Injuries among construction workers during the raising of wood-framed walls--Colorado and California.
In Colorado, traumatic spinal cord injuries that produce documentable motor, sensory, bowel, and/or bladder impairments must be reported to the state or local health department. Persons with such injuries are interviewed by staff of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) Spinal Cord Injury Early Notification System (ENS)*; injuries that occur in workplaces are investigated by staff of the CDPHE Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risk (SENSOR) program. This report describes the investigation of a construction-related spinal cord injury reported to the CDPHE SENSOR program on February 8, 1993, and summarizes information about a similar case in California.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D002140:California; D003120:Colorado; D003252:Construction Materials / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000209:etiology