Journal article
Risk factors for occupational injuries among older workers: An analysis of the health and retirement study
American journal of public health (1971), Vol.86(9), pp.1306-1309
09/01/1996
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.9.1306
PMCID: PMC1380597
PMID: 8806386
Abstract
This study examined risk factors for occupational injury among older workers. We analyzed data on 6854 employed nonfarmers from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a population-based sample of Americans 51 through 61 years old. Occupational injuries were associated with the following: the occupations of mechanics and repairers (odds ratio [OR] = 2.27), service personnel (OR = 1.68), and laborers (OR = 2.18); jobs requiring heavy lifting (OR = 2.75); workers' impaired hearing (OR = 1.60) and impaired vision (OR = 1.53); and jobs requiring good vision (OR = 1.43). Self-employment was associated with fewer injuries (OR = 0.47). These results emphasize the importance of a good match between job demands and worker capabilities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Risk factors for occupational injuries among older workers: An analysis of the health and retirement study
- Creators
- Craig Zwerling - University of IowaNancy SprinceRobert WallaceCharles Davis
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of public health (1971), Vol.86(9), pp.1306-1309
- DOI
- 10.2105/AJPH.86.9.1306
- PMID
- 8806386
- PMCID
- PMC1380597
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Public Health
- ISSN
- 0090-0036
- eISSN
- 1541-0048
- Publisher
- American Public Health Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/1996
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984364432902771
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