%0 Journal Article
%T Risk factors for occupational injuries among older workers: an analysis of the health and retirement study
%J American journal of public health
%D 1996
%A Heeringa, S. G.
%A Whitten, P. S.
%A Davis, C. S.
%A Wallace, R. B.
%A Sprince, N. L.
%A Zwerling, Craig S.
%V 86
%N 9
%P 1306-1309
%X OBJECTIVES: 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.
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%I American Public Health Association
%@ 0090-0036
%U http://dx.doi.org/