4376.0 Occupational injuries: understudied workforces and industries

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: Describe recent case studies and reports of OSH research of Occupational injuries in understudied workforces and industries.
Moderator:
Lezah Brown, PhD

4:30pm
Cops and Collisions--An investigation of law enforcement traffic safety
Bryon G. Gustafson, MPA and Thomas M. Rice, MPH, PhD
     
4:45pm
Occupational injuries and Illnesses in the solid waste industry: A call for action
Andrea Kidd-Taylor, DrPH, MSPH, Olumide Olorunnishola, MD, MPH and LaMont Byrd, MSc
     
5:00pm
Workers' compensation and occupational injury and illness experience for New York State government agency workers 2007 - 2009
Jonathan Rosen, MS, CIH and Matt London, MS
                    
5:15pm
New York taxi drivers: Identification of risk factors for workplace violence using Community Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR)
Rebecca L. Reindel, MFS, MPH, David F. Goldsmith, MSPH, PhD and Pyser Edelsack, MSW

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Occupational Health and Safety
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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