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Susan J Derk1, Kitty J Hendricks, Dan Hartley
1From the Surveillance and Field Investigations Branch, Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia (S.J.D., K.J.H.); and Office of the Director, Office of Extramural Programs, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia (D.H.).
Objective:
Home care workers (HCWs) are a critical resource contributing to the well-being of others. Presented are data on HCWs nonfatal emergency department (ED)-treated injuries.
Methods:
Nonfatal injuries among HCWs were extracted from the NEISS-Work data between 2015 and 2020.
Results:
Review of NEISS-Work data indicated 117,000 HCWs with nonfatal ED-treated injuries; female HCWs accounted for 93%. Overexertion and bodily reactions accounted for 52% of the injuries. Violence and other injuries by persons or animals accounted for 15% and falls, slips, and trips also accounted for 15% of the HCWs ED-treated injuries.
Conclusions:
The growing demand for home care services is increasing the number of workers at risk for injury. Future analyses should prioritize injury events among HCWs to gain a better understanding of the events contributing to injuries among HCWs.
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