Occupational Injury Among Janitors: Injury Incidence, Severity, and Associated Risk Factors

Deirdre R. Green; Susan G Gerberich; Hyun Kim; Andrew Ryan; Patricia M McGovern; Timothy R Church; Adam Schwartz; Rony F. Arauz

doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000001505

Occupational Injury Among Janitors: Injury Incidence, Severity, and Associated Risk Factors

Deirdre R. Green
, Susan G Gerberich
, Hyun Kim
, Andrew Ryan
, Patricia M McGovern
, Timothy R Church
, Adam Schwartz
, Rony F. Arauz

Environmental Health Sciences

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Abstract

Objective:

Determine injury incidence and severity and potential associated risk factors for injury, among janitors.

Methods:

Questionnaires were disseminated to 1,200 full-time janitors in the SEIU Local 26 union; 390 responded and provided information on their injury experiences and exposures, based on personal characteristics and work-related activities. Multivariable analyses, including bias adjustment, were implemented using directed acyclic graphs to determine potential risk.

Results:

Among the janitors, 34% reported experiencing at least one injury; 16% of cases resulted in hospital admittance. Significantly increased risks were identified for age, ethnicity, shift start time and physician-diagnosed depression.

Conclusions:

Knowledge of specific risk and protective factors are valuable, and can serve as a basis for further in-depth studies and inform the development of targeted intervention strategies aimed to reduce occurrence of these injuries.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	153-161
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume	61
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001505
State	Published - Feb 1 2019

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

epidemiology
janitors
occupational injuries
public health

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Occupational Injury Among Janitors: Injury Incidence, Severity, and Associated Risk Factors

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