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Nimisha Kalia1, Robert A Lavin, Nina Leung
1Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (Drs Kalia, Tao); Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Lavin); Dell Medical School - The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (Drs Leung, Bernacki); AVP of Strategic Risk and Strategy Management, Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation, Instructor in Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Department of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (Yuspeh).
Background:
Work-related injuries in the U.S. have steadily declined over the past three decades.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to compare trends of the most frequently injured body parts from a beverage company over an 8-year study period (2008 to 2015).
Method:
Work-related injury claims with more than 3 days of missed work (N = 20,203) were classified into body part groups, including low back, knee, shoulder, and all other(s). Descriptive statistics and linear models were used to evaluate trends over time.
Results:
The total number of injuries decreased from 6.57 per 100 to 3.79 per 100 employees from 2008 to 2015. Proportion of low back injuries decreased from 22.0% to 15.4% (P < 0.001) over the study period. Proportionally, knee(s), shoulder(s), and all other injuries increased, but the changes did not reach statistical significance.
Conclusion:
Low back injuries decreased at a faster rate than knee, shoulder, and all other injuries.
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