Occupational injuries and illnesses in the solid waste industry: a call for action.
Work-related injuries and illnesses are multi-factorial and remain major problems of public health magnitude requiring the attention of all stakeholders in the solid waste industry. The objective of this article was to describe the patterns of occupational injury and illness (OII) reporting incidence among workers in a major private U. S. solid waste management company. A five-year (2003-2007) retrospective review of the corporate Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) logs 300/300A/301 was conducted and employee OII reports (n = 1895) were analyzed from 37 establishments across 11 different states. The OII reporting rates were compared to industry average.
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Olumide Adewale
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The Morgan State University School of Community Health and Policy, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA. ultimides@hotmail.com
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Andrea
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Byrd
Lamont
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D000041:Absenteeism; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology