TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Low-back injuries in a heavy industry. II. labor market forces
JO  - Spine
A1  - Mohr, D. L.
A1  - Clemmer, Dorothy Iker
SP  - 831
EP  - 834
VL  - 16
IS  - 7
N2  - Trends in rates of low-back strains, low-back impact injuries, and non-low-back injuries among field employees of a petroleum drilling company, 1979-1985, were examined to investigate the relationship between economic factors and the incidence of low-back and other injuries. Economic indicators included the rate of resignations, a surrogate for turnover, and the rate of layoffs. Only lost-time low-back strain rates increased during times of worker layoffs. Non-low-back injury rates were highest during periods of high turnover and no layoffs. Although the increasing age of the work force and the anxiety generated by an industry-wide depression may have played a role, it is likely that the increase in lost-time low-back strain injuries was a worker response to possible layoff.
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SN  - 0362-2436
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -