Risk of Injury by Unionization: Survival Analysis of a Large Industrial Cohort.
J Occup Environ Med
; 60(9): 827-831, 2018 09.
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| ID: mdl-29727399
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the effect of union status on injury risk among a large industrial cohort.METHODS:
The cohort included hourly employees at 19 US plants between 2000 and 2007. Plants were classified by union status, and injuries were classified by severity. Cox-proportional hazard shared frailty model was used to determine time to first reportable injury.RESULTS:
A total of 26,462 workers were included 18,955 (72%) unionized and 7507 (28%) non-unionized. Union workers incurred 3194 injuries (16.9%) compared with 618 injuries for non-union workers (8.2%). After adjusting for multiple covariates, union workers had a 51% higher risk of reportable injury.CONCLUSIONS:
Our results provide evidence for higher risk of reportable injuries in union workers; explanations for this increased risk remain unclear.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Emprego
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Traumatismos Ocupacionais
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Sindicatos
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article