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Low-back injuries in a heavy industry. II. Labor market forces.

Abstract
Trends in rates of low-back strains, low-back impact injuries, and non-low-back injuries among field employees of a petroleum drilling company, 1979-1985, were examined to investigate the relationship between economic factors and the incidence of low-back and other injuries. Economic indicators included the rate of resignations, a surrogate for turnover, and the rate of layoffs. Only lost-time low-back strain rates increased during times of worker layoffs. Non-low-back injury rates were highest during periods of high turnover and no layoffs. Although the increasing age of the work force and the anxiety generated by an industry-wide depression may have played a role, it is likely that the increase in lost-time low-back strain injuries was a worker response to possible layoff.
AuthorsD I Clemmer, D L Mohr
JournalSpine (Spine (Phila Pa 1976)) Vol. 16 Issue 7 Pg. 831-4 (Jul 1991) ISSN: 0362-2436 [Print] United States
PMID1833830 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Petroleum
Topics
  • Accidental Falls (economics)
  • Accidents, Occupational (economics)
  • Adult
  • Back Injuries
  • Back Pain (economics, epidemiology, etiology)
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Malingering (economics)
  • Occupational Diseases (economics, epidemiology)
  • Occupations
  • Petroleum
  • Regression Analysis
  • Unemployment

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