NDLI: The role of occupational activities and work environment in occupational injury and interplay of personal factors in various age groups among Indian and French coalminers.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Bhattacherjee, Ashis Kunar, Bijay Mihir Baumann, Michele Chau, Nearkasen
Spatial Coverage	India France
Description	Author Affiliation: Bhattacherjee A ( Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, ashisb2006@gmail.com.)
Abstract	OBJECTIVE: The role of occupational hazards in occupational injury may be mediated by individual factors across various age groups. This study assessed the role of occupational hazards as well as contribution of individual factors to injuries among Indian and French coalminers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We conducted a case-control study on 245 injured workers and on 330 controls without any injuries from Indian coal mines using face-to-face interviews, and a retrospective study on 516 French coalminers using a self-administered questionnaire including potential occupational and personal factors. Data were analyzed using logistic models. RESULTS: The annual rate of injuries was 5.5% for Indian coalminers and 14.9% for the French ones. Logistic model including all occupational factors showed that major injury causes were: hand-tools, material handling, machines, and environment/work-geological/strata conditions among Indian miners (adjusted odds-ratios 2.01 to 3.30) and biomechanical exposure score among French miners (adjusted odds-ratio 3.01 for score the 1-4, 3.47 for the score 5-7, and 7.26 for score ≥ 8, vs. score 0). Personal factors among Indian and French coalminers reduced/exacerbated the roles of various occupational hazards to a different extent depending on workers' age. CONCLUSION: We conclude that injury roles of occupational hazards were reduced or exacerbated by personal factors depending on workers' age in both populations. This knowledge is useful when designing prevention which should definitely consider workers' age.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	12321087
e-ISSN	1896494X
Journal	International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
Issue Number	6
Volume Number	26
Language	English
Publisher	Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine
Publisher Date	2013-12-01
Publisher Place	Poland
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Discipline Environmental Health Discipline Occupational Medicine Coal Mining Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Epidemiology Etiology Alcohol Drinking Biomechanical Phenomena Case-control Studies Chronic Disease Equipment And Supplies Adverse Effects Health Behavior Lifting Posture Sleep Disorders Smoking
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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