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Injuries Among Distillery Workers: Workers' Compensation First Reports Of Injury, 2010-2019, Mira Hali Mirzaian
Injuries Among Distillery Workers: Workers' Compensation First Reports Of Injury, 2010-2019, Mira Hali Mirzaian
Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)
AIMS: To identify the most frequent type, nature, and cause of work-related injury amongst distillery workers as well as contributing factors to the injurious event in an effort to inform potential intervention.
METHODS: Workers’ Compensation First Reports of Injury (FROI) from the years 2010-2019 (N=974) were obtained. Variables were created for ‘occupational category’ and ‘accident description’ to assist in the elucidation of the injurious event. The Ratchet Circular Scan Test was used to assess seasonal variation in injury. Kernal Density Analysis was conducted to assess rates of injury by calendar year.
RESULTS: Amongst injured distillery workers, 908 of the injuries …