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Olumide Adewale Olorunnishola1, Andrea Kidd-Taylor, Lamont Byrd
1The Morgan State University School of Community Health and Policy, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA. ultimides@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Work-related injuries and illnesses are multi-factorial and remain major problems of public health magnitude requiring the attention of all stakeholders in the solid waste industry. The objective of this article was to describe the patterns of occupational injury and illness (OII) reporting incidence among workers in a major private U. S. solid waste management company. A five-year (2003-2007) retrospective review of the corporate Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) logs 300/300A/301 was conducted and employee OII reports (n = 1895) were analyzed from 37 establishments across 11 different states. The OII reporting rates were compared to industry average.
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