PMID- 8327142
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19930809
LR  - 20190514
IS  - 0028-3878 (Print)
IS  - 0028-3878 (Linking)
VI  - 43
IP  - 7
DP  - 1993 Jul
TI  - Occupational spinal cord injury: demographic and etiologic differences from 
      non-occupational injuries.
PG  - 1385-8
AB  - Most spinal cord injuries (SCIs) are the result of motor vehicle accidents 
      (MVAs). There are no published reports specifically addressing SCIs that occur in 
      the workplace. We report a cohort survey study examining the frequency and 
      etiology of SCI in the workplace. Through a cooperative program, an evaluation of 
      all SCIs seen in Colorado during a 5 1/2-year period (January 1, 1986 through 
      June 6, 1991) is presented. We report a detailed analysis of specific data of all 
      SCIs occurring in the workplace. There were a total of 566, with 74 (13.1%) due 
      to injuries that occurred during the course of employment. The most common cause 
      of occupational SCI was falls, which occurred in 37 (50%), as compared with only 
      15.9% of non-occupational SCIs. Only 14 (18.9%) occupational SCIs resulted from 
      MVAs, compared with 59.3% of non-occupational SCIs. Other major etiologies for 
      occupational SCI included being hit by a falling object in 14 individuals 
      (18.9%), gunshot wound in three (4%), skiing in one (1.4%), stabbing in one 
      (1.4%), and other causes in four (5.4%). Construction occupations were 
      over-represented in occupational SCIs with 41.9% of cases as compared with only 
      6.3% for the non-occupational group. Because of the large percentage of 
      occupational SCIs, efforts should be aimed at educating workers in at-risk 
      occupations to prevent this serious injury.
FAU - Rosenberg, N L
AU  - Rosenberg NL
AD  - Center for Occupational Neurology and Neurotoxicology, Colorado Neurological 
      Institute, Englewood 80110-2790.
FAU - Gerhart, K
AU  - Gerhart K
FAU - Whiteneck, G
AU  - Whiteneck G
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Neurology
JT  - Neurology
JID - 0401060
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Occupational/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Accidents, Traffic
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Chi-Square Distribution
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Occupational Diseases/*etiology
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Spinal Cord Injuries/*etiology
EDAT- 1993/07/01 00:00
MHDA- 1993/07/01 00:01
CRDT- 1993/07/01 00:00
PHST- 1993/07/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1993/07/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1993/07/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1212/wnl.43.7.1385 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Neurology. 1993 Jul;43(7):1385-8. doi: 10.1212/wnl.43.7.1385.