Potential Psychosocial Risk Factors and Occupational Injury/Illness

摘要

Moving materials provides an essential function however these activities are also riddled with occupational injuries and illnesses (OIIs). Better understanding the risk factors associated with OIIs may assist in the reduction of the number and severity of these OIIs. Potential psychosocial risk factors were measured and evaluated for association with OIIs in 442 manual material handlers, across three companies, nine US locations, and 15 different job descriptions. OIIs were tracked within this population for one year after the testing was completed. Higher occurrences of OIIS were significantly associated with the same five risk factors in the univariate and multivariate models, with odds ratios ranging from 2.13 - 7.29.