A longitudinal pre-post study: An evaluation of the Department of the Air Force bundled occupational fall prevention efforts.

Introduction: Fall injuries are the second leading cause of traumatic injury and death for all US workers and are a leading injury concern for the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Bundled interventions can improve the likelihood of injury reduction, especially in large, heterogeneous working populations. In 2013, the DAF implemented the "Air Force Fall Prevention Focus," a bundled intervention of prevention efforts designed to reduce occupational fall injury events among DAF members.

The association between safety climate and noncombat injury events among United States Air Force workers.

Introduction: Work-related injuries are a common lagging safety indicator whereas safety climate assessments can help identify constructs serving as leading indicators. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) partnered with the U.S.

Mixed messages and COVID-19 prevention: Why information isn't always enough to protect meat processing workers.

Introduction: The objective of this project was to investigate U.S. meat and poultry processing workers' knowledge of COVID-19, perceived ability to protect themselves from infection, and perspectives on COVID-19 vaccines to inform COVID-19 prevention efforts within this linguistically, racially, and ethnically diverse workforce.

Assessing the Australian occupational driver behavior questionnaire in U.S. taxi drivers: Different country, different occupation and different worker population.

Background: Promoting safe driver behaviors is an important aspect of road safety. To better understand road safety behaviors, there is a role for practical instruments that can validly measure typical road safety behaviors among occupational drivers. The Occupational Driver Behavior Questionnaire (ODBQ) was developed to assess road safety behaviors among home health nurses in Australia.

Findings from a systematic review of fatigue interventions: What's (not) being tested in mining and other industrial environments.

Background: Fatigue negatively impacts mineworker health and safety. In this paper, we identify fatigue interventions tested on industrial shiftworkers and explore their effects and the factors that may influence application in an industrial setting such as a mine site.

Methods: This review adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist.

2018 National Occupational Injury Research Symposium: Advancing worker safety in the 21st century through research and practice.

About Noirs 2018: The National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS) is the only regularly held research forum in the United States dedicated to occupational injury research and prevention. The 7 NOIRS, sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and several partners, was held October 16–18, 2018 in Morgantown, West Virginia. The symposium theme was “Advancing Worker Safety in the 21 Century through Research and Practice.

Fatal work-related falls in the United States, 2003-2014.

Background: Falls are the second leading cause of work-related fatalities among US workers. We describe fatal work-related falls from 2003 to 2014, including demographic, work, and injury event characteristics, and changes in rates over time.

Methods: We identified fatal falls from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and estimated rates using the BLS Current Population Survey.

A post-conference evaluation of the 2015 National Occupational Injury Research Symposium.

Introduction: The National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS) is the only national forum focused on occupational injury research findings, data and methods, and prevention strategies; it has been convened every 3-5years since 1997. Held in May 2015, the 6th symposium's theme was "Advancing Occupational Injury Research through Integration and Partnership." Organizers requested that attendees complete a post-meeting evaluation to assess meeting impact, and gather information useful in planning subsequent meetings and activities.

6th National Occupational Injury Research Symposium: Advancing Occupational Injury Research Through Integration and Partnership.

Introduction: The National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS) is the only regularly held forum exclusively dedicated to occupational injury research and prevention.

Method: The 2015 conference theme, advancing occupational injury research through integration and partnership, shaped the conference and is reflected in articles selected for this special issue.

Results' Conclusion: The 6th NOIRS, held May 19-21, 2015, brought together more than 250 researchers, occupational safety practitioners and students to share and discuss occupational injury research.

Compliance to two city convenience store ordinance requirements.

Background: Robbery-related homicides and assaults are the leading cause of death in retail businesses. Robbery reduction approaches focus on compliance to Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) guidelines.

Purpose: We evaluated the level of compliance to CPTED guidelines specified by convenience store safety ordinances effective in 2010 in Dallas and Houston, Texas, USA.

Cities with camera-equipped taxicabs experience reduced taxicab driver homicide rates: United States, 1996-2010.

Background: Driving a taxicab remains one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States, with leading homicide rates. Although safety equipment designed to reduce robberies exists, it is not clear what effect it has on reducing taxicab driver homicides.

Findings: Taxicab driver homicide crime reports for 1996 through 2010 were collected from 20 of the largest cities (>200,000) in the United States: 7 cities with cameras installed in cabs, 6 cities with partitions installed, and 7 cities with neither cameras nor partitions.

Occupational ladder fall injuries - United States, 2011.

Falls remain a leading cause of unintentional injury mortality nationwide [corrected].Among workers, approximately 20% of fall injuries involve ladders. Among construction workers, an estimated 81% of fall injuries treated in U.

Examining occupational health and safety disparities using national data: a cause for continuing concern.

Background: Occupational status, a core component of socioeconomic status, plays a critical role in the well-being of U.S. workers.

Fatal work-related injuries - United States, 2005-2009.

In 2012, the U.S. civilian labor force comprised an estimated 155 million workers.

Nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses - United States, 2010.

In 2012, the U.S. civilian labor force comprised an estimated 155 million workers.

Disparities in work-related homicide rates in selected retail industries in the United States, 2003-2008.

Problem: Segments within the retail industry have a substantially higher rate of work-related fatality due to workplace violence compared to the retail industry overall. Certain demographic subgroups may be at higher risk.

Method: National traumatic injury surveillance data were analyzed to characterize the distribution of fatality rates due to workplace violence among selected retail workers in the United States from 2003 through 2008.

A validation study comparing two self-reported upper extremity symptom surveys with clinical examinations for upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders.

Objective: Evaluate the validity of two self-report symptoms surveys with two disorder classification protocols.

Participants: 100 graduate students at a private school in the Southwest United States.

Methods: Study participants completed two self-report upper extremity musculoskeletal symptoms surveys: a nine item 10 cm Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and a nine item Likert categorical scale anchored from "None" to "Very severe".

Evaluation of a nationally funded state-based programme to reduce fatal occupational injuries.

Background: The Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) programme was established by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to help prevent occupational traumatic fatalities by funding states to conduct targeted fatality investigations within cause-specific focus areas and associated prevention efforts.

Purpose: To investigate the impact of the state-based FACE programme on two previous focus areas.

Methods: A longitudinal time-series analysis spanning 22 years compared state fatality rates for occupational falls and electrocutions before and after FACE programme funding with states not receiving FACE programme funding.

A replicated field intervention study evaluating the impact of a highly adjustable chair and office ergonomics training on visual symptoms.

Objective: Examine the effects of two office ergonomics interventions in reducing visual symptoms at a private sector worksite.

Methods: A quasi-experimental study design evaluated the effects of a highly adjustable chair with office ergonomics training intervention (CWT group) and the training only (TO group) compared with no intervention (CO group). Data collection occurred 2 and 1 month(s) pre-intervention and 2, 6 and 12 months post-intervention.

A field intervention examining the impact of an office ergonomics training and a highly adjustable chair on visual symptoms in a public sector organization.

Objective: Examine the effect of a multi-component office ergonomics intervention on visual symptom reductions.

Methods: Office workers were assigned to either a group receiving a highly adjustable chair with office ergonomics training (CWT), a training-only group (TO) or a control group (C). A work environment and health questionnaire was administered 2 and 1 month(s) pre-intervention and 3, 6, and 12 months post-intervention.

Daily self-reports resulted in information bias when assessing exposure duration to computer use.

Background: Self-reported exposure duration to computer use is widely used in exposure assessment, and this study examined the associated information bias in a repeated measures setting.

Methods: For 3 weeks, 30 undergraduate students reported daily cumulative computer-use duration and musculoskeletal symptoms at four random times per day. Usage-monitor software installed onto participant's personal computers provided the reference measure.