Migrant and seasonal crop worker injury and illness across the northeast.
Migrant and seasonal crop worker injury and illness across the northeast.
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东北地区的移民和季节性农作物工人受伤和患病。
DOI：
10.1002/ajim.22150
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Earle-Richardson,Giulia
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作者：
Scribani,Melissa;Wyckoff,Sherry;Jenkins,Paul;Bauer,Henry;Earle-Richardson,Giulia
东北农民工是一个规模小、分布广、与世隔绝的群体。对他们的职业伤害和疾病风险知之甚少。MethodsResearchers在东北部的移民健康中心进行了图表审查，并根据一种新的方法计算了农业发病率的发病密度，该方法用于估计处于风险中的总工人小时数，并对其他护理来源的病例进行调整。扭伤/扭伤事件（56%）是最常见的（16.8/10，000工人周），而举重（21.5%）是最主要的影响因素。按作物类别分列的发病率从每10 000周12.95（地面作物）至29.69（灌木作物）不等。只有2.8%的人申请Workers' Compensation.ConclusionThe占主导地位的紧张/扭伤事件影响的背部，他们与升降机的关联表明，东北农场工人的职业健康计划应侧重于人体工程学，特别是安全升降。Am. J. Ind. Med. 56：845-855，2013.© 2012 Wiley Periodicals，Inc.
BackgroundNortheast farmworkers are a small, widely dispersed, and isolated population. Little is known about their occupational injury and illness risk.MethodsResearchers conducted chart reviews in migrant health centers across the Northeast, and calculated incidence‐density for agricultural morbidity based on a new method for estimating total worker hours at risk, and adjusting for cases seen at other sources of care.ResultsAn estimated annual average of 1,260 cases translated to an incidence of 30.27 per 10,000 worker weeks, (12.7 per 100 FTEs).Straining/spraining events(56% cases) was the most common occurrence (16.8 per 10,000 worker weeks), andlifting(21.5% cases) was the leading contributing factor. Incidence by crop category ranged from 12.95 (ground crop) to 29.69 (bush crop) per 10,000 weeks. Only 2.8% filed for Workers' Compensation.ConclusionThe predominance of straining/spraining events affecting the back, and their association with lifting suggests that Northeastern farmworker occupational health programs should focus on ergonomics, and specifically on safe lifting. Am. J. Ind. Med. 56:845–855, 2013. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.