与缅因州伐木工人受伤相关的因素
Erika Scott1, Kevin Luschen1, Cristina Hansen-Ruiz1
1Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety in Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing (NEC), Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, New York, USA.
American journal of industrial medicine
|July 25, 2023
概括
伐木仍然是一个危险的行业,许多工人遭受伤害. 缺乏医疗保险和财务障碍使伐木者无法及时寻求医疗护理,强调需要提高职业安全和文化变革.
科学领域:
- 职业健康和安全问题 职业健康和安全问题
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 肌肉骨系统疾病 肌肉骨系统疾病
背景情况:
- 伐木是美国的高风险行业,尽管安全方面取得了进展.
- 了解伤害趋势对于改善伐木工人福祉至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查缅因州伐木工人的纵向伤害趋势.
- 确定与受伤发生和强度相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 154名伐木者参与了为期18个月的季度调查.
- 使用SAS进行伤害数据 (创伤,肌肉,骨髓疾病,慢性疼痛) 的定量分析.
- 对叙述进行定性分析,以了解护理障碍.
主要成果:
- 报告了204例受伤;60.4%的人经历了肌肉骨疼痛.
- 缺乏医疗保险,年龄和伐木年龄与受伤强度有关.
- 护理障碍包括财务,距离,时间和文化因素.
结论:
- 伐木工人继续面临严重和致残的伤害.
- 获得医疗保健的障碍阻碍了最佳的健康结果.
- 在伐木行业需要加强安全计划和文化转变.
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