title: Risk factors for occupational injuries among older workers: an analysis of the health and retirement study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined risk factors for occupational injury among older workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed data on 6854 employed nonfarmers from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a population-based sample of Americans 51 through 61 years old.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Occupational injuries were associated with the following: the occupations of mechanics and repairers (odds ratio [OR] = 2.27), service personnel (OR = 1.68), and laborers (OR = 2.18); jobs requiring heavy lifting (OR = 2.75); workers' impaired hearing (OR = 1.60) and impaired vision (OR = 1.53); and jobs requiring good vision (OR = 1.43). Self-employment was associated with fewer injuries (OR = 0.47).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results emphasize the importance of a good match between job demands and worker capabilities.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center, Iowa City 52242, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zwerling
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Sprince
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Whitten
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Heeringa
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012179:Retirement; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*