ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023
Analysis of Exertion-Related Injuries and Fatalities in Laborers in the United States.
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- Systematic review and narrative synthesis of behavioral interventions to improve heat-related illness prevention in community and occupational populations.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Working conditions and state of health of employees working indoor and outdoor with varying levels of physical demand: Insights from the BIBB/BAuA employment survey 2024.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Heatstroke Awareness and Preventive Behaviors Among Automotive Maintenance Workers in Outdoor Environments: A Cross-Sectional Study in Japan.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Quantifying hydration-related measures and their association with wearable-derived ergonomic risk in warehouse workers.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- OSHA Injury Data: An Opportunity for Improving Work Injury Prevention.American journal of public health · 2025Article
- The role of working conditions in educational differences in all-cause and ischemic heart disease mortality among Swedish men.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Article
- Modeling thermoregulatory responses during high-intensity exercise in warm environments.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2024Article
- Suspected exertional heat stroke: A case study of worker cooling in a hot and humid field environment.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Editorial: Acute and long-term health issues of occupational exposure to heat and high physical loads.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Laborers are particularly vulnerable to exertional injuries and illnesses, as they often engage in heavy physical work for prolonged hours, yet no studies have examined the top causes of catastrophic exertional injuries and fatalities among this population. The purpose of the investigation was to characterize the top causes of exertional injury and fatality within open access, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reportable data. A secondary analysis of OSHA reported injury and fatality data was performed through open access records from OSHA Severe Injury Reports (2015-2022) and OSHA fatality inspection data (2017-2020), respectively. The research team characterized each reported injury and fatality as "exertion-related" or "non-exertion-related. Injury and fatality rates were reported per 100,000 equivalent full-time worker years and included 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Of 58,648 cases in the OSHA Severe Injury Report database from 2015-2020, 1682 cases (2.9%) were characterized as exertional (0.20 injuries per 100,000 full-time worker years, 95% CI: 0.19, 0.22). Heat-related injuries encompassed 91.9% of the exertional injuries (
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