title: Characteristics of nonfatal occupational injuries among U.S. workers with and without disabilities.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Workers with disabilities have a higher risk of nonfatal occupational injuries than workers without disabilities. The characteristics of these injuries are not well described.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using 1997-2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data, we compared the nonfatal occupational injuries sustained by U.S. workers with and without disabilities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overexertion or strenuous movements and falls accounted for 56.7% of all occupational injuries in workers with disabilities, compared with 45.6% in workers without a disability. Workers with disabilities were more frequently injured in the lower extremity (32.3% vs. 26.6%) or torso (22.9% vs. 16.9%). Workers with disabilities sustained more unspecified injuries (13.5% vs. 7.9%) and fewer open wound injuries (15.7% vs. 24.2%) than their counterparts without a disability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  U.S. workers with disabilities had a higher rate of occupational injuries and these injuries tended to be more severe and were more likely to be caused by overexertion/ strenuous movement or falls.
authors.affiliation: Center for Pediatric Trauma Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
authors.forename: Junxin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: Krista K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: Meghan C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Lorann
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stallones
authors.forename: Huiyun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiang
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009309:National Center for Health Statistics, U.S.; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: U.S. workers; disability; injury severity; nonfatal; occupational injury