TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - The risk of injuries during work and its association with precipitation: new insight from a sentinel-based surveillance and a case-crossover design
JO  - Frontiers in public health
A1  - Tian, Tian
A1  - Lin, Xiao
A1  - Huang, Tingyuan
A1  - Zhang, Kai
A1  - Shi, Congxing
A1  - Wang, Pengyu
A1  - Chen, Shimin
A1  - Guo, Tong
A1  - Li, Zhiqiang
A1  - Qin, Pengzhe
A1  - Liang, Boheng
A1  - Zhang, Wangjian
A1  - Hao, Yuantao
SP  - e1117948
EP  - e1117948
VL  - 11
IS  - 
N2  - BACKGROUND: Injuries during work are often exogenous and can be easily influenced by environmental factors, especially weather conditions. Precipitation, a crucial weather factor, has been linked to unintentional injuries, yet evidence of its effect on work-related injuries is limited. Therefore, we aimed to clarify the impact of precipitation on injuries during work as well as its variation across numerous vulnerability features. <br><br>METHODS: Records on the work-related injury during 2016-2020 were obtained from four sentinel hospitals in Guangzhou, China, and were matched with the daily weather data during the same period. We applied a time-stratified case-crossover design followed by a conditional logistic regression to evaluate the association between precipitation and work-related injuries. Covariates included wind speed, sunlight, temperature, SO (2), NO (2), and PM (2.5). <br><br>RESULTS were also stratified by multiple factors to identify the most vulnerable subgroups. <br><br>RESULTS: Daily precipitation was a positive predictor of work-related injuries, with each 10 mm increase in precipitation being associated with an increase of 1.57% in the rate of injuries on the same day and 1.47-1.14% increase of injuries on subsequent 3 days. The results revealed that precipitation had a higher effect on work-related injuries in winter (4.92%; 95%CI: 1.77-8.17%). The elderly (2.07%; 95%CI: 0.64-3.51%), male (1.81%; 95%CI: 0.96-2.66%) workers or those with lower educational levels (2.58%; 95%CI: 1.59-3.54%) were more likely to suffer from injuries on rainy days. There was a higher risk for work-related injuries caused by falls (2.63%; 95%CI: 0.78-4.52%) or the use of glass products (1.75%; 95%CI: 0.49-3.02%) on rainy days. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Precipitation was a prominent risk factor for work-related injury, and its adverse effect might endure for 3 days. Certain sub-groups of workers were more vulnerable to injuries in the rain.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2296-2565
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1117948
ID  - ref1
ER  -