The rising long-term trend in occupational injury rates

Bibliographic Data

ID11029671
AuthorsJames C Robinson (0000-0003-4129-4458, Berkeley Public Health Division, corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume78
Issue3
Pages276-281
Publication date1988-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
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.78.3.276
PMID3341497
OpenAlexW2160804062
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited14

Establishment survey data for the United States as a whole and workers' compensation data for the State of California were used to document long-term trends in occupational injury and acute illness rates. After declining throughout the first half of the century, national rates of disabling injuries in manufacturing, construction, and the trade sector have risen sharply in recent decades. Injury rates in mining show no strong trend either up or down since 1960. Increases over recent years have been especially pronounced for strains and sprains, cuts, lacerations and punctures, bone fractures, and acute illnesses. Injury rates in the manufacturing sector are strongly influenced by general economic conditions--rising sharply with business upsurges and declining during recessions. Increases in the rate of unemployment, which decrease worker and labor union bargaining power, are associated with increases in injury rates within manufacturing

Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Occupational injury · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Recession · Unemployment · Demography · Medicine · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Traffic and Road Safety