TY - JOUR
T1 - Occupational Injury Among Janitors
T2 - Injury Incidence, Severity, and Associated Risk Factors
AU - Green, Deirdre R.
AU - Gerberich, Susan G
AU - Kim, Hyun
AU - Ryan, Andrew
AU - McGovern, Patricia M
AU - Church, Timothy R
AU - Schwartz, Adam
AU - Arauz, Rony F.
PY - 2019/2/1
Y1 - 2019/2/1
N2 - Objective:Determine injury incidence and severity and potential associated risk factors for injury, among janitors.Methods:Questionnaires were disseminated to 1,200 full-time janitors in the SEIU Local 26 union; 390 responded and provided information on their injury experiences and exposures, based on personal characteristics and work-related activities. Multivariable analyses, including bias adjustment, were implemented using directed acyclic graphs to determine potential risk.Results:Among the janitors, 34% reported experiencing at least one injury; 16% of cases resulted in hospital admittance. Significantly increased risks were identified for age, ethnicity, shift start time and physician-diagnosed depression.Conclusions:Knowledge of specific risk and protective factors are valuable, and can serve as a basis for further in-depth studies and inform the development of targeted intervention strategies aimed to reduce occurrence of these injuries.
AB - Objective:Determine injury incidence and severity and potential associated risk factors for injury, among janitors.Methods:Questionnaires were disseminated to 1,200 full-time janitors in the SEIU Local 26 union; 390 responded and provided information on their injury experiences and exposures, based on personal characteristics and work-related activities. Multivariable analyses, including bias adjustment, were implemented using directed acyclic graphs to determine potential risk.Results:Among the janitors, 34% reported experiencing at least one injury; 16% of cases resulted in hospital admittance. Significantly increased risks were identified for age, ethnicity, shift start time and physician-diagnosed depression.Conclusions:Knowledge of specific risk and protective factors are valuable, and can serve as a basis for further in-depth studies and inform the development of targeted intervention strategies aimed to reduce occurrence of these injuries.
KW - epidemiology
KW - janitors
KW - occupational injuries
KW - public health
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001505
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001505
M3 - Article
C2 - 30507790
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 61
SP - 153
EP - 161
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 2
ER -
