Risk factors for occupational injuries among older workers

An analysis of the health and retirement study

Bibliographic Data

ID11027255
AuthorsCraig Zwerling (University of Iowa), Nancy L Sprince, Robert B Wallace (0000-0001-6040-3803), C S Davis, Ch Davis, P S Whitten, Paul Whitten, Steven G Heeringa (0000-0002-3920-8074)
Year1996
Volume86
Issue9
Pages1306-1309
Publication date1996-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.86.9.1306
PMID8806386
OpenAlexW2002220542
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited9

OBJECTIVES: This study examined risk factors for occupational injury among older workers. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: 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). CONCLUSIONS: These results emphasize the importance of a good match between job demands and worker capabilities

Environmental health · Injury prevention · Logistic regression · Occupational injury · Occupational medicine · Occupational safety and health · Odds · Odds ratio · Poison control · Sample (material) · Suicide prevention · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Workplace Health and Well-being · Gerontology

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