@article{ref1,
title="Exploratory narrative text analysis to characterize tasks associated with injuries among electric utility line workers: EPRI Occupational Health and Safety  Database 1995-2013",
journal="American journal of industrial medicine",
year="2020",
author="Fordyce, Tiffani and Bhatnagar, Megha and Vergara, Ximena",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Injury prevention is an important goal for electric utility line workers who are among the top 10 U.S. occupational groups sustaining fatal injuries on the  job. <br><br>METHODS: Using narrative text fields, we identified 10 high-risk tasks among  electric utility line workers. We performed a case-control study of task-injury  associations using data from the Electric Power Research Institute Occupational  Health and Safety Database (1995-2013). <br><br>RESULTS: Drawn from 12,323 line worker  injuries, cases were individuals with a major injury (5 or more days lost work)  matched to controls, individuals with a minor injury (less than 1 day lost work), on  company and year of injury. Conditional logistic regression estimated adjusted odds  ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Some tasks associated with higher  odds for major injuries among line workers included: climbing up/down  ladder/stairs/elevator (OR = 4.3; 95% CI = 2.6, 7.4); climbing down poles and  transmission towers (OR = 5.5; 95% CI = 3.6, 8.4); entering/stepping out/approaching  utility trucks, bucket, or vaults (OR = 5.8; 95% CI = 4.0, 8.4); and performing  repetitive work/overtime (OR = 5.5; 95% CI = 3.2, 9.5). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Knowledge  gained can be used to focus efforts and plan efficient preventive measures that  reduce injury rates, time lost from work, and costs within the electric power  industry.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0271-3586",
doi="10.1002/ajim.23212",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.23212"
}