1] Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

[2] Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

来源：

SPINE | 1991年 / 16卷 / 07期

关键词：

Cost; Heavy industry; Job; Low-back injury; Workplace;

D O I：

10.1097/00007632-199107000-00024

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

The costs and circumstances of low-back strains, low-back impact injuries, and non-low-back injuries among field employees of an offshore petroleum drilling company, 1979-1985, were compared. The objectives were to identify worker and workplace factors associated with low-back injuries, to identify factors differentially associated with lost-time injuries, and to formulate recommendations for the control of low-back injuries. Low-back-impact injuries resulted largely from falls. Efforts to prevent falls would have a potential to reduce other serious consequences as well as back injuries. Workers performing the heaviest physical labor were at highest risk of low-back strains. Based on activities precipitating the injury, modifications of work site, equipment, and procedures to help reduce low-back strains are recommended. Only job was a predictor of whether a low-back strain was likely to be associated with lost time. Even this association was lacking for low-back impact injuries. Cost control by preventing the small proportion of high cost injuries may not be feasible. Rather, subsets of low-back injuries defined, for example, by work site or activity can suggest options for intervention.

引用

页码：824 / 834

页数：11

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