Traumatic occupational fatalities in the retail industry, United States 1992-1996

Peek‐Asa, Corinne; Erickson, Rosemary; Kraus, Jess F.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199902)35:2<186::aid-ajim10>3.0.co;2-4

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“…However, in Lebanon, the types of injuries differed between native and foreign workers, and stratifying for gender in Taiwan showed marked differences between Taiwanese and foreign-born women. Wu, 1997 (10) Occupational injury (constructed cohort from legally No difference among Taiwanese versus foreign workers in general, registered migrants and labor-insured natives in foreign women, new arrivals and certain industries having a higher risk same industries); Taiwanese versus foreign workers Carangan, 2004 (12) Work-related injuries (all in hospital emergency Ratio of injuries for Singaporean versus foreign workers being 1:1.6, department); Singaporean versus foreign workers with foreign workers having longer recovery and more hospitalization Corvalan, 1994 (19) Fatal occupational injuries (administrative data); Overall rates similar; elevated rates in mining and rural jobs; higher Australian-born versus foreign-born risk for <5-year residents from non-English speaking countries Strong, 2005 (13) Occupational illness and injury (cohort study survey Racial or ethnic minority workers and majority population, similar injury data); USA majority and Black or Hispanic workers or illness rates, minorities missing more days of work Richardson, 2004 (14) Fatal occupational injuries (administrative registry Hispanic and Black men having higher workplace fatality rates than data); USA majority and Black or Hispanic workers whites; at end of study period Hispanics surpassed Blacks Peek-Asa, 1999 (18) Fatal occupational injury trends in retail Work-related deaths in retail more likely to be minority or (administrative data); USA retail industry foreign-born Oh, 2003 (15) Nonfatal occupational injuries (administrative survey No association with race, yes with education and work experience, data); USA Whites versus Blacks versus Asians positions and activity Loh, 2004 (16) Fatal occupational injury trends (administrative Foreign-born fatalities higher than their proportion of workers, foreignregistry data); USA born versus foreign born born fatalities increasing over the time period while native worker fatalities decreased Dong, 2004 (17) Occupational fatality rates in construction workers Hispanic construction worker fatality rates higher in every year and in (administrative data); USA Hispanic or all other every age group…”

Section: Occupational Injuriesmentioning

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Immigrant populations, work and health—a systematic literature review

Ahonen¹,

Benavides²,

Benach³

2007

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Scand J Work Environ Health 2007;33(2):96-104 that can encourage immigration, there is an important connection to be made between migrating populations, work, and the effect that both foreign status and worker status have on the health and quality of life of these groups. It is probable that these newly arrived persons find themselves in positions of special occupational vulnerability, with high levels of precarious employment and poor work conditions.Considering the magnitude of current human movement, we know relatively little about the links between work and health in immigrant groups. Reviews on this topic are scarce and with a limited scope. They have tended to focus on specific collectives, which are clearly useful for understanding the conditions of these groups. However, such reviews do not bring to light the commonalities that can exist across immigrant worker collectives that could direct further research and advocacy at a structural level. Other descriptive reviews are not described as such and include little information about the search process, factors that are important for locating Objectives This paper summarizes the information on immigrant occupational health available from recent studies, incorporating varied study designs.Methods A systematic search was carried out in PubMed employing terms of interest to the study and related terms supplied by the same search engine. Articles were selected through the following process: (i) reading the title and abstract, in English or Spanish, for the period 1990-2005, (ii) reading of the entire text of selected articles; (iii) making a manual search of the relevant citations in the selected articles; (iv) eliminating articles without a focus on the themes of central interest (immigration, work, and health), and (v) reading and analyzing the definitive article set. No quality criteria were used in the article selection. Results The location of studies was not straightforward and required careful thought about the search terms. The included 48 papers were often multifaceted and difficult to categorize. They generally came from countries historically associated with immigration and described occupational risk factors, health consequences, and the social, economic, and cultural influences on worker health. They were also based on data, surveillance, training, and preventive measures that were inadequate.Conclusions Increased migration is a reality in industrialized countries all over the world, and it has social, political, and economic consequences for migrating groups, as well as for their sending and host societies. More reliable data, targeted appropriate interventions, and enforcement of existing regulations are necessary to improve the health of immigrant workers. Furthermore, studies in sending and developing countries should be encouraged to form a more complete understanding of this complex situation.

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Section: Occupational Injuriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Immigrant populations, work and health—a systematic literature review

Ahonen¹,

Benavides²,

Benach³

2007

Scand J Work Environ Health

201

155

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“…Immigrants are also at significant risk for occupational injuries associated with limited economic and political resources (80,85 …”

Section: Injury and Violence Preventionmentioning

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“…Immigrants are also at significant risk for occupational injuries associated with limited economic and political resources (80,85). Work-related deaths in the retail 366 KANDULA KERSEY LURIE industry, the majority of which are homicides, were more than three times as likely to occur in the foreign born (80).…”

Section: Injury and Violence Preventionmentioning

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Assuring the Health of Immigrants: What the Leading Health Indicators Tell Us

Kandula

Kersey

Lurie

2004

Annu. Rev. Public Health

212

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Over the past 20 years, the United States has experienced one of the largest waves of immigration in its history. Understanding the health status and needs of immigrants is important because of their growing numbers and their contribution to the health of the nation, but it is challenging because of gaps in national databases, the heterogeneity of immigrant populations, and uncertainty about how migration affects health. Healthy People 2010 outlines the nation's public health objectives for the current decade. It includes ten leading health indicators (LHIs) chosen because of their importance as public health issues, their ability to motivate action, and the availability of data to measure their progress. In this paper, we discuss the health of immigrants from the perspective of these LHIs, as they provide a framework for anticipating some of the future health needs of immigrants and help define priority areas for research and action. INTRODUCTIONOver the past 20 years, the United States has experienced one of the largest waves of immigration in its history. Understanding the health status and needs of immigrants is important because of their growing numbers and their contribution to the health of the nation, but it is challenging because of gaps in national databases, the heterogeneity of immigrant populations, and uncertainty about how migration affects health. The health status and health needs of immigrants are poorly understood. Until recently, most health research did not collect data on nativity and immigration status. When immigration status was collected, many studies grouped all Asians or Latinos together, despite marked differences within subgroups with respect to culture, socioeconomic status, health status, and patterns of immigration.The effect of immigration on health is controversial. Some studies have shown that immigrants enjoy superior health compared to the U.S. born, despite higher 358KANDULA KERSEY LURIE rates of poverty and poorer access to health care (1,23,100,102). Others find that some groups experience much higher rates of disease and poor health than previously suspected (36,101,112). As immigrants adopt traditional American health behaviors over time, their health status begins to converge with that of the general U.S. population (20,63,66,90,96,101,112). Yet the literature on how acculturation affects health is often difficult to interpret because there are few validated and consistent measures of acculturation (57). Data on immigrant health status are also often difficult to interpret because of uncertain impact of selection biases [e.g., immigrants to the United States may represent the most healthy and motivated individuals, thus able to make the long journey to the United States (1, 34); they live healthier lifestyles, with fewer risk-taking behaviors and better diets (57); and they return to their native country prior to dying and therefore are not counted in U.S. death records or vital statistics (57)]. Healthy People 2010 outlines the nation's public health objecti...

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“…Previous analyses examining the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) from 1992 through 1996 revealed fatalities in the retail industry sector were more likely to occur among workers under the age of 20, workers belonging to a minority group, and foreign-born workers (Janicak, 1999;Peek-Asa, Erickson, & Kraus, 1999). With more than half of young workers employed in the retail industry, they are more vulnerable to workplace homicide than older populations.…”

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

Menéndez

Konda

Hendricks

et al. 2013

Journal of Safety Research

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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.Results-Overall, the highest fatality rates due to work-related homicide occurred among men, workers aged ≥ 65 years, black, Asian, foreign-born and Southern workers. Among foreign-born workers, those aged 16-24 years, non-Hispanic whites and Asians experienced substantially higher fatality rates compared to their native-born counterparts.Conclusions-The burden of work-related homicide in the retail industry falls more heavily on several demographic groups, including racial minorities and the foreign-born. Further research should examine the causes of these trends. Interventions designed to prevent workplace violence should target these groups.

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Traumatic occupational fatalities in the retail industry, United States 1992-1996

Cited by 44 publications

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Immigrant populations, work and health—a systematic literature review

Immigrant populations, work and health—a systematic literature review

Assuring the Health of Immigrants: What the Leading Health Indicators Tell Us

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

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