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.
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Authors | D I Clemmer, D L Mohr |
Journal | Spine
(Spine (Phila Pa 1976))
Vol. 16
Issue 7
Pg. 831-4
(Jul 1991)
ISSN: 0362-2436 [Print] United States |
PMID | 1833830
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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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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